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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. Cleveland and Pittsburgh moved from NFL Century to AFC Central. New York Giants and St. Louis moved from NFL Century to NFC East.
The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest professional level of American football in the United States. The AFC and its counterpart, the National Football Conference (NFC), each contain 16 teams with 4 divisions.
The AFC has its roots in the American Football League (AFL), which began to play in 1960. In 1970, the AFL merged with the NFL. As part of the merger, the former AFL teams, plus three former NFL teams (the Baltimore Colts, the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers), were placed into the AFC. The remaining former NFL teams were placed in ...
After the merger, all AFL Championship Games and records were included in NFL record books, and the teams have been divided between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). [2] Since 2002, the league has consisted of 32 teams based across the United States.
The NFC and its counterpart, the American Football Conference (AFC), each have 16 teams organized into four divisions. Both conferences were created as part of the 1970 NFL merger with the rival American Football League (AFL). All ten of the former AFL teams and three NFL teams formed the AFC while the remaining thirteen NFL clubs formed the NFC.
The champions of the NFC receive the George Halas Trophy, [99] named after Chicago Bears founder George Halas, who is also considered one of the co-founders of the NFL. The AFC champions receive the Lamar Hunt Trophy, [100] named after Lamar Hunt, the founder of the Kansas City Chiefs and the principal founder of the American Football League ...
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.
Starting in 1933, the NFL decided its champion through a single postseason playoff game, called the NFL Championship Game. During this period, the league divided its teams into two groups, through 1949 as divisions and from 1950 onward as conferences. Divisions (1933–1949): Eastern and Western; Conferences (1950–1952): American and National
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