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The AFL–NFL merger was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues in the United States at the time: the National Football League (NFL) ...
After the AFL–NFL merger agreement in 1966, and after the AFL's Jets defeated an extremely strong Baltimore Colts team, a popular misconception fostered by the NFL and spread by media reports was that the AFL defeated the NFL because of the common draft instituted in 1967. This apparently was meant to assert that the AFL could not achieve ...
The NFL and AFL agreed to merge in 1966, with the merger taking effect in 1970. All AFL franchises were accepted into the NFL, and the NFL incorporated the AFL's history, records, and statistics. In chronological order: Decatur Staleys: to Chicago in 1921 (renamed the Chicago Bears in 1922) Toledo Maroons: to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1924
With their 19-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, the Steelers became the first team with 500 wins since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger.
Thanks to the Bengals, who beat the Browns 31-14 on Sunday afternoon, the AFC North made NFL history. AFC North becomes first division post-NFL merger to have all 4 teams finish with a winning ...
For the second time since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, a conference welcomes back the same four teams from to the divisional round of the playoffs as the year before.. The matchups are different than ...
As previously mentioned, in 1970, after the NFL and AFL completed their merger, NBC signed a contract with the league to broadcast games from the American Football Conference (AFC). After this season, Al DeRogatis and Kyle Rote swapped positions; resulting in DeRogatis being the #1 color commentator alongside Curt Gowdy and Rote being the #2 ...
News. Shopping. Main Menu. Health. Health. Fitness. Medicare. Main Menu. News. News. Entertainment. Lighter Side. ... and that was the most by any player since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger, according ...