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1998 NFC Championship Game

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 4, 2018 by Ealdgyth - Talk 16:01, 19 January 2018 (UTC)



The 1998 NFC Championship Game was a National Football League (NFL) game played on January 17, 1999, to determine the National Football Conference (NFC) champion for the 1998 NFL season. The visiting Atlanta Falcons defeated the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 30–27 in sudden death overtime to win their first conference championship and advance to the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance. The Vikings had gone undefeated in their home stadium, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, during the regular season, and their placekicker, Gary Anderson, had become the first kicker in NFL history to convert every field goal and extra point attempt in a season. At a critical moment late in the game, Anderson missed a field goal for the first time that year, which, if converted, would have given the Vikings a nearly insurmountable 10-point lead. Instead, the Falcons scored a touchdown to tie the game on their ensuing drive and subsequently won by a field goal in overtime. Due to its impact on the game's outcome, Anderson's missed field goal has since become the focal point of the loss.
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 * Promoted: 16 August 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: There wasn't a football article for the premiere NFL game last year and there have been a lack of pro football articles in the past year. The potential of the Minnesota Vikings making it could be a good time to revisit a game of frustration for the organization and its fans. Second, the game will be play in Minneapolis this year.
 * Support as nominator. FunksBrother (talk) 19:16, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Shouldn't the image show the Metrodome, where the game was played, rather than the new US Bank Stadium?  Sounder Bruce  04:39, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. Or no image. Kablammo (talk) 14:28, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * FunksBrother (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2018 (UTC)