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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 Super Bowl — the NFL's championship game — pits the winner of the American Football Conference against the winner of the National Football Conference, with the victor receiving the Vince ...
Here's a look at the teams remaining in the playoff bracket entering the conference championship games. ... USA TODAY. January 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM ... schedule and the results that got the league ...
Championship game schedule. The league also released the schedule for the AFC and NFC championship games on Sunday night. Sunday, Jan. 26 ... USA TODAY. 3 people dead, including 90-year-old after ...
The Super Bowl began as an inter-league championship game between the AFL and NFL, an idea first proposed by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt. This compromise was the result of pressures the upstart AFL was placing on the older NFL. The success of the rival league eventually led to a full merger of the two leagues. [18]
The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of two conferences within the National Football League (NFL), the American Football Conference (AFC) being the other. Prior to 1970, there were two separate professional football leagues, the National Football League and the American Football League (AFL). In 1970, the AFL merged with the NFL.
The NFL playoffs roll on into conference championship weekend. Here's what the schedule and bracket look like: ... Jan. 11 with the league's wild card weekend and will conclude on Feb. 9 with ...
1967 was the first year where a pre-scheduled playoff (rather than regular season results) determined participation in the championship. It also marked the first year in which if there was a tie for first place in a division, the division champion was determined by a system of tiebreakers, rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933 ...