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First NFL quarterback to defeat 32 franchises: Brett Favre vs. Green Bay Packers; October 5, 2009 [178] [179] First NFL quarterback to reach 100 career wins (regular season): Johnny Unitas vs. Green Bay Packers; November 9, 1969; First NFL quarterback to reach 150 career wins (regular season): Brett Favre vs. San Diego Chargers; September 23, 2007
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 ...
National Football League records are the superlative statistics of the National Football League. NFL records include: List of NFL individual records , a list of all-time records for individual NFL players
The APFA, which became the National Football League (NFL) in 1922, [157] had a limited number of black players. In the league's first seven years, nine African-Americans played in the APFA/NFL. Two black players took part in the league's inaugural season: Fritz Pollard and Bobby Marshall. In 1921, Pollard coached in the league, becoming the ...
List of dual-threat quarterback records; List of largest comebacks in NFL games; List of last undefeated NFL teams by season; List of NFL longest winning streaks; List of NFL Pro Bowl records; List of NFL quarterbacks by teams beaten; List of NFL quarterbacks with seven touchdown passes in a game; List of NFL Week 1 win–loss records
Note: These records are not listed in NFL Record and Fact Book. Most career wins, regular season, by a starting quarterback: 251, Tom Brady, 2001–2022. Most career wins, regular season, by a starting quarterback, single team: 219, Tom Brady, New England Patriots, 2000–2019.
The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings, a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966.
The rival All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and American Football League (AFL) have since merged with the NFL (the only two AAFC teams that currently exist, the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers, joined the NFL in 1950), but AAFC Championship Games and records are not included in the NFL's record books.