NFC Championship Betting Line History
The NFC Championship is one of two title games played on an annual basis in the National Football League (NFL), which is America’s top professional football league. The top two teams from National Football Conference (NFC) will meet in late January at the venue of the highest seed.
The NFL Playoffs begin with 14 teams, seven from the NFC and seven from the American Football Conference (AFC). The winner of those NFC and AFC Championship games will meet in the Super Bowl, which is played a neutral venue every season.
HOMEFIELD EDGE IN NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Since the NFC Championship began in 1970, home teams have posted a 35-18 record in the title game.
In the last 10 years, the home team has produced a strong 8-2 record in the NFC Championship.
Of the 16 NFC franchises, the Dallas Cowboys have won the most conference titles with 8. The franchise often known as "America's Team" in the United States has gone 4-1 at home and 4-5 on the road but the last NFC Championship for the popular club came in 1995.
The San Francisco 49ers have won eight NFC titles and this team also holds the record for most losses in the conference title game with 11.
Right behind the club from California is the Washington Commanders and New York Giants, who have each captured five NFC Championships in their franchise history.
Since this format began in 1970, 15 of the current 16 NFC teams have earned a trip to the Super Bowl. The lone franchise not to capture a NFC Championship is the Detroit Lions.
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP BETTING RESULTS
In the first 54 games of the NFC Championship, favorites have gone 36-18 straight up and 28-25-1 against the spread.
There have been eight games in the NFC Championship where the favorite has won but failed to cover the closing point-spread.
- 2023 - San Francisco (-7.5) 34 Detroit 31
- 2022 - L.A. Rams 20 (-3.5) San Francisco 17
- 2015 - Seattle (-8.5) 28 Green Bay 22 (OT)
- 2010 - New Orleans (-4) 31 Minnesota 28 (OT)
- 2000 - St. Louis (-14.5) 11 Tampa Bay 6
- 1984 - Washington (-10.5) 24 San Francisco 21
- 1982 - San Francisco (-3) 28 Dallas 27
- 1975 - Minnesota (-4) 14 L.A. Rams 10
Two of the above NFC Championship games where the point-spread mattered also went to overtime (OT) and the home team both won those matches. We have seen six NFC title games go to overtime and the road team has gone 4-2 overall.
The 2018-19 NFC Championship was one of the title games that was tied after regulation. In that outcome, the Los Angeles Rams defeated the New Orleans Saints, 26-23 from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in Louisiana.
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP OVER UNDER RESULTS
Since the 1987-88 NFC Championship game, the 'over' has gone 22-16 in the title game. Over the last 10 seasons, the 'over' is on a 7-3 run in this conference title game.
There have been seven totals in NFC Championship betting history that have closed at 50 points or higher and the attacks lived up to the expectations as the 'over' has gone 6-1. The most recent NFC edition between the Lions and 49ers, bettors saw San Francisco outlast Detroit 34-31 and the combined 65 points easily went 'over' the closing total of 53.5.
OVERALL NFC CHAMPIONSHIP BETTING RESULTS
- Favorite-Underdog (F-D)
- Home-Away (H-A)
- Straight Up (SU)
- Against the Spread (ATS)
- Over-Under (OU)
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
| F-D (SU) | F-D (ATS) | H-A (SU) | H-A (ATS) | OU |
| 36-18 | 28-25-1 | 36-18 | 27-26-1 | 22-16 |
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP LINE HISTORY
The NFC Championship betting history covers the first 54 matchups of the conference finale, focusing on the two teams, the betting lines, the final score and the sports betting result which lists the favorite-underdog outcome and the ‘over-under’ result for the majority of the games.
