panthers won the nfc championship game in 2015.
panthers won the nfc championship game in 2015.
who won the nfc championship game in 2015?
panthers
in 1996, on their way to their first nfc championship game, carolina defeated the then-defending super bowl champion dallas cowboys in the first playoff game the stadium hosted. again they defeated the cowboys on their way to super bowl xxxviii in houston in 2004. carolina was handed their first ever home playoff loss, 33–13, by the arizona cardinals on january 10, 2009 in the divisional round. the panthers suffered a second home playoff loss against the san francisco 49ers 23–10 on january 12, 2014 in the same round. on january 3, 2015, the panthers won their first home playoff game in 12 years, defeating the arizona cardinals 27–16. en route to their fourth nfc championship game appearance, the panthers beat the seattle seahawks 31–24 in the divisional round on january 17, 2016. the panthers defeated the arizona cardinals 49–15 in the nfc championship game for their second nfc championship in franchise history on january 24, 2016. this marked the first nfc championship played and won at the stadium.
bank of america stadium
the game was the third ever conference championship game to be decided in overtime since the afl/nfl merger, joining the 1986 afc championship game and the 1998 nfc championship game. tynes joined rich karlis and morten andersen as the only players to score the decisive points in an overtime conference championship game (coincidentally, all three players were members of the respective visiting teams in those years). since, four more nfc championship games have gone to overtime, with the 2009 nfc championship game and the 2011 nfc championship game won by the saints and giants (tynes would again kick the game-winning field goal in the 2011 game). tynes also set a record for longest field goal by an opposing player in lambeau field playoff history with his game-winning kick. the first nfc championship game ending in overtime on a touchdown was the 2014 nfc championship game, won by the seattle seahawks. the 2018 nfc championship game also went into overtime, which was won by the los angeles rams on a game-winning field goal.
2007–08 nfl playoffs