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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 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 ...
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 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.
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 ...
A spinner play is a rushing trick play in American football, involving a spin move and a fake hand-off. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Dike Beede and Pop Warner used it, as well as Hugo Bezdek . [ 3 ] It is best run from the single wing formation .
The team didn't become the "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders" until 1967 after a well-endowed stripper caused a stir during a game after walking down a staircase stand on the 50-yard line, carrying ...
The modern history of American football can be considered to have begun after the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, which was the first American football game to feature hash marks, the legalization of the forward pass anywhere behind the line of scrimmage, and the movement of the goal posts back to the goal line; it was also the first indoor game since 1902.