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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 redesign reduced the number of stars in the logo from 25 [23] (which were found not to have a meaning beyond being decorative) to eight (for each of the league's divisions), repositioned the football in the manner of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and changed the NFL letters to a straight, serifed font. The redesign was created with television ...
The NFL Century Division was one of the four divisions of the National Football League during the 1967 through 1969 seasons. [1] (The other divisions were named Capitol, Central, Coastal; each name began with C and consisted of seven letters). The NFL, previously, consisted of the Eastern Conference and Western Conference.
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 ...
The NFL was born in the 1920s, but a famous tradition wasn't born until the league's teenage years. Here's everything you need to know about the NFL's Thanksgiving traditions, who has the most ...
Home field for the 1933 title game was determined by the won-lost percentage in use at the time; the Western Division champion Chicago Bears (10–2–1, .833), having a better record than the Eastern Division champion New York Giants (11–3–0, .786), won the right to host the first title playoff.
The NFC North is looking like the NFL's most formidable division, and the Lions did themselves a major favor Sunday by beating the Vikings. NFL Week 7 winners, losers: Lions take control in ...
We've never seen four teams from the same NFL division make the playoffs the same year since the 2002 realignment, but there's suddenly a realistic chance it happens this season. ... 7-2 and 6-3 ...