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NFC Championship - definition of NFC Championship in Encyclopedia (187 words) |
 | Each team plays the other teams in their division twice (home and away) during the regular season in addition to 10 other games/teams assigned to their schedule by the NFL in the May before. |
 | At the end of each football season, a series of playoff games involving the top six teams in the NFC are conducted, consisting of the four division champions by place standing and the top two remaining non division champion teams ("wildcards") by record. |
 | The two teams remaining play in the NFC Championship game with the winner receiving the George Halas Trophy. |
| Kansas City Chiefs: Information From Answers.com (2131 words) |
 | The Dallas Texans, as they were known then, defeated the Houston Oilers in a dramatic 1962 AFL championship which went into double overtime. |
 | The Texans/Chiefs franchise was the flagship team of the American Football League, with the most playoff appearances as an AFL team, six (tied with Oakland), the most American Football League Championships (3), and the most Super Bowl appearances, playing in the first Super Bowl, and in the last to be played between League champions. |
 | The Texans won the classic 1962 double-overtime AFL championship game against the Houston Oilers, 20 - 17, at the time the longest, and still one of the best professional football championship games ever played. |