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Is a Super Bowl the same as a championship?
These days there is no difference. Once upon a time there was. The NFL championship was awarded to the winner of the league's championship game prior to 1969. Before the merger of the AFL and NFL in 1970, the leagues agreed to play an annual AFL-NFL World Championship Game (later rechristened the Superbowl).
Who won the NFL football championship presuperbowl era?
The Minnesota Vikings are credited as having won the last NFL Championship. The last NFL Championship game was played in December of 1969 just prior to Super Bowl 4 where the Vikings lost to Kansas City. What is now the Super Bowl was then called the Professional Football Championship. The NFL-AFL Merger did not happen until the 1970 season and the championship game was not called the Super Bowl until 1972 (correction may be needed on the year). There fore the Vikings are credited as to havnig won the last NFL Championship as the former NFL was called the NFC and the former AFL was called the AFC after the merger of '70.
Last eagles championship victory?
== == The Eagles last won an NFL championship in 1960, defeating the Green Bay Packers, 17-13, in the NFL championship game.
What is The old name of the Super Bowl?
Today's Superbowl was fomerly known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game .
What year was the nfl-afl world championship game change to the super bowl?
The first year the AFL-NFL World Championship Game was called the Super Bowl was in 1969, when the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III.
