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The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games descending from medieval ...
They lost their first game in the nationals in 1985. Five years later, the Danderyd Mean Machines won their first official national championship. In 1995, the team changed name to Stockholm Mean Machines. From 1997 to 2000 the Mean Machines won the Superserien four times and became the most successful team in the country. Between 2002 and 2009 ...
The first American football game played outside of the United States was the October 23, 1874, game between McGill and Harvard played at Montreal Cricket Grounds. American football in Europe first began with the 1897 École des Beaux-Arts vs. Académie Julian football game.
After only 400 fans attended a scoreless game (with the Rock Island Independents) in Davids’ Stadium on October 24, 1926, the Bears withdrew from the AFL… the first team to call it quits in the American Football League. The exodus from the league continued through the month of November, until there were only four teams left, dooming the league.
The team started as the "Boston Patriots" in 1959 and was part of the old American Football League, or AFL, before joining the NFL in 1970. They became the New England Patriots when they moved to ...
This category is designed to hold historical material about the sport of American football, which forms part of the wider study of sports history.. There is a great deal of historical material in general American football articles which are not included here, such as articles about individual teams and competitions.
The oldest still active football club in Croatia is NK Rijeka, formed in 1904 and playing association football at the latest in 1906, [34] currently competing in the first Croatian league. HNK Segesta , that plays in the third division, was possibly founded in 1906, but its first recorded match was held in 1909.
Las Vegas' decision gives the team a proven winner, as Carroll led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl 48 victory over the Denver Broncos and posted a 170-120-1 record in his 18 seasons as an NFL head ...