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Pro Football Reference.com – 2002; NFL History 2001– (Last accessed October 17, 2005) NFL adopts changes to rules (Last accessed October 17, 2005) New alignment takes effect in 2002 from ESPN.com, May 22, 2001 (Last accessed March 11, 2009) NFL Announces 2002–2009 Schedule Rotation (Last accessed January 19, 2008)
Since 2002, the league has consisted of 32 teams based across the United States. Each NFL season since 2021 has started with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week.
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 2002 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 71st season in the National Football League, and their 66th representing Washington, D.C. They failed to improve on their 8–8 record from 2001, finishing at 7–9.
The 2002 Dallas Cowboys season was the 43rd season for the team in the National Football League (NFL) and the third and final under head coach Dave Campo.It was Emmitt Smith's 13th and final season with the team, officially marking the end of the famed "triplets" tenure in Dallas after wide receiver Michael Irvin was forced to retire prematurely after the 1999 season and quarterback Troy ...
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions. In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game. This happened ...
Prior to the 2002–03 season, the league realigned its teams into eight divisions (four in each conference). [1] Thus, the 12-team playoff format was modified. The league abided by this updated system until 2020: The four division champions are seeded 1–4 based on their regular season won-lost-tied record.
The 2002 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 27th season in the National Football League (NFL), the first season in Seahawks Stadium and the fourth under head coach Mike Holmgren. The Seahawks returned to the NFC West for the first time since their inaugural season of 1976 , as part of the realignment that occurred when the Houston ...