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Football Zebras has confirmed that Tony Corrente and Walt Anderson will be the referees for the conference championship games. Corrente will have the NFC game between the Packers and Seahawks; Anderson will be heading the crew for the AFC title match between the Colts and the Patriots.



NFC Championship Game: Packers at Seahawks, 3 p.m. ET (Fox)

This will be Corrente’s second consecutive season working the Conference Championship, after last year’s Broncos-Patriots game. This will be his 14th postseason assignment and his fifth Conference Championship. He also worked 5 Wild Card Playoffs, 3 Divisional Playoffs, and Super Bowl XLI. Notably, Corrente resigned his position as supervisor of officiating in the Pac-12 Conference in the middle of the past season.

Yrs 2014 crew College Occupation R 99 Tony Corrente 20 Cal State-Fullerton college officiating coordinator U 64 Dan Ferrell 12 Corrente Cal State-Fullerton director, parts logistics and supply chain management HL 79 Kent Payne 11 Cheffers Nebraska Wesleyan teacher LJ 101 Carl Johnson 11 Morelli Nicholls State full-time official FJ 89 Jon Lucivansky 6 Parry Minnesota college educator SJ 75 Rob Vernatchi 11 Morelli California-Riverside enforcement investigator BJ 105 Dino Paganelli 9 Steratore Aquinas College educator

AFC Championship Game: Colts at Patriots, 6:40 p.m. ET (CBS)

Anderson will be working his 16th postseason assignment, which includes 8 Wild Card Playoffs, 2 Divisional Playoffs, 5 Conference Championships, and Super Bowls XXXV and XLV. Anderson is the coordinator of officials in the Big 12 Conference, and was a forerunner in implementing an eighth officiating position, the center judge.