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (1970-2024)
| Year | Matchup | ATS Result |
| 2023-24 | Detroit 31 at San Francisco (-7.5) 34 | Underdog-Over (53.5) |
| 2022-23 | San Francisco 7 at Philadelphia (-2.5) 31 | Favorite-Under (44.5) |
| 2021-22 | San Francisco 17 at L.A. Rams (-3.5) 20 | Underdog-Under (45.5) |
| 2020-21 | Tampa Bay (+3.5) 31 at Green Bay 26 | Underdog-Over (53.5) |
| 2019-20 | Green Bay 20 at San Francisco (-7.5) 37 | Favorite-Over (47) |
| 2018-19 | L.A. Rams (+3) 26 at New Orleans 23 | Underdog-Under (55) |
| 2017-18 | Minnesota 7 at Philadelphia (+3) 38 | Underdog-Over (39) |
| 2016-17 | Green Bay 21 at Atlanta (-6) 44 | Favorite-Over (60) |
| 2015-16 | Arizona 15 at Carolina (-3) 49 | Favorite-Over (47) |
| 2014-15 | Green Bay 22 at Seattle (-8.5) 28 (OT) | Underdog-Over (45) |
| 2013-14 | San Francisco 17 at Seattle (-3.5) 23 | Favorite-Under (40.5) |
| 2012-13 | San Francisco (-3.5) 28 at Atlanta 24 | Favorite-Over (48) |
| 2011-12 | N.Y. Giants (+2) 20 at San Francisco 17 (OT) | Underdog-Under (40.5) |
| 2010-11 | Green Bay (-3.5) 21 at Chicago 14 | Favorite-Under (42) |
| 2009-10 | Minnesota 28 at New Orleans (-4) 31 (OT) | Underdog-Over (54) |
| 2008-09 | Philadelphia 25 at Arizona (+3.5) 32 | Underdog-Over (47) |
| 2007-08 | N.Y. Giants (+8) 23 at Green Bay 20 (OT) | Underdog-Over (41) |
| 2006-07 | New Orleans 14 at Chicago (-2.5) 34 | Favorite-Over (42.5) |
| 2005-06 | Carolina 14 at Seattle (-3.5) 34 | Favorite-Over (43.5) |
| 2004-05 | Atlanta 10 at Philadelphia (-5.5) 27 | Favorite-Under (37.5) |
| 2003-04 | Carolina (+4) 14 at Philadelphia 3 | Underdog-Under (36.5) |
| 2002-03 | Tampa Bay (+4) 27 at Philadelphia 10 | Underdog-Over (34) |
| 2001-02 | Philadelphia 24 at St. Louis (-10.5) 29 | Underdog-Over (49) |
| 2000-01 | Minnesota 0 at N.Y. Giants (-2.5) 41 | Favorite-Under (42) |
| 1999-00 | Tampa Bay 6 at St. Louis (-14.5) 11 | Underdog-Under (44) |
| 1998-99 | Atlanta (+10.5) 30 at Minnesota 27 | Underdog-Over (55) |
| 1997-98 | Green Bay (-2.5) 23 at San Francisco 10 | Favorite-Under (44) |
| 1996-97 | Carolina 13 at Green Bay (-12.5) 30 | Favorite-Over (38) |
| 1995-96 | Green Bay 27 at Dallas (-8.5) 38 | Favorite-Over (50) |
| 1994-95 | Dallas 28 at San Francisco (-7.5) 38 | Favorite-Over (48) |
| 1993-94 | San Francisco 21 at Dallas (-3) 38 | Favorite-Over (47.5) |
| 1992-93 | Dallas (+4) 30 at San Francisco 20 | Underdog-Over (37) |
| 1991-92 | Detroit 10 at Washington (-13) 41 | Favorite-Over (43) |
| 1990-91 | N.Y. Giants (+8) 15 at San Francisco 10 | Underdog-Under (37) |
| 1989-90 | L.A. Rams 3 at San Francisco (-7) 30 | Favorite-Under (46) |
| 1988-89 | San Francisco (+1) 28 at Chicago 3 | Underdog-Under (34.5) |
| 1987-88 | Minnesota 10 at Washington (-3.5) 17 | Favorite-Under (45) |
| 1986-87 | Washington 0 at N.Y. Giants (-7.5) 17 | Favorite |
| 1985-86 | L.A. Rams 0 at Chicago (-10.5) 24 | Favorite |
| 1984-85 | Chicago 0 at San Francisco (-9) 23 | Favorite |
| 1983-84 | San Francisco 21 at Washington (-10.5) 24 | Underdog |
| 1982-83 | Dallas 17 at Washington (+2) 31 | Underdog |
| 1981-82 | Dallas 27 at San Francisco (-3) 28 | Underdog |
| 1980-81 | Dallas 7 at Philadelphia (+1) 20 | Underdog |
| 1979-80 | L.A. Rams (-3.5) 9 at Tampa Bay 0 | Favorite |
| 1978-79 | Dallas (-3.5) 28 at L.A. Rams 0 | Favorite |
| 1977-78 | Minnesota 6 at Dallas (-11.5) 23 | Favorite |
| 1976-77 | L.A. Rams 13 at Minnesota (-4.5) 24 | Favorite |
| 1975-76 | Dallas (+6) 37 at L.A. Rams 7 | Underdog |
| 1974-75 | L.A. Rams 10 at Minnesota (-4) 14 | Push |
| 1973-74 | Minnesota (+1) 27 at Dallas 10 | Underdog |
| 1972-73 | Dallas 3 at Washington (-3) 26 | Favorite |
| 1971-72 | San Francisco 3 at Dallas (-7.5) 14 | Favorite |
| 1970-71 | Dallas (+4) 17 at San Francisco 10 | Underdog |