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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.
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 ...
Capitol Division Record Century Division Record Coastal Division Record Central Division Record 1967: Dallas Cowboys: 9–5 Cleveland Browns: 9–5 Los Angeles Rams: 11–1–2 Green Bay Packers: 9–4–1 1968: Dallas Cowboys: 12–2 Cleveland Browns: 10–4 Baltimore Colts: 13–1 Minnesota Vikings: 8–6 1969: Dallas Cowboys: 11–2–1 ...
The NFL is the wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue, [7] and the sports league with the most valuable teams. [8] The NFL also has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world [9] and is the most popular sports league in the United States. [10]
The new logo was similar to that of the AFC (which itself was similar to the AFL logo) in that unlike the NFL logo it consisted of a single letter instead of a full abbreviation. The three stars represented the three divisions that were used from 1970 to 2001 (Eastern, Central and Western). [6] The 2010 NFL season brought an updated NFC logo.
NFL division winners 2024 ... they're winners of four of their last six and hold a 5-3 record on the road. They're still a dangerous playoff team in the NFC this year. No. 3 seed Los Angeles Rams ...
NFL division winners 2024. ... Cincinnati's Week 17 win over Denver is a crucial tiebreaker if they finish with the same record. No. 3 Baltimore Ravens (11-5, AFC North leaders) vs. No. 6 seed Los ...
In 1965, in the most high-profile such contest and a major boost to the AFL, University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath signed with the New York Jets rather than the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals for a then-record $427,000. In 1966, the NFL's New York Giants broke an informal agreement and signed placekicker Pete Gogolak, who was under contract ...