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The 49ers dropped to a win–loss record of 1–5 in NFC Championship Game appearances since their victory in 1990 over the Los Angeles Rams to advance to Super Bowl XXIV; the Giants handed the 49ers two of those losses (one of them in very similar fashion to this game 21 years earlier) and the Dallas Cowboys also defeated them twice. Meanwhile ...
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 ...
The 2011 New York Giants won their first playoff game at home since the 2000 NFC Championship against the Minnesota Vikings during the Wild Card game. The 2011 Giants were the first team to win the Super Bowl as the NFC's 4th Seed, with the second being the 2021 Los Angeles Rams. [21]
This game was voted the number 1 game of 2011 by NFL.com. [11] (The Catch II refers to Steve Young's game-winning pass to Terrell Owens in the 1998 NFC Wild Card Game against the Green Bay Packers.) With the win, the 49ers improved to 14–3 and faced the New York Giants at Candlestick Park in the NFC Championship Game.
When the Detroit Lions lost in the NFC championship game at the end of the 1991 season, Brett Favre was still an unknown rookie with the Atlanta Falcons. The Green Bay Packers traded for Favre a ...
As of 2025, this is the Jets' most recent playoff game, and the latest AFC Championship Game to not feature either the New England Patriots or the Kansas City Chiefs. [11] This was the second postseason meeting between the Jets and Steelers, with Pittsburgh winning the only prior meeting 20–17 in overtime in the 2004 AFC Divisional playoffs.
Daniels entered Sunday's NFC championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles 5 yards short of the record for most passing yards by a rookie in the playoffs. He got there early.
During a press conference on January 19, 2011, President Barack Obama (a longtime Chicago Bears fan) said he would attend Super Bowl XLV if Chicago defeated Green Bay, saying "If Chicago wins, I'm going no doubt". [39] Chicago ended up losing the NFC Championship game a few days later on January 23 to Green Bay 21–14.