But after Couch's spike stopped the clock, officials interjected and declared they would go back and review whether Morgan caught the ball. Which officiating blunder -- or perceived blunder -- still makes fans irate for all 32 teams? Despite their sluggish start, Indianapolis had complete control of the game by the end of the first half, leading 14-0. No team has won more than two consecutive NFC championships. Down 16-10 on Monday Night Football, the Titans had the ball on the Ravens' 1-yard line when McNair dove into the end zone behind center Bruce Matthews for what would have been the go-ahead touchdown. GREEN BAY, Wis. For a moment, the NFC championship game seemed within the Green Bay Packers' grasp. But New York got off to a blazing fast start and Minnesota was never able to keep up. The Ravens were confused about which players to match up with in coverage, and the Patriots scored on that drive to cut into Baltimore's 14-point lead in the second half. The NFL admitted missing a pass interference call on the final play of a playoff game in which the Giants blew a 24-point lead to the 49ers. Then Dilfer completed a 13-yard pass to Brandon Stokley and a 24-yard pass to tight end Ben Coates on a 51-yard drive that ended with another field goal by Stover. But Baltimore could only gain one yard with their next three plays and then Stover hit the right upright on a 36-yard field goal attempt. -- Mike Wells. In the third quarter, Culpepper lost a fumble while being sacked by safety Shaun Williams, and Cornelius Griffin recovered the ball on the Vikings 29, setting up Toomer's 7-yard touchdown reception to close out the scoring. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then received a bye in the first round. In an AFC divisional playoff game, the Ravens fumed about the Patriots' use of deceptive ineligible receiver plays, which ultimately resulted in a 35-31 loss. After that, all the Saints could muster was a meaningless 48-yard touchdown pass from Brooks to receiver Willie Jackson with 2:28 left on the clock. "We lost the championship game (in 1998) and in 2000 my last season there I have no idea how we get blown out in the championship game, but it was a bit eerie how that game unfolded." -- Lindsey Thiry, All 259 picks | Every team's class The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games, hosted by the higher seed. Brad Daluiso finished the drive with a 25-yard field goal that gave New York a 20-3 lead on the last play of the quarter. The play started with Junkin's bad snap, which forced holder Matt Allen to scramble and eventually chuck a pass downfield. Minnesota won the only prior meeting. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 12:12AM. "[2] Culpepper completed only 13 of 28 passes for 78 yards, with three interceptions, while Moss caught only two passes for 18 yards. The Saints and Rams were tied with 1:49 remaining in the NFC Championship Game when the officials missed a blatant PI call against Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman (who admitted that he intentionally "whacked" receiver Tommylee Lewis to keep him from scoring). All rights to ESPN/ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS, CTV, Global, NFL Films, the NFL and it's broadcasters. So Payton was involved in multiple events in which Minnesotas opponents were accused of cheating. The Sacramento Kings aren't so lucky. Who knows if the defense could have stopped Aaron Rodgers on the final drive had Dallas taken the lead, but the Cowboys sure would've liked to find out. Programming note: For all the day's sports news, tune in to SportsNet Central tonight and every night at 6, 10:30 p.m. and midnight on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Everybody loves a good conspiracy theory. The game marked the beginning of a 17-season playoff drought for the Bills and is now an addition to a line of unlucky Buffalo sporting events. But the refs, citing "no clear recovery," gave possession to the Cowboys, denying the Eagles a huge momentum swing. This would be the final season where the playoffs began in December. Relive the 2001 NFC Championship matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the St. Louis Rams by watching this full game replay brought to you by NFL Game Pass. The Dolphins were offside on the play, but the Colts elected to decline the penalty and attempt a 49-yard field goal to win the game. She remembers hearing snippets of Hindi and Sindhi in her home and studying Mandarin in school in Singapore, where she lived for six years. The Colts had two interceptions that were negated due to holding penalties. "I'm the reason why he's married to who he's married to. Black And Blue: The Story Of The 1980 NFC Championship Game. And the premise is set from the outset of a video that attempts to present the case the 49ers were facing the Seattle Seahawks, their 12th Man, as well as the NFL's "13th man" in the . Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend, the third-seeded division winner hosted the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosted the fifth. Players and coaches to this day believe that kept the Panthers from having a legitimate shot at winning the Super Bowl after going 15-1 during the regular season. New York wide receiver Ike Hilliard had 10 receptions for 155 yards and two touchdowns. Collins threw another interception on New York's following drive, this one to Don Morgan on the Vikings 12-yard line. The Dallas Cowboys won the first two NFC championships, in 1970 and 1971. Late in the fourth quarter the Eagles blocked a Giants punt. It led to mass confusion before the officials finally called it a Seattle touchdown to win the game 14-12. A season-ticket holder even filed a lawsuit, which was quickly thrown out. Tennessee kicker Al Del Greco attempted two field goals before halftime, but his 45-yard try was blocked and he missed a 31-yard attempt. 2000 NFC Wild Card Round: Eagles 21, Buccaneers 3. (NFC Championship - Jan. 23rd, 2000) In this 1999 NFC title game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St. Louis Rams at what was known as the Trans World Dome, the Bucs' Bert Emanuel "caught" an 11-yard pass with less than a minute left. -- Paul Gutierrez. In the fourth quarter, Ray Lewis recovered a fumble from Gannon on the Raiders 6-yard line, setting up Stover's third field goal to close out the scoring. Naturally, the Steelers capitalized on the advantage and hit the game-winning kick with 14 seconds to play. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Santonio's toes, Feb. 1, 2009. For his part, Griffith said those teams remain a mystery to him, even all these years later. Huge huge swing plays. Two senators later quizzed commissioner Pete Rozelle about the play during anti-blackout legislation hearings. Do you have a sports website? [1], This was the first Super Bowl meeting between the Ravens and Giants. Quarterback Jim Hart's pass hit Gray's hands in the end zone, but the ball quickly popped out, and after Gray hit the ground he grabbed his helmet in frustration. One play later, faced with third and goal from the 12-yard line, Hoying threw a pass that was intercepted by Sharper. Oakland was forced to punt on their ensuing possession, and Shane Lechler's 56-yard kick pinned the Ravens deep in their own territory. Miami responded with a drive to the Colts 20-yard line, only to have Olindo Mare miss a 38-yard field goal attempt with 31 seconds left in the half. With Moss making the Vikings into an elite team, Minnesota returned to Giants Stadium in 2000 for the NFC Championship game. The Cardinals won in overtime and went on to win the division while Washington missed the playoffs by two games -- but they also entered a final-game loss to Philadelphia knowing they were already eliminated. The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. Its almost as if the Giants knew exactly what plays Minnesota were going to run before the ball was even snapped. The Panthers trailed Denver 3-0 in the first quarter of Super Bowl L when league MVP Cam Newton hit Jerricho Cotchery over the middle on first-and-10 from the Carolina 15-yard line. Recap: NFC Championship Game: Eagles headed to Super Bowl with 31-7 rout of 49ers. tails." It ended with no points because of a missed field goal attempt by David Akers, but the team got the ball back with good field position after receiving Mark Royals' 27-yard punt on their own 43-yard line. Miami running back Autry Denson had 5 kickoff returns for 116 yards. While the frustration felt by the Vikings in the loss to Atlanta was emotional, it was explainable. It was almost like they knew the call. Running back Pete Banaszak couldn't corral the football and instead swatted it forward. Baltimore got an early scoring chance when Ray Lewis intercepted a pass from Denver quarterback Gus Frerotte on the Broncos 39-yard line. CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND -- Rob Demovsky. Rightly or wrongly, every NFL team's fan base has at least one call or non-call from over the years that still leaves it irate. As of the 2021 season, this game is tied for the most lopsided NFL playoff game from the 2000 playoffs to the present with the New York Jets' 41-0 win over Indianapolis in the 2002 playoffs. Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference. The postseason tournament concluded with the Baltimore Ravens defeating the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, 34-7, on January 28, 2001, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.. Collins had previously started the 1996 NFC Championship Game for the Carolina Panthers. The NFC champion is not necessarily the team with the best record in the regular season. The league then apologized for the missed call, but it mattered little with Detroit out of the playoffs. Appearing on "The Dugout Sports Show with Glenn & Brock" out of Cleveland over the weekend, Griffith said there was something missing from those teams that got exposed in the playoffs. In the history of the Minnesota Vikings, one of . Miami responded with a 14-play, 80-yard scoring drive. Griffith added that a 41-0 loss was difficult to believe without Minnesota having to deal with something strange in New York that day. It was almost like they knew the call. The substitution trick, Jan. 10, 2015. Note: The AFL Championship Game became the AFC Championship Game following the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. In the first playoff game of the Andy Reid/Donovan McNabb era, the Birds has a strong showing with No. "I was complaining, but it was already over with,'' White said. Philadelphia failed to get a first down on their first three possessions. Philadelphia then scored with McNabb's 10-yard touchdown pass to Small, making the score 2010, but their subsequent onside kick failed and the Giants held the ball for the rest of the game. The Niners argued the pass was uncatchable but to no avail. As he picked up the coin, Luckett announced Bettis had called heads and the coin landed on tails. The Ravens forced four interceptions and held the Raiders offense to only 191 total yards, 17 rushing yards, and three points. In the fourth quarter, an 11-yard run by Fiedler and a 19-yard run by Smith set up a 38-yard field goal from Mare, making the score 1410. The Eagles defense held the Bucs to only 199 total yards and 11 first downs. With replacement officials working the game in Seattle because of a labor dispute between the NFL and its referees, a Hail Mary fell first into the hands of Packers safety M.D. As of 2023, this is the Dolphins' most recent playoff victory. We got up on a lot of teams and were able to patch together a pretty good defensive effort, but did we have a dominant defensive effort? Jones' additional 15-yard penalty, for reasons that were unclear at the time, put the Steelers in position to attempt a 35-yard field goal in the pouring rain. By starting this game, Collins became the sixth quarterback to start in the conference championship for two different franchises joining Craig Morton, Ron Jaworski, Doug Williams, Jay Schroeder and Joe Montana, which would later be joined by Kurt Warner, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Lewis 27 run (Stover kick) BAL 213, PHI Brown 5 pass from McNabb (Akers kick) PHI 143, PHI Thomason 2 pass from McNabb (Akers kick) PHI 213, MIN Moss 53 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick) MIN 70, MIN Carter 17 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick) MIN 173, MIN Moss 68 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick) MIN 243, NO Stachelski 2 pass from Brooks (Brien kick) MIN 2410, MIN Smith 2 run (Anderson kick) MIN 3410, NO Jackson 48 pass from Brooks (Two-point conversion failed) MIN 3416, OAK James 90 interception return (Janikowski kick) OAK 70, OAK Jett 6 pass from Gannon (Janikowski kick) OAK 200, OAK Wheatley 2 run (Janikowski kick) OAK 270, BAL Mitchell 90 blocked field goal return (Stover kick), BAL R. Lewis 50 interception return (Stover kick), NYG Dixon 97 kickoff return (Daluiso kick) NYG 70, NYG Sehorn 32 interception return (Daluiso kick) NYG 170, PHI Small 10 pass from McNabb (Akers kick) NYG 2010, NYG Hilliard 46 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 70, NYG Comella 18 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 140, NYG Jurevicius 8 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 240, NYG Hilliard 7 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 340, NYG Toomer 7 pass from Collins (Daluiso kick) NYG 410, BAL Sharpe 96 pass from Dilfer (Stover kick) BAL 70, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 18:37. -- David Newton, The play that changed pass interference, Jan. 20, 2019. -- Jordan Raanan, "Stay off the bottle," Dec. 9, 2018. Meanwhile, Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon was knocked out of the game by a ferocious hit from Baltimore defensive tackle Tony Siragusa. It was almost like every play we had called, they had the counter to it. 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