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This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL). The history of franchises that began as independent teams, or as members of the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, and other ...
The list also includes franchises from the 1960s American Football League that moved during that league's existence. 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:
Although the AFL's identity was subsumed by the NFL, the NFL eventually adopted many of the AFL's innovations including the on-field game clock, names on player jerseys, recruiting at small and predominantly black colleges, gate and television revenue-sharing, establishment of southern franchises, and more wide-open offensive rules.
National Football League franchise moves and mergers; National Football League records; National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team; National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team; NFL Europe; NFL Films; Timeline of the National Football League; List of current NFL franchise owners; List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees
The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans.They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930 before they were bought by George A. Richards, a radio executive, and moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL Championship the ...
Other career highlights: Her entire career has revolved around the Bears franchise. Fun fact: She turned 101 on January 5, 2024. As of 2014, she was the oldest owner in the NFL—and all major ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. The following is a list of current owners of National Football League (NFL) franchises: List of current NFL franchise owners Franchise Principal owner Since Ref. Arizona Cardinals Michael Bidwill 2019 Atlanta Falcons Arthur Blank [a] 2002 Baltimore Ravens Steve Bisciotti [a] 2004 ...
The last hurrah before entering the sixth decade of existence, this year's game has some history on the line as the Kansas City Chiefs look to be the first team to win three straight Super Bowls.