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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.
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States and the highest professional level of American football in the world. [1] It was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before adopting its current name for the 1922 season.
This was the first time the Chiefs and 49ers have faced each other in the Super Bowl. Their last regular season meeting ended in a 38–27 Chiefs victory at Arrowhead Stadium on September 23, 2018. The 49ers led the all-time series 7–6. The teams traded a touchdown and a field goal in the first half, going into halftime tied 10–10.
The NFL is the wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue, [7] and the sports league with the most valuable teams. [8] The NFL also has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world [9] and is the most popular sports league in the United States. [10]
The Kansas City Chiefs became the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls since the New England Patriots successfully did so in 2003 and 2004. They were also the first team to win the Super Bowl as a 3 seed since the 2006 Colts. In addition, it marked only the second Super Bowl to go into overtime, the other being Super Bowl LI in 2016–17.
No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1923: Canton Bulldogs* 11 0 1 0.958 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1929: Green Bay Packers* 12 0 1 0.962 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1934: Chicago Bears: 13 0 0 1.000 1st NFL West Lost NFL Championship (13 ...
The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the Wild Card playoffs or Super Wild Card Weekend , the second-seeded division winner hosts the seventh seed wild card, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth ...
Team with the lowest winning percentage to win a playoff game, 7–9 (0.438) Seattle Seahawks, 2010. Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the NFC Championship Game, 8–7 (0.533) Minnesota Vikings, 1987. Team with the lowest regular season winning percentage to reach the AFC Championship Game, 9–7 (0.563)