NFL Championship

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American football championship game sports competition

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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
NFL Championship canonical 7
NFL Championship Game 5
National Football League championship games 3

Statements (48)

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 (original NFL Colts franchise) ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Colts
broadcastMedium radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
competitionFormat postseason championship game ⓘ
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
confederation NFC precursor and NFL overall ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NFL standings-based championship (pre-1933)
replacedBy AFL–NFL World Championship Game of All-Stars ⓘ
surface form: AFL–NFL World Championship Game

Super Bowl ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
startTime 1933 ⓘ
successorCompetition Super Bowl ⓘ
surface form: NFL–AFL World Championship Game

Super Bowl I ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gino Marchetti → superBowlEraPredecessorChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ
1933 NFL season → introducedFeature → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Championship Game
Mutual → notableSportProperty → NFL Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: Mutual Broadcasting System
this entity surface form: NFL Championship Game
1940 NFL Championship Game 73–0 win over Washington Redskins → category → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Football League Championship games
Cleveland Stadium → hostedEvent → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Championship Games
George Wilson → wonTitle → NFL Championship ⓘ
Lou Groza → playedInChampionshipGame → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Championship Game
Paul Hornung → teamAchievement → NFL Championship ⓘ
NFL Eastern Conference Championship Game → winnerAdvancedTo → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Championship Game
Wellington Timothy Mara → teamWonChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ
NFL Championship → precededBy → NFL Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL standings-based championship (pre-1933)
1933 NFL Championship Game → isFirstOf → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Championship Games
NFL Championship 1963 → category → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Football League championship games
Alex Webster → participantIn → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL Championship Game
73–0 game → competitionStage → NFL Championship ⓘ
1939 NFL Championship Game → category → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Football League championship games
demonstrated tactical superiority of T-formation offense → competition → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Football League Championship Game
Bulldog Turner → wonChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ
1941 NFL Championship Game → category → NFL Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Football League championship games
George McAfee → wonChampionship → NFL Championship ⓘ