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This is a list of National Football League champions prior to the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger , that is, all the Franchise s that have won the championship of the National Football League . From 1920 to 1932, the league champion was determined by a team's win-loss percentage, with ties omitted. In 1932 , due to a tie in the final standings, a Playoff game was played to determine the championship.

In 1933 , the NFL was organized into two divisions (later called conferences). The winners of each division played each other to determine the champion of the league. This format would remain through the 1966 Season .

In 1967 , the now 16-team NFL split each conference into two divisions of 4 teams each. From 1967 to 1969 , the division winners met in a conference championship game. The two conference champions then played for the NFL championship. Starting with the 1966 season, the NFL champion played the American Football League champion in what would become the Super Bowl .

Since the completion of the Merger in 1970 , the Super Bowl has served as the NFL championship game. Unlike the Super Bowl, which is contested at a neutral site, NFL Championship games from 1933 to 1969 took place at the home field of one of the competing teams.
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END-OF-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS

:''Note: From 1920–1971, the NFL did not officially include tie games in the winning percentage.''

  • No official standings were maintained for the 1920 season, and the championship was awarded to the Akron Pros in a league meeting on April 30, 1921. Clubs played schedules that included games against non-league opponents.

  • The Chicago Staleys were renamed the Chicago Bears in 1922.

  • At the end of the 1932 season the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans finished regularly scheduled games tied for first place. The Bears won a Playoff Game , which counted in the standings, 9-0.

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NFL CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • In 1950 the league's two divisions were renamed the American and National Conferences, respectively.

  • In 1953 the league's two conferences were renamed the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively.



  • Between 1966 and the merger in 1970, the NFL champions would go on to play the AFL champions in Super Bowls I , II , III and IV .




TRIVIA

  • After the 1970 AFL-NFL merger and the emergence of the Super Bowl, all NFL league championship games prior to merger are listed along with the NFC conference championship games in the NFL's official records.



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