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The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1923: Canton Bulldogs* 11 0 1 0.958 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1929: Green Bay Packers* 12 0 1 0.962 1st NFL No Post-Season – Championship by standings NFL: No HOF: No 1934: Chicago Bears: 13 0 0 1.000 1st NFL West Lost NFL Championship (13 ...
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
History of the NFL championship; 0–9. ... 1968 NFL Championship Game; ... List of NFL champions (1920–1969)
Most Conference Championship Game appearances, 19 San Francisco 49ers 1970–71, 1981, 1983–84, 1988–90, 1992–94, 1997, 2011–13, 2019, 2021–23 Most consecutive Conference Championship Game appearances , 8
NFL Championships Five NFL championship games were played at Wrigley Field: 1933, 1937, 1941, 1943, and 1963. These games were not yet called the "Super Bowl," as the first Super Bowl was held on ...
The American Professional Football Association is formed on September 17, 1920, at Canton, Ohio, with Jim Thorpe elected president. [1] The fourteen teams were mainly drawn from the Ohio League, Chicago Circuit, New York Pro Football League and other teams from the lower midwest.
The 1920 season featured an extremely rare tripleheader—the third in National League and major-league history, having previously occurred only in 1890 and 1896—when the Pittsburgh Pirates hosted the Cincinnati Reds on October 2 for three games, the day before the final day of the regular season. The Reds won the first two games while the ...