National Football Conference

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American football conference sports organization

The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League, comprising 16 teams organized into four geographic divisions that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
NFL National Football Conference 1
NFL conference 1
National Football Conference (NFC) television package 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football conference ⓘ
sports organization ⓘ
abbreviation NFC ⓘ
competesFor Super Bowl berth ⓘ
conferenceChampionshipGame NFC Championship ⓘ
surface form: NFC Championship Game
conferenceColor blue ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formationEvent NFL–AFL merger ⓘ
founded 1970 ⓘ
governingBody National Football League ⓘ
hasDivision NFC East ⓘ
NFC North ⓘ
NFC South ⓘ
NFC West ⓘ
hasInterconferenceGame Super Bowl ⓘ
hasRegularSeasonGamesAgainst American Football Conference ⓘ
hasTeam Arizona Cardinals ⓘ
Atlanta Falcons ⓘ
Carolina Panthers ⓘ
Chicago Bears ⓘ
Dallas Cowboys ⓘ
Detroit Lions ⓘ
Green Bay Packers ⓘ
Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
Minnesota Vikings ⓘ
New Orleans Saints ⓘ
New York Giants ⓘ
Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ
San Francisco 49ers ⓘ
Seattle Seahawks ⓘ
Tampa Bay Buccaneers ⓘ
Washington Commanders ⓘ
levelOnPyramid top tier ⓘ
numberOfDivisions 4 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
organizes NFC playoffs ⓘ
partOf National Football League ⓘ
playoffStructure single-elimination ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
seasonFormat regular season and playoffs ⓘ
siblingConference American Football Conference ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
winnerQualifiesFor Super Bowl ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

NFC → abbreviationFor → National Football Conference ⓘ
Black and Blue Division → appliesToConference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Fox → broadcastRights → National Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Football Conference (NFC) television package
NFC playoffs → confederation → National Football Conference ⓘ
1981 NFC Wild Card Game → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Arizona Cardinals–Seattle Seahawks rivalry → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Atlanta Falcons–New Orleans Saints rivalry → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Big Red → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL National Football Conference
Chicago Bears → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Chicago Bears–Minnesota Vikings rivalry → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
George Halas Trophy → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Green Bay Packers–Detroit Lions rivalry → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Minnesota Vikings–Detroit Lions rivalry → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
Minnesota Vikings–Green Bay Packers rivalry → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC Championship → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC East rivalry → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC North → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC West → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC playoffs → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
St. Louis Cardinals → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)
Super Bowl XXXVII → conference → National Football Conference ⓘ
AFC vs NFC → conference2 → National Football Conference ⓘ
Super Bowl XXII → conferenceNFC → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC → conferenceType → National Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: NFL conference
NFC → fullName → National Football Conference ⓘ
National Football League → hasConference → National Football Conference ⓘ
American Football Conference → hasCounterpart → National Football Conference ⓘ
AFC playoffs → otherConference → National Football Conference ⓘ
McCaskey family → ownsFranchiseInLeague → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC Championship → partOf → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC East → partOf → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC North → partOf → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC South → partOf → National Football Conference ⓘ
NFC West → partOf → National Football Conference ⓘ
Super Bowl → participant → National Football Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Football Conference champion
NFL Eastern Conference → replacedBy → National Football Conference ⓘ