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A caricature of a football player wearing a spiked Raiders helmet. Los Angeles Chargers: None Miami Dolphins: T. D. A dolphin-like figure New England Patriots: Pat Patriot: A caricature of a patriot from the American Revolution; named after the nickname of the team's original logo. New York Jets: None Pittsburgh Steelers: Steely McBeam
Nicknames for entire teams, whole offensive units, defensive units, or special teams. Names which are marked by an asterisk (*) are team nicknames which may have been coined by team members or local media, but never became well known to the public outside of the teams media market for a multitude of reasons, but most likely due to poor performance.
The Brainy Bunch. Quiz and Tell. The Quiznos. Sherlock’s Home. The Factaholics. The Justice League. Business As Usual. Street Smarts. The Buzzwords. Better Late Than Clever
Marked the beginning of the NFL's popularity surge and eventual rise to the top of the United States sports market. [10] Ice Bowl: December 31, 1967 Dallas Cowboys: 17–21 Green Bay Packers: 1967 NFL Championship Game. The coldest NFL game ever played, with a wind chill of −36 °F (−38 °C). [11] Heidi Game: November 17, 1968 New York Jets ...
The NFL forbids corporations, religious groups, governments, and non-profit organizations from owning stakes in teams. [36] The NFL requires a controlling owner to hold at minimum a 30% stake in the team and forbids ownership groups of over 24 people; one team, the Green Bay Packers, is exempt from this under a grandfather clause and is owned by shareholders.
After the league merged, it was reorganized into two conferences: the National Football Conference (NFC), consisting of most of the pre-merger NFL teams, and the American Football Conference (AFC), consisting of all of the AFL teams as well as three pre-merger NFL teams. [29] Today, the NFL is the most popular sports league in North America [30 ...
Ready for game day? Here are 10 things every NFL fan needs this football season, including gear, apparel, jewelry, outdoor blankets and more.
The following are lists of current National Football League (NFL) team rosters: For American Football Conference (AFC) rosters please see List of current AFC team ...