Shailesh Ingale

The Premise

This was originally inspired by a website that tracked the Unofficial College Football champion (link). More recently, I learned about the The Ultimate Football World Champion. The basic premise is simple. In any league or sporting organization, you have a champion and that team stays the champion until someone beats them. So every time the champion plays, they are facing off with a challenger for the championship. If the champion loses, the challenger becomes the champion and has to defend their crown from that point forward. This is essentially how it works in the world of boxing. There's a single heavyweight champion, and whoever beats him becomes the heavyweight champion.

The Starting Point

To dig into this, let's rewind to 1933. The NFL existed for a decade before 1933, but this was the first year the league built the schedule, and held a formal championship, rather than let owners vote on a champion after the season. On opening day of the 1933 season, all ten franchises could make a claim to being the Ultimate NFL World Champion. But as the those teams played each other, the right to call oneself the champion slowly merged. Whenever two champions played each other, only one emerged.

Week 1: There we three games, with Boston and Green Bay tying, the Portsmouth Spartans defeating the Cincinnati Reds, and the New York Giants beating the Pittsburgh Pirates. The number of claimants was now eight, as two claims to the championship were now combined.
Week 2: The Pirates defeated the Cardinals (taking the Cardinals' claim to the championship), the Packers lost to the Bears and the Giants lost to the Spartans, dropping the number of Championship claims to 6.
Week 3: The Bears defeated Boston, uniting Boston's claim to the Championship with their own. Boston, fortunately, then defeated Pittsburgh later in the same week to take Pittsburgh's share of the championship. Now there were five claims: Portsmouth, Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston
Week 4: Green Bay defeated Portsmouth, to take their Championship claim, and Chicago beat Brooklyn, to unite the two claims. We were down to 4 teams.
Week 5: all four teams held their own, with Portsmouth winning twice, and Green Bay, New York and Chicago winning their respective games.
Week 6: The Bears beat the Packers, uniting the two respective claims, and leaving three claimants.
Week 7: the Bears beat the Giants, leaving only the Bears and Portsmouth Spartans to make the claim of being NFL champions.
Week 8: The Spartans and Bears respectively lost to the Giants and Redskins. There were still two claimants but both title claims had switched hands.
Week 9: The Giants and Redskins faced off, marking the last time two teams disputed the title of Ultimate NFL World Champion. With the Giants defeating the Redskins, they united all ten claims to the NFL championship.

The History

From that moment on, there was a single undisputed NFL champion and every time they played, they were defending that title. Here's how the title has changed hands since then (November 12, 1933).

1933:

December 17, 1933: Chicago Bears 23, NY Giants 21 (NFL Championship)

1934:

December 9, 1934: NY Giants 30, Chicago Bears 13 (NFL Championship)

1935:

September 29, 1935: Green Bay 16, NY Giants 7
October 13, 1935: Chicago Cardinals 3, Green Bay 0
October 20, 1935: Pittsburgh Pirates 17, Chicago Cardinals 13
November 3, 1935: Brooklyn Dodgers 13, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
November 10, 1935: Pittsburgh Pirates 17, Brooklyn Dodgers 6
November 24, 1935: Green Bay 34, Pittsburgh Pirates 14
November 28, 1935: Chicago Cardinals 9, Green Bay 7
December 8, 1935: Chicago Bears 13, Chicago Cardinals 0

1936:

November 1, 1936: Green Bay 21, Chicago Bears 10

1937:

September 12, 1937: Chicago Cardinals 14, Green Bay 7
September 19, 1937: Detroit 16, Chicago Cardinals 7
October 3, 1937: Green Bay 26, Detroit 6
November 21, 1937: NY Giants 10, Green Bay 0
December 6, 1937: Washington 49, NY Giants 14

1938:

October 9, 1938: NY Giants 10, Washington 7

1939:

November 5, 1939: Detroit 18, NY Giants 14
November 12, 1939: Chicago Bears 23, Detroit 13

1940:

September 25, 1940: Chicago Cardinals 21, Chicago Bears 7
September 29, 1940: Green Bay 31, Chicago Cardinals 6
October 20, 1940: Detroit 23, Green Bay 14
October 27, 1940: Washington 20, Detroit 14
November 10, 1940: Brooklyn 16, Washington 14

1941:

October 5, 1941: Washington 3, Brooklyn 0
November 9, 1941: Brooklyn 13, Washington 7
November 16, 1941: Pittsburgh 14, Brooklyn 7
November 23, 1941: Green Bay 54, Pittsburgh 7
December 14, 1941: Chicago Bears 33, Green Bay 14 (Western Division Playoff)

1942:

December 13, 1942: Washington 14, Chicago Bears 6 (NFL Championship)

1943:

November 28, 1943: Phil-Pitt Steagles 27, Washington 14
December 5, 1943: Green Bay 38, Phil-Pitt Steagles 28

1944:

November 5, 1944: Chicago Bears 21, Green Bay 0
November 19, 1944: Detroit 41, Chicago Bears 21

1945:

October 7, 1945: Green Bay 57, Detroit 21
October 14, 1945: Cleveland 27, Green Bay 14
October 28, 1945: Philadelphia 28, Cleveland 14
December 2, 1945: NY Giants 28, Philadelphia 21
December 9, 1945: Washington 17, NY Giants 0
December 16, 1945: Cleveland 15, Washington 14 (NFL Championship)
Note: After the 1945 season, the Cleveland Rams relocated to Los Angeles to become the LA Rams.

