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The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings, a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966.
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 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.
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 Chiefs already have the second-longest streak of consecutive division titles in NFL history after surpassing the 1970s Los Angeles Rams last year. But they still need to win three more in a ...
For the 1960–68 seasons, the AFL used the two-divisional format identical to the NFL to determine its champion. There was no tie-breaker system in place, so ties atop the Eastern Division final standings in 1963 and Western Division in 1968 necessitated playoff games to determine each division's representative in the championship. In both ...
Here's what to know about the brief postseason history of the No. 7 seed. NFL PLAYOFF BOLD ... Green Bay went on to face the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round of the playoffs that season ...
The 2024 NFL regular season is now in the history books and the league's playoff picture is now set in ... NFL division winners 2024. Five of the NFL's eight divisions had been clinched entering ...