More Playoff Trivia

Dutch Oven

@the-gipper said:

That was an unofficial game played in 1932. The first official NFL playoff game was a 1933 held in Wrigley Field between the Bears and I believe the Giants Inside that arena

Chicago Stadium, I believe.

The Gipper

@dutch-oven said:

Chicago Stadium, I believe.

Perhaps....it was an arena in Chicago for that 1932 game....which in reality was just an exhibition game. It did NOT count for the championship. But it did give the league the idea for a championship game, and the next year they did hold an official one in Wrigley.

The Gipper

Here is more Playoff trivia. See what you can do:

Answers:

1. A. Name the 3 teams who have won the ONLY single one Super Bowl that they have played in.

Saints, Bucs, Jets

B. Name the 3 teams that have lost the only single one Super Bowl they have played in.

Chargers, Titans, Cardinals

2. Based on the 8 teams that are still in the playoffs as of now.....What Super Bowl rematches are possible?

They were: Pats/Rams....the only one still in play. Pats/Eagles, Saints/Colts, Colts/Cowboys.

3. A. Which team has won the most AFC title games? Patriots....10 so far

B. Which team has lost the most AFC title games? Steelers 8

4. What is the only team to lose 3 consecutive AFC title games?

1973/74/75 Oakland Raiders.....one to the Dolphins, two to the Steelers

5. What AFC has made the most consecutive AFC title game appearances? (win or lose)

Patriots 2011 to current.....and Sunday will make 8 in a row.

6. A. Which team has won the most NFC Championship games? Cowboys

B. Which team has lost the most NFC Championship games? 49ers

7. What team has won the most NFC Championship games without losing one? Giants are 5-0 in NFC title games

8. Name the two teams that played in the 1991 NFC Championship game, yet neither team has returned to play in the game since.

Lions and Redskins.....played that game and neither has returned in now about 27-28 years.

9. What stadium hosted THE very first official NFL postseason game in history?

Wrigley Field Chicago...1933

10. What do these teams represent: The Akron Pros, The Frankford Yellow Jackets, The Providence Steam Roller, the Canton/Cleveland Bulldogs?

Defunct teams that have won the NFL Championship. All in the 1920s. Pros won the first ever title. YJs and STs one each. Bulldogs three times. The Steam Roller won the title in 1928 and no other defunct team won the NFL title since. (plus, no AAFC or AFL team has gone defunct either)

11. How many times has each AFCN city hosted the AFC Conference Championship game since 1970?

Baltimore: 1 time.....but it was the Colts, not the Ravens

Cincy: 2 times

Cleveland: 1 time

Pittsburgh: 11 times

12. Since the 1970 merger....~~thre~~e four current AFC cities have NEVER hosted an AFC championship game. Name those cities.

It was Nashville, Houston, New York...and Kansas City (but on Sunday that changes with KCs first ever AFC title game host.

(Note: EVERY current NFC city has hosted an NFC title game)

bjh2130

@the-gipper said:

Perhaps....it was an arena in Chicago for that 1932 game....which in reality was just an exhibition game. It did NOT count for the championship. But it did give the league the idea for a championship game, and the next year they did hold an official one in Wrigley.

The pro football Hall of fame recognizes it as a game to determine the champion

https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/decades/1930s/first-playoff-game/

The Gipper

@bjh2130 said:

The pro football Hall of fame recognizes it as a game to determine the champion

https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/decades/1930s/first-playoff-game/

Well...I don't know.....but from the same article you linked this was in there:

On July 8, 1933, the NFL was divided into two divisions for the first time and the winners of each division were to play a championship game to determine the league champion. On Dec. 17, 1933, the Bears defeated the New York Giants, 23-21 in the first official NFL championship game.

So...its one of those things. If in fact the 1932 game WAS used to determine the league championship....why then was it not "official"?

It may be like the NFL not recognizing the AAFC, even though they merged with that league. (the reason for that action was simple: Bert Bell who served as both the owners of the Eagles and as NFL Commissioner was jealous and bitter over the fact that the Browns came into the league and wiped the defending NFL champion Eagles asses....and went on to win the title in their first year in the league...and to dominate the league. It is mere pettiness.

bjh2130

@the-gipper said:

Well...I don't know.....but from the same article you linked this was in there:

On July 8, 1933, the NFL was divided into two divisions for the first time and the winners of each division were to play a championship game to determine the league champion. On Dec. 17, 1933, the Bears defeated the New York Giants, 23-21 in the first official NFL championship game.

So...its one of those things. If in fact the 1932 game WAS used to determine the league championship....why then was it not "official"?

It may be like the NFL not recognizing the AAFC, even though they merged with that league. (the reason for that action was simple: Bert Bell who served as both the owners of the Eagles and as NFL Commissioner was jealous and bitter over the fact that the Browns came into the league and wiped the defending NFL champion Eagles asses....and went on to win the title in their first year in the league...and to dominate the league. It is mere pettiness.

I think it is just semantics. As in 1932 it was a one game playoff to determine the champion. Then based on the success of that playoff game before the next season they determined there would be a Post season championship game prior to the start of the season.

If portsmouth had won that game in 32 they would have been noted the champs so it had to be for the championship