1946:

September 29, 1946: Philadelphia 25, LA Rams 14
October 13, 1946: Green Bay 19, Philadelphia 7
November 3, 1946: Chicago 10, Green Bay 7
December 1, 1946: Chicago Cardinals 35, Chicago Bears 28

1947:

October 19, 1947: LA Rams 27, Chicago Cardinals 7
October 26, 1947: Philadelphia 14, LA Rams 7
November 23, 1947: Boston 21, Philadelphia 14
December 7, 1947: Pittsburgh 17, Boston 7
December 21, 1947: Philadelphia 21, Pittsburgh 0 (Eastern Division Playoff)
December 28, 1947: Chicago Cardinals 28, Philadelphia 21 (NFL Championship)

1948:

October 4, 1948: Chicago Bears 28, Chicago Cardinals 17
October 24, 1948: Philadelphia 12, Chicago Bears 7
December 5, 1948: Boston 37, Philadelphia 14
The Boston Yanks became the NY Bulldogs after the 1948 season.

1949:

September 22, 1949: Philadelphia 7, NY Bulldogs 0
October 16, 1949: Chicago Bears 38, Philadelphia 21
October 23, 1949: NY Giants 35, Chicago Bears 28
November 6, 1949: NY Bulldogs 31, NY Giants 24
November 13, 1949: Chicago Cardinals 65, NY Bulldogs 20
December 11, 1949: Chicago Bears 52, Chicago Cardinals 21

1950:

October 1, 1950: Green Bay 31, Chicago Bears 21
October 8, 1950: NY Yanks 44, Green Bay 31
November 12, 1950: Chicago Bears 28, NY Yanks 20
December 3, 1950: Chicago Cardinals 20, Chicago Bears 10
December 10, 1950: Pittsburgh 28, Chicago Cardinals 7

1951:

October 7, 1951: Green Bay 35, Pittsburgh 33
October 21, 1951: LA Rams 28, Green Bay 0
October 28, 1951: San Francisco 44, LA Rams 17
November 4, 1951: LA Rams 23, San Francisco 16
November 25, 1951: Washington 31, LA Rams 21
December 2, 1951: Philadelphia 35, Washington 21
December 9, 1951: NY Giants 23, Philadelphia 7

1952:

October 19, 1952: Chicago Cardinals 24, NY Giants 23
October 26, 1952: Pittsburgh 34, Chicago Cardinals 28
November 9, 1952: Detroit 31, Pittsburgh 6
November 23, 1952: Chicago Bears 24, Detroit 23
November 27, 1952: Dallas 27, Chicago Bears 23
December 7, 1952: Philadelphia 38, Dallas 21
December 14, 1952: Washington 27, Philadelphia 21

1953:

October 18, 1953: Cleveland 30, Washington 14
December 13, 1953: Philadelphia 42, Cleveland 27

1954:

October 23, 1954: Pittsburgh 17, Philadelphia 7
October 31, 1954: Chicago Cardinals 17, Pittsburgh 14
November 7, 1954: Philadelphia 30, Chicago Cardinals 14
November 14, 1954: NY Giants 27, Philadelphia 14
November 21, 1954: LA Rams 17, NY Giants 16
November 28, 1954: Chicago Bears 24, LA Rams 13

1955:

September 25, 1955: Baltimore 23, Chicago Bears 17
October 16, 1955: Chicago Bears 38, Baltimore 10
November 27, 1955: Chicago Cardinals 53, Chicago Bears 14
December 4, 1955: Philadelphia 27, Chicago Cardinals 3
December 11, 1955: Chicago Bears 17, Philadelphia 10

1956:

September 30, 1956: Baltimore 28, Chicago Bears 21
October 6, 1956: Detroit 31, Baltimore 14
November 11, 1956: Washington 18, Detroit 17
December 2, 1956: NY Giants 28, Washington 14
December 9, 1956: Cleveland 24, NY Giants 7
December 16, 1956: Chicago Cardinals 24, Cleveland 7

1957:

October 6, 1957: Washington 37, Chicago Cardinals 14
October 13, 1957: NY Giants 24, Washington 20
October 27, 1957: Washington 31, NY Giants 14
November 3, 1957: Cleveland 21, Washington 17
December 8, 1957: Detroit 20, Cleveland 7
December 29, 1957: Cleveland 59, Detroit 14

