List of NFC Championship Game broadcasters
The following is a list of the television and radio networks and announcers who have broadcast the National Football Conference Championship Game throughout the years. The years listed concentrate on the season instead of the calendar year that the game took place. The forerunner to the NFC Championship Game (prior to the 1970 AFL–NFL merger) was the NFL Championship Game.
Television[edit]
2020s[edit]
Season | Teams | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) | Studio host | Studio analysts | Trophy presentation |
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2023 | Detroit at San Francisco | Fox | Kevin Burkhardt | Greg Olsen[1] | Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi | Curt Menefee | Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson, and Rob Gronkowski | Michael Strahan[2] |
2022 | San Francisco at Philadelphia | Fox[3] | Kevin Burkhardt[4] | Greg Olsen | Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi | Curt Menefee | Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson, and Rob Gronkowski | Terry Bradshaw |
2021 | San Francisco at L.A. Rams | Fox | Joe Buck[5] | Troy Aikman[6] | Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi | Curt Menefee | Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson | Terry Bradshaw |
2020 | Tampa Bay at Green Bay | Fox | Joe Buck[7] | Troy Aikman | Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi | Curt Menefee | Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson, and Tony Gonzalez | Tom Rinaldi |
Notes[edit]
- In 2023, Fox's Terry Bradshaw did not participate in the NFC Championship Game due to illness. As a result, Michael Strahan replaced him in emceeing the trophy presentation.[8]
2010s[edit]
2000s[edit]
Notes[edit]
- In 2008, Fox's studio show did not go on-site for the first time since 2001. However, Terry Bradshaw left the studios in Los Angeles after the pregame show so he could emcee the trophy presentation.
1990s[edit]
1980s[edit]
Notes[edit]
- It is often mistakenly assumed that Pat Summerall and John Madden handled the call on CBS-TV for the 1981 NFC Championship Game, when San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark made "The Catch" to lift the 49ers to a 28–27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys and a berth in Super Bowl XVI. Summerall instead handled the call of the game on CBS Radio with Jack Buck, while Vin Scully and Hank Stram (CBS' "B team" for NFL broadcasts in 1981) called the game on television. Meanwhile, John Madden was off to Detroit to prepare for his Super Bowl telecast with Summerall. Hank Stram returned to his normal position as the color analyst on CBS Radio alongside Buck for the Super Bowl, while Summerall and Madden teamed for the first of eight Super Bowls together.[84][85][86]
1970s[edit]
Radio[edit]
2020s[edit]
2010s[edit]
2000s[edit]
1990s[edit]
1980s[edit]
1970s[edit]
Season | Teams | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
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1979 | L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay | CBS | Jack Buck | Hank Stram |
1978 | Dallas at L.A. Rams | CBS | Jack Buck | Hank Stram |
1977 | Minnesota at Dallas | Mutual | Bob Starr | |
1976 | L.A. Rams at Minnesota | Mutual | Don Klein | |
1975 | Dallas at L.A. Rams | Mutual | Don Klein | Jim Kelly |
1974 | L.A. Rams at Minnesota | Mutual | Don Klein | |
1973 | Minnesota at Dallas | Mutual | Don Klein | Andy Musser |
1972 | Dallas at Washington | Mutual | Don Klein | Andy Musser |
1971 | San Francisco at Dallas | Mutual | Don Klein | Bob Reynolds |
1970 | Dallas at San Francisco | Mutual |
See also[edit]
- List of Super Bowl broadcasters
- List of AFC Championship Game broadcasters
- List of NFL Championship Game broadcasters
- List of AFL Championship Game broadcasters
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