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Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2010 season. The Packers defeated the Steelers 31–25.
The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl , the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.
With the victory the Giants advanced to their fifth NFC Championship Game and first since 2007, when they defeated the Packers to advance to the Super Bowl. Manning passed for a postseason career high 330 yards on 21-for-33 passing and three touchdowns.
The postseason tournament concluded with the Green Bay Packers defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, 31–25, on February 6, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This was the first Super Bowl in which the NFC representative was a #6 seed, and only the second time one has made the Super Bowl (the previous being the 2005 ...
Packers' running back Ivery (40) rushing the ball through the Cardinals' defense in the NFC first-round playoff game. In the first playoff game at Lambeau Field since the Ice Bowl in 1967, Green Bay quarterback Lynn Dickey threw for 260 yards and four touchdowns en route to a 41–16 win.
The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl , the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.
This was also the Buccaneers' last NFC championship appearance until 2020. This was the first NFC Championship game ever to not feature either the Cowboys, Redskins, 49ers, Rams, Packers, or Vikings. This was the fourth postseason meeting between the Buccaneers and Eagles. Philadelphia had won two of the previous three meetings. [6]
2007 NFC Championship Game: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers ("The Chilling Championship") 2010 NFC Wild Card Playoff Game: New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks ("Beast Quake") 2011 AFC Wild Card Playoff Game: Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos ("316 Game") 2012 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos ("Mile ...