1958:

November 2, 1958: NY Giants 21, Cleveland 17
November 16, 1958: Pittsburgh 31, NY Giants 10

1959:

October 4, 1959: Washington 23, Pittsburgh 17
October 18, 1959: Pittsburgh 27, Washington 6
October 25, 1959: NY Giants 21, Pittsburgh 16
November 15, 1959: Pittsburgh 14, NY Giants 9
December 6, 1959: Chicago Bears 27, Pittsburgh 21

1960:

October 2, 1960: Baltimore 42, Chicago 7
October 9, 1960: Green Bay 35, Baltimore 21
November 6, 1960: Baltimore 38, Green Bay 24
November 27, 1960: San Francisco 30, Baltimore 22
December 10, 1960: Green Bay 13, San Francisco 0
December 26, 1960: Philadelphia 17, Green Bay 13 (NFL Championship)

1961:

October 1, 1961: St. Louis 30, Philadelphia 27
October 8, 1961: NY Giants 24, St. Louis 9
October 29, 1961: Dallas 17, NY Giants 16
November 5, 1961: St. Louis 31, Dallas 17
November 12, 1961: Detroit 45, St. Louis 14
November 23, 1961: Green Bay 17, Detroit 9
December 10, 1961: San Francisco 22, Green Bay 21
December 16, 1961: Baltimore 27, San Francisco 24

1962:

September 30, 1962: Detroit 29, Baltimore 20
October 7, 1962: Green Bay 9, Detroit 7
November 22, 1962: Detroit 26, Green Bay 14
December 16, 1962: Chicago 3, Detroit 0

1963:

October 20, 1963: San Francisco 20, Chicago 14
October 27, 1963: LA Rams 28, San Francisco 21
November 3, 1963: Minnesota 21, LA Rams 13
November 10, 1963: Green Bay 28, Minnesota 7
November 17, 1963: Chicago 26, Green Bay 7

1964:

September 13, 1964: Green Bay 23, Chicago 12
September 20, 1964: Baltimore 21, Green Bay 20
December 6, 1964: Detroit 31, Baltimore 14

1965:

October 10, 1965: Baltimore 31, Detroit 7
December 5, 1965: Chicago 13, Baltimore 0
December 19, 1965: Minnesota 24, Chicago 17

1966:

September 18, 1966: Baltimore 38, Minnesota 23
October 9, 1966: Chicago 27, Baltimore 17
October 16, 1966: Green Bay 17, Chicago 0
November 6, 1966: Minnesota 20, Green Bay 17
November 13, 1966: Detroit 32, Minnesota 31
November 24, 1966: San Francisco 41, Detroit 14
December 4, 1966: Green Bay 20, San Francisco 7

1967:

October 15, 1967: Minnesota 10, Green Bay 7
October 29, 1967: Atlanta 21, Minnesota 20
November 5, 1967: Dallas 37, Atlanta 7
November 19, 1967: Washington 27, Dallas 20
November 26, 1967: Cleveland 42, Washington 37
December 17, 1967: Philadelphia 28, Cleveland 24

1968:

September 15, 1968: Green Bay 30, Philadelphia 13
September 22, 1968: Minnesota 26, Green Bay 13
September 29, 1968: Chicago 27, Minnesota 17
October 6, 1968: Baltimore 28, Chicago 7
October 20, 1968: Cleveland 30, Baltimore 20
December 14, 1968: St. Louis 27, Cleveland 16

1969:

September 21, 1969: Dallas 24, St. Louis 3
November 2, 1969: Cleveland 42, Dallas 10
November 9, 1969: Minnesota 51, Cleveland 3
December 21, 1969: Atlanta 10, Minnesota 3

1970:

September 27, 1970: Green Bay 27, Atlanta 24
October 18, 1970: LA Rams 31, Green Bay 21
October 26, 1970: Minnesota 13, LA Rams 3
November 29, 1970: NY Jets 20, Minnesota 10
December 6, 1970: Oakland 14, NY Jets 13
December 20, 1970: San Francisco 38, Oakland 7

1971:

January 3, 1971: Dallas 17, San Francisco 10 (NFC Championship)
January 17, 1971: Baltimore 16, Dallas 13 (Super Bowl V)
September 26, 1971: Cleveland 14, Baltimore 13
October 4, 1971: Oakland 34, Cleveland 20
November 28, 1971: Baltimore 37, Oakland 14
December 19, 1971: New England 21, Baltimore 17

1972:

