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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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)
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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
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demonstrated tactical superiority of T-formation offense competition National Football League Championship Game
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Bulldog Turner wonChampionship NFL Championship
1941 NFL Championship Game category National Football League championship games
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George McAfee wonChampionship NFL Championship