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NFC Championship Game logo, 2008–2010 (Used with old shield since 2005) The structure of the NFL playoffs has changed several times since 1970. At the end of each regular season, the top teams in the NFC qualify for the postseason, including all division champions (three division winners from the 1970–71 to 2001–02 seasons; four since the 2002–03 season) and a set number of "wild card ...
Despite the loss to the Rams during the 2019 regular season, the Saints again finished 13–3 to win the NFC South, while the Rams finished 9–7 and missed the playoffs. This time, the Saints finished in a three-way tie for the best record in the conference and fell to the third seed on tiebreakers, forcing them to play in the wild-card round.
The Washington Redskins, New York Giants, and Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams have each won five NFC championships. The Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers have won three apiece. [1] The San Francisco 49ers have also been the NFC runner up, as a result of losing the NFC Championship Game, a record nine times. [2]
The two teams won one NFC championship each to close out the decade (Los Angeles in 2018, San Francisco in 2019), but neither team won the Super Bowl. In 2019, the second 49ers–Rams game was in Week 15; the Rams held an early 21–10 lead, but the 49ers came back, defeating Los Angeles 34–31 to knock the Rams out of playoff contention.
The Rams, who started the season 1-4, last week defeated the San Francisco 49ers 12-6 for their third win a row. They play at the New York Jets on Sunday and finish the season against the ...
Once the game got started, the emotion of the last week poured out of the Rams in the form of football dominance. The Rams jumped out early, scoring on their first two possessions —a 5-yard ...
Jared Goff threw for three touchdowns and 303 yards as the Detroit Lions came from behind to defeat the San Francisco 49ers 40-34 in California. The 30-year-old quarterback completed 26 of his 34 ...
The loss dropped the Rams' final record to 5–12, the fewest wins and the most losses for a defending Super Bowl champion in a full regular season, and their .294 win percentage eclipsed the .333 mark set by the San Francisco 49ers, who finished 3–6 in the strike-shortened 1982 season.