September 17, 1972: Cincinnati 31, New England 7
October 1, 1972: Cleveland 27, Cincinnati 6
October 8, 1972: Kansas City 31, Cleveland 7
October 15, 1972: Cincinnati 23, Kansas City 16
October 22, 1972: LA Rams 15, Cincinnati 12
October 29, 1972: Oakland 45, LA Rams 17
November 5, 1972: Kansas City 27, Oakland 14
November 12, 1972: Pittsburgh 16, Kansas City 7
November 19, 1972: Cleveland 26, Pittsburgh 24
December 3, 1972: Pittsburgh 30, Cleveland 0
December 31, 1972: Miami 21, Pittsburgh 17

1973:

September 23, 1973: Oakland 12, Miami 7
September 30, 1973: Kansas City 16, Oakland 3
October 21, 1973: Cincinnati 14, Kansas City 6
October 28, 1973: Pittsburgh 20, Cincinnati 13
November 18, 1973: Denver 23, Pittsburgh 13
December 2, 1973: Dallas 22, Denver 10
December 30, 1973: Minnesota 27, Dallas 10

1974:

January 13, 1974: Miami 24, Minnesota 7 (Super Bowl VIII)
September 15, 1974: New England 34, Miami 24
October 20, 1974: Buffalo 30, New England 28
November 10, 1974: Houston 21, Buffalo 9
November 24, 1974: Dallas 10, Houston 0
December 14, 1974: Oakland 27, Dallas 23
December 29, 1974: Pittsburgh 24, Oakland 13

1975:

September 28, 1975: Buffalo 30, Pittsburgh 21
October 20, 1975: NY Giants 17, Buffalo 14
October 25, 1975: St. Louis 20, NY Giants 13
November 27, 1975: Buffalo 32, St. Louis 14
December 7, 1975: Miami 31, Buffalo 21
December 14, 1975: Baltimore 10, Miami 7
December 27, 1975: Pittsburgh 28, Baltimore 10

1976:

September 12, 1976: Oakland 31, Pittsburgh 28
October 3, 1976: New England 48, Oakland 17
October 10, 1976: Detroit 30, New England 10
October 17, 1976: Washington 20, Detroit 7
October 31, 1976: Dallas 20, Washington 7
November 21, 1976: Atlanta 17, Dallas 10
November 28, 1976: Houston 20, Atlanta 14
December 5, 1976: Cleveland 13, Houston 10
December 12, 1976: Kansas City 39, Cleveland 14

1977:

September 18, 1977: New England 21, Kansas City 17
September 26, 1977: Cleveland 30, New England 27
October 2, 1977: Pittsburgh 28, Cleveland 14
October 9, 1977: Houston 27, Pittsburgh 10
October 16, 1977: Cleveland 24, Houston 23
November 6, 1977: Cincinnati 10, Cleveland 7
November 13, 1977: Minnesota 42, Cincinnati 10
November 20, 1977: Chicago 10, Minnesota 7
December 26, 1977: Dallas 37, Chicago 7

1978:

September 17, 1978: LA Rams 27, Dallas 14
October 22, 1978: New Orleans 10, LA Rams 3
November 5, 1978: Pittsburgh 20, New Orleans 14
November 12, 1978: LA Rams 10, Pittsburgh 7
November 26, 1978: Cleveland 30, LA Rams 19
December 3, 1978: Seattle 47, Cleveland 24
December 10, 1978: San Diego 37, Seattle 10

1979:

September 23, 1979: New England 27, San Diego 21
October 1, 1979: Green Bay 27, New England 14
October 7, 1979: Atlanta 25, Green Bay 7
October 14, 1979: Oakland 50, Atlanta 19
October 21, 1979: NY Jets 28, Oakland 19
October 28, 1979: Houston 27, NY Jets 24
December 2, 1979: Cleveland 14, Houston 7
December 9, 1979: Oakland 19, Cleveland 14
December 16, 1979: Seattle 29, Oakland 24

1980:

September 7, 1980: San Diego 34, Seattle 13
October 5, 1980: Buffalo 26, San Diego 24
October 12, 1980: Baltimore 17, Buffalo 12
October 19, 1980: New England 37, Baltimore 21
October 26, 1980: Buffalo 31, New England 13
November 2, 1980: Atlanta 30, Buffalo 14
December 21, 1980: LA Rams 20, Atlanta 17
December 28, 1980: Dallas 34, LA Rams 13

1981:

January 11, 1981: Philadelphia 20, Dallas 7 (NFC Championship)
January 25, 1981: Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10 (Super Bowl XV)
September 6, 1981: Denver 9, Oakland 7
September 13, 1981: Seattle 13, Denver 10
September 20, 1981: Oakland 20, Seattle 10
September 27, 1981: Detroit 16, Oakland 0
October 4, 1981: Tampa Bay 28, Detroit 10
October 18, 1981: Oakland 18, Tampa Bay 16
October 25, 1981: Kansas City 28, Oakland 17
November 1, 1981: San Diego 22, Kansas City 20
November 8, 1981: Cincinnati 40, San Diego 17
December 6, 1981: San Francisco 21, Cincinnati 3

