This National Football League (NFL) playoff game was played on January 17, 1999, to determine the NFC champion for the 1998 NFL season. [1][2] The visiting Atlanta Falcons defeated the heavily favored [3] Minnesota Vikings 30–27 in sudden death overtime to win their first conference championship and advance to the franchise's first Super Bowl ap...

Jan 17, 1999 · Atlanta Falcons 30 at Minnesota Vikings 27 on January 17th, 1999 - Full team and player stats and box score

Dec 6, 2023 · In the 1998 season, the Atlanta Falcons took on the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game, a game that came down to one last field goal by Falcons' kicker Morten Andersen in...

Jan 22, 2017 · The Atlanta Falcons last played a home playoff game on Jan 22, 2017, 8 years ago, when they hosted the Packers in the Conference Championship of the 2016 NFL playoffs, in which the Falcons scored a 44-21 win.

The NFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the National Football Conference (NFC) and one of the two semifinal playoff games of the National Football League ... January 17, 1999 – Atlanta Falcons (30) @ Minnesota Vikings (27), OT; Most NFC Championships won in overtime: 2** – New York Giants (2007, 2011)

Known simply as "The Kick", Morten Andersen nailed a game-winning 38-yard field goal in overtime against the Minnesota Vikings, lifting the Falcons to their first-ever Super Bowl appearance...

Apr 6, 2020 · In the 1998 season, the Atlanta Falcons took on the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game, a game that came down to one last field goal by Falcons' kicker Morten Andersen in...

During the 1998 season Atlanta won a franchise best 14 regular season games and advanced to the NFC championship to play the favorite 15-1 Minnesota Vikings. It looked bleak for the underdog...

Past results for all NFC Championship Games, AFC Championship Games and Super Bowls.

On January 17, 1999, the Falcons upset the top-seeded Vikings at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in the NFC Championship Game 30–27, in an exciting overtime victory. However, in their first-ever Super Bowl appearance, they lost 34–19 to the defending champion Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII .