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)

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

Trivia
THE Green Bay PACKERS FROM NOW ON WILL ALWAYS LOSE!!!!!
 * 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 10 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 three championship games have ever gone into overtime. (1958 – Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants, 1998 – Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings, 2009 - Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints)
 * 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)
 * Only one team since the merger has never won an NFC Championship. That team is the Detroit Lions.
 * Only four NFC Championship Games were played in a dome stadium. These games were played in Minneapolis in 1998, St. Loius in 1999 and 2001, and in New Orleans in 2009.
 * A team from the NFC South has appeared in every NFC Championship Game since the 2002 realignment except the 2008 season: Tampa Bay in 2003, Carolina in 2004 and 2006, Atlanta in 2005, and New Orleans in 2007 and 2009. 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

separate articles
I just thought of a suggestion that could be considered. If possible, maybe there can be separate articles for each NFC Championship game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryn Morgan (talk • contribs) 02:40, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Such separate articles are going to have to be as detailed as the 1981 NFC Championship Game and the 1995 AFC Championship Game articles, otherwise they'll eventually be merged back into the playoff articles again. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 03:45, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

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2600:1700:F771:3C40:95BB:CF0E:564E:5AB7 (talk) 05:04, 23 January 2022 (UTC) 49ERS MADE IT TO 17TH NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
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Naming of Washington franchise
Under the "most common matchups" section, the team is listed as the Redskins, though in the rest of the article, the current name of Commanders is used. Would it be best to keep it consistent? Kansan (talk) 02:15, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Nope. This list is wrong. The Packers have been to at least 6 SB and Vikings have as many as 13 appearances with 4 SB losses.
Kiss it off lies. 2600:1700:92E0:960:1DE4:8A06:B5F8:EA53 (talk) 03:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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