GREEN BAY – As the Minnesota Vikings get set to play in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday in Philadelphia, they’re vying for their first trip to the Super Bowl in 41 years.
That’s just one statistical tidbit when it comes to the history of teams from the NFC North/Central division playing for the conference title since the league merger.
Here are some more with championship weekend upon us. (Results represent the NFC Central from 1970-2001 and the NFC North from 2002-present. Years represent the year of the regular season, not the date of the actual games.