List of NFL Championship Game broadcasters

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The following is a list of the television networks and announcers who have called the National Football League Championship Game from the 1940s until the 1969 NFL season. The National Football League first held a championship game in 1933, it took until 1948 before a championship game would be televised.

Contents

[edit] 1960s

Season Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s)
1969 CBS Ray Scott Paul Christman
1968 CBS Jack Buck Pat Summerall
1967 CBS Ray Scott and Jack Buck Frank Gifford
1966 CBS Jack Buck and Ray Scott Pat Summerall
1965 CBS Ray Scott and Ken Coleman Pat Summerall
1964 CBS Ken Coleman and Chuck Thompson Frank Gifford
1963 NBC Jack Brickhouse and Chris Schenkel George Connor
1962 NBC Chris Schenkel Ray Scott
1961 NBC Lindsey Nelson Chris Schenkel
1960 NBC Lindsey Nelson Ray Scott

[edit] 1950s

Season Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s)
1959 NBC Chuck Thompson Chris Schenkel
1958 NBC Chris Schenkel Chuck Thompson
1957 NBC Van Patrick Ken Coleman
1956 NBC Jack Brickhouse Red Grange
1955 NBC Bob Kelley Ken Coleman
1954 DuMont Byrum Saam Chuck Thompson
1953 DuMont Harry Wismer Red Grange
1952 DuMont Harry Wismer  
1951 DuMont Harry Wismer Earl Gillespie
1950 ABC Harry Wismer Red Grange and Joe Hasel

[edit] 1940s

Season Network Play-by-play
1949 No Telecast
1948 ABC Harry Wismer

[edit] See also

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National Football League Championship Games (1933–present)
NFL Championship Game
(1933–1969)
1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
AFL Championship Game
(1960–1969)
1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
AFL-NFL World Championship Games[1]
(1966–1969)
1966 (I) • 1967 (II) • 1968 (III) • 1969 (IV)
Super Bowl[2]
(1970–present)
1970 (V) • 1971 (VI) • 1972 (VII) • 1973 (VIII) • 1974 (IX) • (1975) X • 1976 (XI) • 1977 (XII) • 1978 (XIII) • 1979 (XIV) • 1980 (XV) • 1981 (XVI) • 1982 (XVII) • 1983 (XVIII) • 1984 (XIX) • 1985 (XX) • 1986 (XXI) • 1987 (XXII) • 1988 (XXIII) • 1989 (XXIV) • 1990 (XXV) • 1991 (XXVI) • 1992 (XXVII) • 1993 (XXVIII) • 1994 (XXIX) • 1995 (XXX) • 1996 (XXXI) • 1997 (XXXII) • 1998 (XXXIII) • 1999 (XXXIV) • 2000 (XXXV) • 2001 (XXXVI) • 2002 (XXXVII) • 2003 (XXXVIII) • 2004 (XXXIX) • 2005 (XL) • 2006 (XLI) • 2007 (XLII) • 2008 (XLIII) • 2009 (XLIV) • 2010 (XLV)
1 – From 1966 to 1969, the first four Super Bowls were "World Championship" games played between two independent professional football leagues, AFL and NFL, and when the league merged in 1970 the Super Bowl became the NFL Championship Game.
2 – Season not the calendar year is placed in the list such that Super Bowl XLI was played in 2007 however it was for the 2006 season.
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National Football League playoffs
1941 · 1943 · 1947 · 1950 · 1952 · 1957 · 1958 · 1965 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969
2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10
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NFL on ABC
Related programs:
Related articles:
Commentators
AFL Championship Game · Monday Night Football · NFL Championship Game · Pro Bowl · Super Bowl
Lore televised by ABC:
Music:
National Football League
Championship Games
broadcast by ABC
Super Bowls broadcast by ABC
XIX · XXII · XXV · XXIX · XXXIV · XXXVII · XL
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NFL on CBS
Related programs:
Related articles:
Commentators
Lore televised by CBS:
Music:
National Football League
Championship Games
1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969
Super Bowls broadcast by CBS
I · II · IV · VI · VIII · X · XII · XIV · XVI · XVIII · XXI · XXIV · XXVI · XXXV · XXXVIII · XLI · XLIV
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NFL on NBC
Related programs:
Related articles:
Commentators
Lore televised by NBC:
Music:
NFL Championship Games
1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963
Super Bowls
I · III · V · VII · IX · XI · XIII · XV · XVII · XX · XXIII · XXVII · XXVIII · XXX · XXXII · XLIII · XLVI