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NFL Capitol Division became nucleus of NFC East. NFL Central Division became NFC Central. NFL Coastal Division became nucleus of NFC West. NFL Century Division teams split up between AFC Central and NFC East. Baltimore moved from NFL Coastal to AFC East. Cincinnati moved from AFL West to AFC Central. Houston moved from AFL East to AFC Central.
In 1933, the teams were divided between the Eastern Division and Western Division. This became the American and National conferences in 1950 after absorbing the rival All-America Football Conference (AAFC), then the Eastern and Western conferences in 1953. The two division/conference regular season champions then played in the NFL Championship ...
The NFL is the wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue, [7] and the sports league with the most valuable teams. [8] The NFL also has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world [9] and is the most popular sports league in the United States. [10]
In 2015 Sarah Thomas became the first full-time female official in NFL history. [29] In 2021 she became the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl. [30] On March 3, 2013, Lauren Silberman became the first woman to ever try out for the NFL when she appeared as a kicker at the NFL Regional Scouting Combine in Florham Park, New Jersey.
With only six division winners in the newly merged league, the NFL designed an eight-team playoff tournament, with four clubs from each conference qualifying. Along with the three division winners in each conference, two wild card teams (one from each conference), the second-place finishers with the best records in each conference, were added ...
The division was formed in 1967 as the National Football League Capitol Division and acquired its current name in 1970 following the AFL-NFL merger. The NFC East is currently the only division in the league in which all four current teams have won not only at least one Super Bowl , but also at least two.
NFL division winners 2024. Only three NFL divisions have been clinched entering Sunday's Week 16. Below is a look at the division winners thus far: AFC. AFC East: Buffalo Bills (11-3)
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