1982:

September 12, 1982: LA Raiders 23, San Francisco 17
November 28, 1982: Cincinnati 31, LA Raiders 17
December 20, 1982: San Diego 50, Cincinnati 34

1983:

January 2, 1983: LA Raiders 41, San Diego 34
January 15, 1983: NY Jets 17, LA Raiders 14 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
January 23, 1983: Miami 14, NY Jets 0 (AFC Championship)
January 30, 1983: Washington 27, Miami 17 (Super Bowl XVII)
September 5, 1983: Dallas 31, Washington 30
October 23, 1983: LA Raiders 40, Dallas 38
October 30, 1983: Seattle 34, LA Raiders 21
November 13, 1983: St. Louis 33, Seattle 28
November 24, 1983: Dallas 35, St. Louis 17
December 11, 1983: Washington 31, Dallas 10

1984:

January 22, 1984: LA Raiders 38, Washington 9 (Super Bowl XVIII)
September 30, 1984: Denver 16, LA Raiders 13
November 25, 1984: Seattle 27, Denver 24
December 9, 1984: Kansas City 34, Seattle 7

1985:

September 22, 1985: Miami 31, Kansas City 0
October 14, 1985: NY Jets 23, Miami 7
October 20, 1985: New England 20, NY Jets 13
November 24, 1985: NY Jets 16, New England 13
November 28, 1985: Detroit 31, NY Jets 20
December 8, 1985: New England 23, Detroit 6
December 16, 1985: Miami 30, New England 27

1986:

January 12, 1986: New England 31, Miami 14 (AFC Championship)
January 26, 1986: Chicago 46, New England 10 (Super Bowl XX)
October 19, 1986: Minnesota 23, Chicago 7
October 26, 1986: Cleveland 23, Minnesota 20
November 16, 1986: LA Raiders 27, Cleveland 14
November 30, 1986: Philadelphia 33, LA Raiders 27
December 21, 1986: Washington 21, Philadelphia 14

1987:

January 11, 1987: NY Giants 17, Washington 0 (NFC Championship)
September 14, 1987: Chicago 34, NY Giants 19
November 16, 1987: Denver 31, Chicago 29
December 13, 1987: Seattle 28, Denver 21
December 27, 1987: Kansas City 41, Seattle 20

1988:

September 4, 1988: Cleveland 6, Kansas City 3
September 11, 1988: NY Jets 23, Cleveland 3
October 9, 1988: Cincinnati 36, NY Jets 19
October 16, 1988: New England 27, Cincinnati 21
October 23, 1988: Buffalo 23, New England 20
November 27, 1988: Cincinnati 35, Buffalo 21
December 11, 1988: Houston 41, Cincinnati 6
December 18, 1988: Cleveland 28, Houston 23
December 24, 1988: Houston 24, Cleveland 23 (AFC Wild Card)

1989:

January 1, 1989: Buffalo 17, Houston 10 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
January 8, 1989: Cincinnati 21, Buffalo 10 (AFC Championship)
January 22, 1989: San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16 (Super Bowl XXIII)
October 2, 1989: LA Rams 13, San Francisco 12
October 17, 1989: Buffalo 23, LA Rams 20
November 5, 1989: Atlanta 30, Buffalo 28
November 12, 1989: San Francisco 45, Atlanta 3
November 19, 1989: Green Bay 21, San Francisco 17
December 10, 1989: Kansas City 21, Green Bay 3
December 17, 1989: San Diego 20, Kansas City 13

1990:

September 9, 1990: Dallas 17, San Diego 14
September 16, 1990: NY Giants 28, Dallas 7
November 25, 1990: Philadelphia 31, NY Giants 13
December 2, 1990: Buffalo 30, Philadelphia 23
December 30, 1990: Washington 29, Buffalo 14

1991:

January 12, 1991: San Francisco 28, Washington 10 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
January 20, 1991: NY Giants 15, San Francisco 13 (NFC Championship)
September 8, 1991: LA Rams 19, NY Giants 13
September 15, 1991: New Orleans 24, LA Rams 7
October 27, 1991: Chicago 20, New Orleans 17
November 24, 1991: Miami 16, Chicago 13
December 15, 1991: San Diego 38, Miami 30
December 22, 1991: Denver 17, San Diego 14

1992:

January 12, 1992: Buffalo 10, Denver 7 (AFC Championship)
January 26, 1992: Washington 37, Buffalo 24 (Super Bowl XXVI)
September 7, 1992: Dallas 23, Washington 10
October 5, 1992: Philadelphia 31, Dallas 7
October 11, 1992: Kansas City 24, Philadelphia 17
October 18, 1992: Dallas 17, Kansas City 10
November 15, 1992: LA Rams 27, Dallas 23
November 22, 1992: San Francisco 27, LA Rams 10

