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NFC championships

Eight NFC titles, tied for the most in the conference.

The Dallas Cowboys have won eight NFC championships, tied for the most in the conference's history. Each sent them to the Super Bowl, where they won five times. The first came in the 1970 season, when Dallas defeated San Francisco 17–10 in the first-ever NFC Championship Game.

Quick Facts

Nfc championships
8 (tied for most in the conference)
Seasons
1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995
First
1970: beat San Francisco 17–10 in the first-ever NFC Championship Game
Most recent
1995: beat Green Bay 38–27
Super bowls after them
5 wins, 3 losses

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Background

Dallas beat the 49ers in the 1970 and 1971 NFC Championship games, then won the conference on the road at the Los Angeles Rams in both 1975 and 1978. In the 1977 playoffs they beat the Minnesota Vikings 23–6 on the way to winning Super Bowl XII.

In the 1990s the Cowboys won three NFC titles in four seasons: 30–20 at Candlestick Park over San Francisco on January 17, 1993, 38–21 over the 49ers in Dallas a year later, and 38–27 over Green Bay in their fourth consecutive NFC Championship Game after the 1995 season.

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