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The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
The Green Bay Packers have won the most NFL championship titles with 13 (nine pre-Super Bowl era and four Super Bowls, including the first two AFL-NFL World Championship Games). The Chicago Bears have won the second most overall championships with nine (eight pre-Super Bowl era and one Super Bowl) and the New York Giants have won the third most ...
1920, 1926–1929 Chicago Cardinals: 1920–1925 Halfback: Harold “Red” Grange: Chicago Bears: 1925, 1929–1934: 1963 New York Yankees (AFL) 1926 New York Yankees: 1927 Joe Guyon: Canton Bulldogs: 1919–1920: 1966 Cleveland Indians: 1921 Oorang Indians: 1922–1923 Rock Island Independents: 1924 Kansas City Cowboys: 1924–1925 New York ...
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
The American Professional Football Association is formed on September 17, 1920, at Canton, Ohio, with Jim Thorpe elected president. [1] The fourteen teams were mainly drawn from the Ohio League, Chicago Circuit, New York Pro Football League and other teams from the lower midwest.
The success of the playoff game led the NFL to institute a championship game. In the first NFL Championship, the Bears played against the New York Giants, defeating them 23–21. The teams met again in the 1934 NFL Championship where the Giants, wearing sneakers [34] defeated the Bears 30–13 on a cold, icy day at the Polo Grounds.
History of the NFL championship; 0–9. ... 1968 NFL Championship Game; ... List of NFL champions (1920–1969)
These are articles concerning seasons of National Football League teams that won the National Football League championship – from 1920 to 1969 – in the era before the AFL-NFL merger. For other NFL champion seasons, see the parent category:National Football League champion seasons by championship