1993:

January 17, 1993: Dallas 30, San Francisco 20 (NFC Championship)
September 6, 1993: Washington 35, Dallas 16
September 12, 1993: Phoenix 17, Washington 10
September 19, 1993: Dallas 17, Phoenix 10
November 21, 1993: Atlanta 27, Dallas 14
December 5, 1993: Houston 33, Atlanta 17

1994:

January 16, 1994: Kansas City 28, Houston 20 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
January 23, 1994: Buffalo 30, Kansas City 13 (AFC Championship)
January 30, 1994: Dallas 30, Buffalo 13 (Super Bowl XXVIII)
September 19, 1994: Detroit 20, Dallas 17
September 25, 1994: New England 23, Detroit 17
October 9, 1994: LA Raiders 21, New England 17
October 16, 1994: Miami 20, LA Raiders 17
November 13, 1994: Chicago 17, Miami 14
December 1, 1994: Minnesota 33, Chicago 27
December 17, 1994: Detroit 41, Minnesota 19
December 25, 1994: Miami 27, Detroit 20

1995:

January 8, 1995: San Diego 22, Miami 21 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
January 29, 1995: San Francisco 49, San Diego 26 (Super Bowl XXIX)
September 25, 1995: Detroit 27, San Francisco 24
October 15, 1995: Green Bay 30, Detroit 21
October 29, 1995: Detroit 24, Green Bay 16
November 5, 1995: Atlanta 34, Detroit 22
November 12, 1995: Buffalo 23, Atlanta 17
November 26, 1995: New England 35, Buffalo 25
December 3, 1995: New Orleans 31, New England 17
December 10, 1995: Atlanta 19, New Orleans 14
December 17, 1995: Carolina 21, Atlanta 17
December 24, 1995: Washington 20, Carolina 17

1996:

September 1, 1996: Philadelphia 17, Washington 14
September 9, 1996: Green Bay 39, Philadelphia 13
September 22, 1996: Minnesota 30, Green Bay 21
September 29, 1996: NY Giants 15, Minnesota 10
October 13, 1996: Philadelphia 19, NY Giants 10
November 10, 1996: Buffalo 24, Philadelphia 17
December 1, 1996: Indianapolis 13, Buffalo 10
December 22, 1996: Cincinnati 31, Indianapolis 24

1997:

September 7, 1997: Baltimore 23, Cincinnati 10
September 28, 1997: San Diego 21, Baltimore 17
October 16, 1997: Kansas City 31, San Diego 3
November 9, 1997: Jacksonville 24, Kansas City 10
November 23, 1997: Cincinnati 31, Jacksonville 26
November 30, 1997: Philadelphia 44, Cincinnati 42
December 7, 1997: NY Giants 31, Philadelphia 21
December 27, 1997: Minnesota 23, NY Giants 22 (NFC Wild Card)

1998:

January 3, 1998: San Francisco 38, Minnesota 22 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
January 11, 1998: Green Bay 23, San Francisco 10 (NFC Championship)
January 25, 1998: Denver 31, Green Bay 24 (Super Bowl XXXII)
December 13, 1998: NY Giants 20, Denver 16

1999:

September 19, 1999: Washington 50, NY Giants 21
October 24, 1999: Dallas 38, Washington 20
October 31, 1999: Indianapolis 34, Dallas 24

2000:

January 2, 2000: Buffalo 31, Indianapolis 6
January 8, 2000: Tennessee 22, Buffalo 16 (AFC Wild Card)
January 30, 2000: St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16 (Super Bowl XXXIV)
October 22, 2000: Kansas City 54, St. Louis 34
November 5, 2000: Oakland 49, Kansas City 31
November 13, 2000: Denver 27, Oakland 24
December 17, 2000: Kansas City 20, Denver 7
December 24, 2000: Atlanta 29, Kansas City 13

2001:

September 9, 2001: San Francisco 16, Atlanta 13
September 23, 2001: St. Louis 30, San Francisco 26
October 28, 2001: New Orleans 34, St. Louis 31
November 4, 2001: NY Jets 16, New Orleans 9
December 2, 2001: New England 17, NY Jets 16

2002:

September 29, 2002: San Diego 21, New England 14
October 6, 2002: Denver 26, San Diego 9
October 13, 2002: Miami 24, Denver 22
October 20, 2002: Buffalo 23, Miami 10
November 3, 2002: New England 38, Buffalo 7
November 17, 2002: Oakland 27, New England 20
December 15, 2002: Miami 23, Oakland 17
December 21, 2002: Minnesota 20, Miami 17

2003:

October 26, 2003: NY Giants 29, Minnesota 17
November 9, 2003: Atlanta 27, NY Giants 7
November 16, 2003: New Orleans 23, Atlanta 20
November 23, 2003: Philadelphia 33, New Orleans 20
December 21, 2003: San Francisco 31, Philadelphia 28
December 27, 2003: Seattle 24, San Francisco 17

