In a stirring, tense duel between two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers held off a late charge by Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers for a 31-26 upset victory in the N.F.C. championship game Sunday in Green Bay, Wis. The Buccaneers will become the first N.F.L. team to play a Super Bowl at its home stadium on Feb. 7.
Tampa Bay, with a third successive postseason victory on the road, took an 11-point halftime lead on two Brady touchdown passes. The Packers, the top seed in the conference, stormed back at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field, trimming the deficit to five points late in the third quarter.