NFL Championship

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The NFL Championship was the pre-Super Bowl title game that determined the league’s champion each season from 1933 through 1965.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football championship game ⓘ
sports competition ⓘ
1958GameLosingTeam New York Giants ⓘ
1958GameOvertimeStatus first NFL playoff game decided in sudden-death overtime ⓘ
1958GameVenue Yankee Stadium ⓘ
1958GameWinningTeam Baltimore Colts ⓘ
broadcastMedium radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
competitionFormat postseason championship game ⓘ
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
confederation NFC precursor and NFL overall ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
determined NFL season champion ⓘ
endTime 1965 ⓘ
era pre-Super Bowl era ⓘ
firstChampion Chicago Bears ⓘ
firstEditionCity Chicago ⓘ
firstEditionDate 1933-12-17 ⓘ
firstEditionLocation Wrigley Field ⓘ
firstEditionTeams Chicago Bears ⓘ
New York Giants ⓘ
governingBody NFL Commissioner ⓘ
historicalSignificance direct predecessor to the modern Super Bowl era championships ⓘ
inception 1933 ⓘ
lastChampion Green Bay Packers ⓘ
lastEditionDate 1965-12-26 ⓘ
lastEditionTeams Cleveland Browns ⓘ
Green Bay Packers ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
mostTitlesTeam Chicago Bears ⓘ
Cleveland Browns ⓘ
Green Bay Packers ⓘ
nicknameOfNotableGame The Greatest Game Ever Played ⓘ
notableFranchise New York Giants ⓘ
notableGame 1958 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
notableRuleContext sudden-death overtime used in 1958 game ⓘ
numberOfTitlesChicagoBears 8 ⓘ
numberOfTitlesClevelandBrowns 4 ⓘ
numberOfTitlesGreenBayPackers 8 ⓘ
organizer National Football League ⓘ
playoffStructureChange introduced divisional playoff system in 1933 ⓘ
precededBy NFL standings-based championship (pre-1933) ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
replacedBy AFL–NFL World Championship Game ⓘ
Super Bowl ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
startTime 1933 ⓘ
successorCompetition NFL–AFL World Championship Game ⓘ
linked to: Super Bowl

Super Bowl I ⓘ

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1933 NFL season → introducedFeature → NFL Championship Game ⓘ
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Mutual Broadcasting System → notableSportProperty → NFL Championship Game ⓘ
subject linked to: Mutual
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1940 NFL Championship Game 73–0 win over Washington Redskins → category → National Football League Championship games ⓘ
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Cleveland Stadium → hostedEvent → NFL Championship Games ⓘ
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George Wilson → wonTitle → NFL Championship ⓘ
Lou Groza → playedInChampionshipGame → NFL Championship Game ⓘ
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Paul Hornung → teamAchievement → NFL Championship ⓘ
NFL Eastern Conference Championship Game → winnerAdvancedTo → NFL Championship Game ⓘ
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NFL Championship → precededBy → NFL standings-based championship (pre-1933) ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
1933 NFL Championship Game → isFirstOf → NFL Championship Games ⓘ
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NFL Championship 1963 → category → National Football League championship games ⓘ
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Alex Webster → participantIn → NFL Championship Game ⓘ
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73–0 game → competitionStage → NFL Championship ⓘ
1939 NFL Championship Game → category → National Football League championship games ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
demonstrated tactical superiority of T-formation offense → competition → National Football League Championship Game ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
Bulldog Turner → wonChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ
1941 NFL Championship Game → category → National Football League championship games ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
George McAfee → wonChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ
George Allen Summerall → participantIn → National Football League championship game ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
1965 NFL Championship Game → category → National Football League championship games ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
PHI → wonChampionship → NFL Championship (pre-Super Bowl era) ⓘ
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1956 NFL Championship Game → category → National Football League championship games ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
Walt Michaels → wonChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ
Robert Lawrence Layne → championshipWon → NFL Championship ⓘ
National Football League finals → determines → National Football League champions ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
NFL Championship 1964 → category → National Football League championship games ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship
Herb Adderley → wonChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ
1969 NFL season → championshipGame → NFL Championship Game ⓘ
linked to: NFL Championship