2004:

January 4, 2004: Green Bay 33, Seattle 27 (NFC Wild Card)
January 11, 2004: Philadelphia 20, Green Bay 17 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
January 18, 2004: Carolina 14, Philadelphia 3 (NFC Championship)
February 1, 2004: New England 32, Carolina 29 (Super Bowl XXXVIII)
October 31, 2004: Pittsburgh 34, New England 20

2005:

January 23, 2005: New England 41, Pittsburgh 27 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
September 18, 2005: Carolina 27, New England 17
September 25, 2005: Miami 27, Carolina 24
October 9, 2005: Buffalo 20, Miami 14
October 23, 2005: Oakland 38, Buffalo 17
November 6, 2005: Kansas City 27, Oakland 23
November 13, 2005: Buffalo 14, Kansas City 3
November 20, 2005: San Diego 48, Buffalo 10
December 11, 2005: Miami 23, San Diego 21

2006:

September 7, 2006: Pittsburgh 28, Miami 17
September 18, 2006: Jacksonville 9, Pittsburgh 0
September 24, 2006: Indianapolis 21, Jacksonville 14
November 19, 2006: Dallas 21, Indianapolis 14
December 10, 2006: New Orleans 42, Dallas 17
December 17, 2006: Washington 16, New Orleans 10
December 24, 2006: St. Louis 37, Washington 31

2007:

September 9, 2007: Carolina 27, St. Louis 13
September 16, 2007: Houston 34, Carolina 21
September 23, 2007: Indianapolis 30, Houston 24
November 4, 2007: New England 24, Indianapolis 20

2008:

February 3, 2008: NY Giants 17, New England 14 (Super Bowl XLII)
October 13, 2008: Cleveland 34, NY Giants 14
October 19, 2008: Washington 14, Cleveland 11
November 3, 2008: Pittsburgh 23, Washington 6
November 9, 2008: Indianapolis 24, Pittsburgh 20

2009:

January 3, 2009: San Diego 23, Indianapolis 17 (AFC Wild Card)
January 13, 2009: Pittsburgh 35, San Diego 23 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
September 20, 2009: Chicago 17, Pittsburgh 14
October 18, 2009: Atlanta 21, Chicago 14
October 25, 2009: Dallas 37, Atlanta 21
November 15, 2009: Green Bay 17, Dallas 7
December 20, 2009: Pittsburgh 37, Green Bay 36

2010:

October 3, 2010: Baltimore 17, Pittsburgh 14
October 17, 2010: New England 23, Baltimore 20
November 7, 2010: Cleveland 34, New England 14
November 14, 2010: NY Jets 26, Cleveland 20
December 6, 2010: New England 45, NY Jets 3

2011:

January 16, 2011: NY Jets 28, New England 21 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
January 23, 2011: Pittsburgh 24, NY Jets 19 (AFC Championship)
February 6, 2011: Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25 (Super Bowl XLV)
December 18, 2011: Kansas City 19, Green Bay 14
December 24, 2011: Oakland 16, Kansas City 13

2012:

January 1, 2012: San Diego 38, Oakland 26
September 23, 2012: Atlanta 27, San Diego 3
November 11, 2012: New Orleans 31, Atlanta 27
November 24, 2012: San Francisco 31, New Orleans 21
December 2, 2012: St. Louis 16, San Francisco 13
December 16, 2012: Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22

2013:

January 5, 2013: Green Bay 24, Minnesota 12 (NFC Wild Card)
January 12, 2013: San Francisco 45, Green Bay 31 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
February 3, 2013: Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31 (Super Bowl XLVII)
September 5, 2013: Denver 49, Baltimore 27
October 20, 2013: Indianapolis 39, Denver 33
November 10, 2013: St. Louis 38, Indianapolis 8
December 1, 2013: San Francisco 23, St. Louis 13

2014:

January 19, 2014: Seattle 23, San Francisco 17
September 14, 2014: San Diego 30, Seattle 21
October 19, 2014: Kansas City 23, San Diego 20
November 20, 2014: Oakland 24, Kansas City 20
November 30, 2014: St. Louis 52, Oakland 0
December 11, 2014: Arizona 12, St. Louis 6
December 21, 2014: Seattle 35, Arizona 6

2015:

February 1, 2015: New England 28, Seattle 24 (Super Bowl XLIX)
November 29, 2015: Denver 30, New England 24
December 13, 2015: Oakland 15, Denver 12
December 20, 2015: Green Bay 30, Oakland 20
December 27, 2015: Arizona 38, Green Bay 8

2016:

January 3, 2016: Seattle 36, Arizona 6
January 17, 2016: Carolina 31, Seattle 24 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
February 7, 2016: Denver 24, Carolina 10 (Super Bowl 50)
October 9, 2016: Atlanta 23, Denver 16
October 16, 2016: Seattle 26, Atlanta 24
October 30, 2016: New Orleans 25, Seattle 20
November 13, 2016: Denver 25, New Orleans 23
November 27, 2016: Kansas City 30, Denver 27
December 18, 2016: Tennessee 19, Kansas City 17
December 24, 2016: Jacksonville 38, Tennessee 17

2017:

January 1, 2017: Indianapolis 24, Jacksonville 20
September 10, 2017: LA Rams 46, Indianapolis 9
September 17, 2017: Washington 27, LA Rams 20
October 2, 2017: Kansas City 29, Washington 20
October 15, 2017: Pittsburgh 19, Kansas City 13
December 17, 2017: New England 27, Pittsburgh 24

2018:

February 4, 2018: Philadelphia 41, New England 33 (Super Bowl LII)
September 16, 2018: Tampa Bay 27, Philadelphia 21
September 24, 2018: Pittsburgh 30, Tampa Bay 27
September 30, 2018: Baltimore 26, Pittsburgh 14
October 7, 2018: Cleveland 12, Baltimore 9
October 14, 2018: LA Chargers 38, Cleveland 14
November 18, 2018: Denver 23, LA Chargers 22
December 9, 2018: San Francisco 20, Denver 14
December 23, 2018: Chicago 14, San Francisco 9

2019:

January 6, 2019: Philadelphia 16, Chicago 15 (NFC Wild Card)
January 13, 2019: New Orleans 20, Philadelphia 14 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
January 20, 2019: LA Rams 26, New Orleans 23 (NFC Championship)
February 3, 2019: New England 13, LA Rams 3 (Super Bowl LIII)
November 3, 2019: Baltimore 37, New England 20

2020:

January 11, 2020: Tennessee 28, Baltimore 12 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
January 19, 2020: Kansas City 35, Tennessee 24 (AFC Championship)
October 11, 2020: Las Vegas 40, Kansas City 32
October 25, 2020: Tampa Bay 45, Las Vegas 20
November 8, 2020: New Orleans 38, Tampa Bay 3
December 13, 2020: Philadelphia 24, New Orleans 21
December 20, 2020: Arizona 33, Philadelphia 26
December 26, 2020: San Francisco 20, Arizona 12

2021:

January 3, 2021: Seattle 26, San Francisco 23
January 9, 2021: LA Rams 30, Seattle 20 (NFC Wild Card)
January 16, 2021: Green Bay 32, LA Rams 18 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
January 24, 2021: Tampa Bay 31, Green Bay 26 (NFC Championship)
September 26, 2021: LA Rams 34, Tampa Bay 24
October 3, 2021: Arizona 37, LA Rams 20
October 28, 2021: Green Bay 24, Arizona 21
November 7, 2021: Kansas City 13, Green Bay 7

2022:

January 2, 2022: Cincinnati 34, Kansas City 31
January 9, 2022: Cleveland 21, Cincinnati 16
September 18, 2022: NY Jets 31, Cleveland 30
September 25, 2022: Cincinnati 27, NY Jets 12
October 9, 2022: Baltimore 19, Cincinnati 17
October 16, 2022: NY Giants 24, Baltimore 20
October 30, 2022: Seattle 27, NY Giants 13
November 13, 2022: Tampa Bay 21, Seattle 16
November 27, 2022: Cleveland 23, Tampa Bay 17
December 11, 2022: Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 10

2023:

January 29, 2023: Kansas City 23, Cincinnati 20 (AFC Championship)
September 7, 2023: Detroit 21, Kansas City 20
September 17, 2023: Seattle 37, Detroit 31
October 15, 2023: Cincinnati 17, Seattle 13
November 12, 2023: Houston 30, Cincinnati 27
November 26, 2023: Jacksonville 24, Houston 21
December 4, 2023: Cincinnati 34, Jacksonville 31
December 23, 2023: Pittsburgh 34, Cincinnati 11

2024:

January 15, 2024: Buffalo 31, Pittsburgh 17 (AFC Wild Card)
January 21, 2024: Kansas City 27, Buffalo 24 (AFC Divisional Playoff)
November 17, 2024: Buffalo 30, Kansas City 21
December 8, 2024: LA Rams 44, Buffalo 42

2025:

January 5, 2025: Seattle 30, LA Rams 25
September 7, 2025: San Francisco 17, Seattle 13
September 28, 2025: Jacksonville 26, San Francisco 21
October 12, 2025: Seattle 20, Jacksonville 12
November 16, 2025: LA Rams 21, Seattle 19
November 30, 2025: Carolina 31, LA Rams 28
December 14, 2025: New Orleans 20, Carolina 17

2026:

January 4, 2026: Atlanta 19, New Orleans 17

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