National Football Conference North Division

National Football Conference North Division

The NFC North is a division of the National Football League's National Football Conference. It was created prior to the 2002 season when the league realigned its divisions after expanding to 32 teams. It replaced the NFC Central, which was formed in 1970 after the AFL-NFL Merger, and its predecessor, the NFL Central Division.

The NFC North currently has four members: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings. The division contains the same alignment as the NFL Central Division, which was created in 1967 and existed for three seasons before the AFL-NFL Merger. During its earlier incarnation, the division earned the moniker "Black and Blue Division" due to its intense rivalries and physical style of play. Based on the ages of its teams, the NFC North is the oldest division in the NFL, a combined 299 years old (the Bears are 88 years old, the Packers are 86 years old, the Lions are 78 years old, and the Vikings are 47 years old). Another nickname for the earlier incarnation of the division was the "Frostbite Division" as all teams played home games in late season winter cold (especially the Packers and Vikings) until the mid 1970's.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers became the fifth member of the NFC Central in 1977 after they spent their first year in the league as a member of the AFC West, but they were moved to the NFC South in the 2002 realignment. With the departure of Tampa Bay, the division is sometimes humorously called the "Frozen North" (teams in the NFC North are located further north than those in the AFC North), although two of its teams, Detroit and Minnesota, have played their home games indoors since 1975 and 1982 respectively. The NFC North's geography has been compared to that of a college conference since all four of its home cities lie within the territorial boundaries of the NCAA's Big Ten Conference.

ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman often refers to this division as the "NFC Norris," because of its geographical similarity to the NHL's old Norris Division, now called the Central Division.

Division champions

{| class="wikitable"
- bgcolor="#efefef"! Season !! Team !! Record !! Playoff Results
-
colspan="4" align="center" | NFL Central
-
1967 || Green Bay Packers || 9-4-1 || Won Super Bowl II
-
1968 || Minnesota Vikings || 8-6-0 || Lost NFL Divisional Playoffs
-
1969 || Minnesota Vikings || 13-1-0 || Lost Super Bowl IV
-
-
colspan="4" align="center" | NFC Central
-
1970 || Minnesota Vikings || 12-2-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1971 || Minnesota Vikings || 11-3-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1972 || Green Bay Packers || 10-4-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1973 || Minnesota Vikings || 12-2-0 || Lost Super Bowl VIII
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1974 || Minnesota Vikings || 10-4-0 || Lost Super Bowl IX
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1975 || Minnesota Vikings || 12-2-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1976 || Minnesota Vikings || 11-2-1 || Lost Super Bowl XI
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1977 || Minnesota Vikings || 9-5-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
-
1978 || Minnesota Vikings || 8-7-1 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1979 || Tampa Bay Buccaneers || 10-6-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
-
1980 || Minnesota Vikings || 9-7-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1981 || Tampa Bay Buccaneers || 9-7-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1982+ || Green Bay Packers || 5-3-1 || Lost NFC Second Round
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1983 || Detroit Lions || 9-7-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1984 || Chicago Bears || 10-6-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
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1985 || Chicago Bears || 15-1-0 || Won Super Bowl XX
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1986 || Chicago Bears || 14-2-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
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1987 || Chicago Bears || 11-4-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
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1988 || Chicago Bears || 12-4-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
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1989 || Minnesota Vikings || 10-6-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
1990 || Chicago Bears || 11-5-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
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1991 || Detroit Lions || 12-4-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
-
1992 || Minnesota Vikings || 11-5-0 || Lost NFC Wild Card Playoffs
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1993 || Detroit Lions || 10-6-0 || Lost NFC Wild Card Playoffs
-
1994 || Minnesota Vikings || 10-6-0 || Lost NFC Wild Card Playoffs
-
1995 || Green Bay Packers || 11-5-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
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1996 || Green Bay Packers || 13-3-0 || Won Super Bowl XXXI
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1997 || Green Bay Packers || 13-3-0 || Lost Super Bowl XXXII
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1998 || Minnesota Vikings || 15-1-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
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1999 || Tampa Bay Buccaneers || 11-5-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
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2000 || Minnesota Vikings || 11-5-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
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2001 || Chicago Bears || 13-3-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
-
colspan="4" align="center" | NFC North
-
2002 || Green Bay Packers || 12-4-0 || Lost NFC Wild Card Playoffs
-
2003 || Green Bay Packers || 10-6-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
-
2004 || Green Bay Packers || 10-6-0 || Lost NFC Wild Card Playoffs
-
2005 || Chicago Bears || 11-5-0 || Lost NFC Divisional Playoffs
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2006 || Chicago Bears || 13-3-0 || Lost Super Bowl XLI
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2007 || Green Bay Packers || 13-3-0|| Lost NFC Championship Game
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###@@@KEYEND@@@###* A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored, Green Bay had the best record of the division teams.

