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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 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.
The American Professional Football Association is reorganized at Akron, Ohio on April 30, 1921, with Joe F. Carr elected as new league president. [1] With the low entry barrier of a $100 membership fee, the number of teams balloons to 21. [1]
Several National Football League (NFL) games and plays throughout its history have been given names by the media, football fans, and as part of an NFL team's lore as a result of a distinctive play associated with the game, as a result of a unique outcome of or circumstance behind the game, or for other reasons that make the game notable.
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 ...
Check out these "Friends" trivia questions to test your knowledge of the NBC sitcom and its characters Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross and Joey. 101 ‘Friends’ trivia questions to test ...
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 ...