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NFC/AFC League Championship Game
Published or Updated January 14, 2019
Location: United States
Sport: Football
Level: Professional
Sport: Football
Level: Professional
Event Type: Team Championship
First Held: 1970
Next Up: 1/20/2019-1/20/2019
First Held: 1970
Next Up: 1/20/2019-1/20/2019
When and Where: every January at sites around the United States
The glitz of the Super Bowl, with the audacious halftime show, interminable pregame festivities, and endless network cacophony is eclipsed in the League Championship Game by the grit, fire, and intensity that teams have before they have reached the big show – and while they are still fighting to get there.
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The Catch - Dwight Clark's catch in the back of the end zone in the 1982 NFC Championship game.
The Pick - Ronde Barber's 92-yardﾠinterception return against the Eagles in January of 2003.
1979 NFC Championship - Jack Youngblood played every snap of the Rams 9-0 victory over the Bucs with a broken leg.
1998 NFC Championship - Gary Anderson missed a 38-yard-field goal that would have closed out the game against the Falconsﾠand somehow, the Vikings found a way to lose in overtime.
The Drive - John Elway drove his team 98 yards in the Cleveland cold to tie the1987 AFC title game with 39 seconds to play, helping to establish his legend along the way.
2006 AFC Championship - The Colts finally beat the Patriots and go on to win the Super Bowl.
Freezer Bowl - San Diego Chargers travel to Cincinnati where they played the Bengals in -9 temperatures with a wind chill of -59, the coldest wind chill at an NFL game
1994 AFC Championship - The San Diego Chargers, a 9 ﾽ point underdog, upset the Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13 to advance to their first Super Bowl.