Wild Card qualifiers

{| class="wikitable"
- bgcolor="#efefef"! Season !! Team !! Record !! Playoff Results
-
colspan="4" align="center" | NFC Central
-
1970 || Detroit Lions || 10-4-0 || Lost Divisional Playoffs
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1971 || "None" || -- || --
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1972 || "None" || -- || --
-
1973 || "None" || -- || --
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1974 || "None" || -- || --
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1975 || "None" || -- || --
-
1976 || "None" || -- || --
-
1977 || Chicago Bears || 9-5-0 || Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
1978 || "None" || -- || --
-
1979 || Chicago Bears || 10-6-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
-
1980 || "None" || -- || --
-
1981 || "None" || -- || --
-
1982+ || Minnesota Vikings
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Detroit Lions || 5-4-0
5-4-0
4-5-0 || Lost NFC Second Round
Lost NFC First Round
Lost NFC First Round
-
1983 || "None" || -- || --
-
1984 || "None" || -- || --
-
1985 || "None" || -- || --
-
1986 || "None" || -- || --
-
1987 || Minnesota Vikings || 8-7-0 || Lost NFC Championship Game
-
1988 || Minnesota Vikings || 11-5-0 || Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
1989 || "None" || -- || --
-
1990 || "None" || -- || --
-
1991 || Chicago Bears || 11-5-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
-
1992 || "None" || -- || --
-
1993 || Minnesota Vikings
Green Bay Packers || 9-7-0
9-7-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
1994 || Detroit Lions
Chicago Bears
Green Bay Packers || 9-7-0
9-7-0
9-7-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
Lost Divisional Playoffs
Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
1995 || Detroit Lions || 10-6-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
-
1996 || Minnesota Vikings || 9-7-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
-
1997 || Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings
Tampa Bay Buccaneers || 9-7-0
9-7-0
10-6-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
Lost Divisional Playoffs
Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
1998 || Green Bay Packers || 11-5-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
-
1999 || Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings || 8-8-0
10-6-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
2000 || Tampa Bay Buccaneers || 10-6-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
-
2001 || Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Green Bay Packers || 9-7-0
12-4-0 || Lost Wild Card Playoffs
Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
-
colspan="4" align="center" | NFC North
-
2002 || "None" || -- ||--
-
2003 || "None" || -- || --
-
2004 || Minnesota Vikings || 8-8-0 || Lost Divisional Playoffs
-
2005 || "None" || -- || --
-
2006 || "None" || -- || --
-
2007 || "None" || -- || --
###@@@KEYEND@@@###
* A players' strike in 1982 reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff tournament just for this year. Division standings were ignored, Green Bay had the best record of the division teams.

Total playoff berths

{| class="sortable wikitable"
- bgcolor="#efefef"! Team !! Championships !! Playoff Berths !! Super Bowl Wins !! Super Bowl Loses !! NFL Championships
-align="center"

Minnesota Vikings || 16 || 24 || 0 || 4 ||align="center"| 1
-align="center"
Green Bay Packers || 10 || 14 || 3 || 1 ||align="center"| 12
-align="center"
Chicago Bears || 9 || 13 || 1 || 1 ||align="center"| 9
-align="center"
Detroit Lions || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 ||align="center"| 4
-align="center"
Tampa Bay Buccaneers1 || 3 || 7 || 1 || 0 ||align="center"| 1
###@@@KEYEND@@@###1 Realigned into the NFC South during the 2002 NFL season.

chedule assignments

*NFC South: 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011
*NFC West: 2003, 2006, 2009
*NFC East: 2004, 2007, 2010
*AFC East: 2002, 2006, 2010
*AFC West: 2003, 2007, 2011
*AFC South: 2004, 2008, 2012
*AFC North: 2005, 2009


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