Talk:NFC Championship Game

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There is such a thing as being exact - and then there is a such a thing as being stupidly exact. An encylopedia, especially online where page space is not an issue - should help people find info - not be so anal that it confuses people. The page may mention why they are not there - big deal - I was wanting to glance at just who lost a specific year and jumped straight down to the table... saw what I wanted, then saw the chart on the bottom that said something about Minnesota being 3-4 in the NFC Championship games... and it took me a second to figure out the "huh" reaction that I first had. Everybody, everyplace - lists those four games just for the sake of consistency. Just like you do not see any Vikings fans ever talk about their NFL Championship year - because it really wasnt - even if it was.

I think you would want to list the NFL Championship Game Winners from 66 to 69 here (and if the AFL champs are not listed on the AFC Championship game for those years - there as well)

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This material can be re-written as prose. KyuuA4 03:13, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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  • Since the NFL-AFL merger, the Dallas Cowboys (1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995) have won the most NFC Championships with 8. Including the years before the merger, the Green Bay Packers have won the most championships with 10 (1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997)
  • Including the NFL years, the Dallas Cowboys have appeared in a record 16 NFL/NFC Championship Games. (2 before the merger and 14 after the merger).
  • The Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles hold the record of appearing in the most consecutive NFC Championship Games with 4 appearances (Dallas – 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and Philadelphia – 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004).
  • The Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles also share the record for most consecutive losses in the NFC Championship Game with 3 (Dallas – 1980, 1981, 1982 and Philadelphia – 2001, 2002, 2003).
  • Since the NFL-AFL merger, five franchises in the NFC have appeared in more than five NFC Championship Games. The teams include: the Dallas Cowboys (14 appearances), the San Francisco 49ers (12 appearances), the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams (10 appearances), the Minnesota Vikings (7 appearances), and the Washington Redskins (6 appearances).
  • San Francisco is the city that has hosted the most NFC Championship Games. The city has hosted the game on 8 separate occasions (1970, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997) although San Francisco loses the NFL claim to the AFC's Pittsburgh Steelers with 9 times as host for any Championship Game.
  • The attendance record for an NFC Championship Game was set in Los Angeles when the Los Angeles Rams lost to the Dallas Cowboys on January 4, 1976. The paid attendance was 88,919.
  • Including the years before the merger, only two championship games have ever gone into overtime. (1958 – Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants, 1998 – Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings)
  • In the years after the merger, the record for most points scored by a winning team is 41. (1991 –Washington Redskins vs. Detroit Lions, 2000 –New York Giants vs. Minnesota Vikings). Before the merger, the record for most points scored by a winning team was 73 (1940 – Chicago Bears vs. Washington Redskins)
  • The only current NFC team to have not appeared in an NFC Championship Game since the NFL-AFL merger is the Arizona Cardinals
  • Three teams since the merger have never won an NFC Championship. These teams include the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, and the New Orleans Saints.
  • Only three NFC Championship Games were played in a dome stadium. These games were played in Minneapolis in 1998, and in St. Loius in 1999 and 2001.
  • A team from the NFC South has appeared in every NFC Championship Game since the 2002 realignment: Tampa Bay in 2003, Carolina in 2004 and 2006, Atlanta in 2005, and New Orleans in 2007. The NFC South is also the first division since the realignment that has had each team in the division make at least one Conference Championship Game appearance.
  • The winning team is rewarded with t-shirts and hats after the game that usually declare them "NFC Conference Champions", an example of a redundant acronym