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Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
Washington Redskins vs Chicago Bears, Dec 8, 1940 (NFL Championship Game) Detroit Lions vs Cleveland Browns, Dec 26, 1954 (NFL Championship Game) Houston Oilers vs Pittsburgh Steelers, Jan 7, 1979 (AFC Championship Game) Buffalo Bills vs Dallas Cowboys, Jan 31, 1993 (Super Bowl XXVII) Most Turnovers, Both Teams, Game, 14
Detroit Lions, 59 years – NFL champions four times in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957; appeared in one other NFL Championship Game in 1954; and appeared in two NFC Championship Games in the 1991 and 2023 seasons. [85] New York Jets, 56 years – Won Super Bowl III, 1968 season [86] [n 8] Minnesota Vikings, 48 years – Lost Super Bowl XI, 1976 season
All 32 active NFL teams have qualified for the playoffs and won at least one playoff game in their history. Of the 12 teams that have never won the Super Bowl, the seven who predate the institution of the game (the Cardinals , Lions , Oilers/Titans , Chargers , Browns , Bills , and Vikings ) had all won an NFL or AFL championship prior to the ...
The 2024 NFL regular season is now in the history books and the league's playoff picture is now set in stone. A whopping 12 of 14 playoff berths were clinched ahead of Week 18, leaving just two ...
The rookie first-round pick has improved dramatically as his first season has progressed, but the Steelers' stingy defense (18.9 points per game allowed, sixth-fewest in the NFL) forced him into ...
The loss gave the Spartans a final winning percentage of .750 and moved them to third place behind the Packers. While there is no consensus that this game was a real "championship" game (or even a playoff game), it generated considerable interest and led to the creation of the official NFL Championship Game in 1933. [20]
Half the NFL divisions and 10 of 14 playoff spots have been clinched heading into "Sunday Night Football" in Week 17. There's still plenty to sort out, especially with specifics on seeding positions.