League Or Conference Title Game(s) Rematch Notes

We can live with a little football, albeit tinged with nostalgia.

The past weekend, the NFL’s tenth of eighteen in 2025, had 7 rematches of either NFL or conference title tilts.

(6-3) Chicago (Bears) won vs the Giants, a 4 to 0 score manifesting, not (14-10), which was the result in their most recent NFL title game in ’63, but (24-20) vs the now (2-8) Giants. “Chi” won the ’63 title game, with quarterback Bill Wade scoring both in close, neither a “tush push,” touchdowns.

Last night (the far too high scoring NFL did have (10-7) scores in the weekend’s first and last games) the defending champion, (7-2) Philadelphia Eagles repeated their (17-13) triumph in the ’60 title game vs the Green Bay Packers, (coach Vince Lombardi’s only post-season loss), winning (10-7).

Elsewhere, the (7-3) Chargers vs the (5-4) Steelers (’94 AFC title game upset, vs the Cowher coached, Pittsburgh Steelers), the (8-2) Denver Broncos, also by an above referenced (10-7) score, (’77 AFC title game, Enberg’s “Haven Moses to the promised land”) and the (7-2) L.A. Rams (2021 title tilt vs the S.F. 49ers) repeated wins from the most recent or only conference title games between the teams.

Conversely, the (3-7) Miami Dolphins, a huge underdog vs the now (6-3) Buffalo Bills and (6-3)Detroit Lions at (3-6) “Wash,” reversed the most recent/only conference title game results between the teams.

In ’91 Wash “title tilted” Det while a year later Buffalo won at Miami in an NFL “semi”/AFC title game.