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| Date | January 18, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 68,538 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, and Chris Myers | |||||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was played between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks on January 18, 2015, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. Both the Packers and Seahawks finished the 2014 season with the same record, 12–4, enough for each team to win their respective divisions. The Dallas Cowboys also won their division with a 12–4 record, necessitating a tie-breaker for seeding in the playoffs. The Seahawks were awarded the first seed, the Packers the second and the Cowboys the third based off of each teams' respective conference winning percentages. With the first and second seeds, the Packers and Seahawks both had bye weeks for the first round of the playoffs. The Packers faced the Cowboys in the Divisional Round, controversially winning 26–21 in what became known as the Dez Caught It game. The Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers 31–17 in the Divisional Round and with their higher seeding had home field advantage for the NFC Championship Game against the Packers.
The Packers started the game strong, taking a 16–0 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, the Seahawks scored their first points on a passing touchdown by their punter after a fake field goal attempt. After a late interception by Morgan Burnett, the Packers had the ball, a first down with about five minutes left in the game and a 19–7 lead. The Seahawks began an improbable comeback that included a defensive stop, a quick touchdown, a successful onside kick, another quick touchdown and a successful two-point conversion to take a 22–19 lead with about a minute left in the game. The Packers were able to tie the game with a field goal, forcing overtime. The Seahawks won the coin toss and scored on a walk-off touchdown pass by Russell Wilson to send the team to Super Bowl XLIX. The game continued a growing rivalry between the two teams and gained notability for the unlikely comeback and questionable decisions by Packers' coaches and players.
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