A professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) is The National Football League (NFL).
The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football globally.
The NFL season states with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week.
Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament that culminates in the Super Bowl, which is contested in February and is played between the AFC and NFC conference champions. The league is headquartered in New York City.
When was the NFL founded?
On September 17, 1920, in Canton, Ohio, United States the NFL was founded. It was created by ten football teams that came together to form the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which is now known as the National Football League (NFL). Four more teams joined the League later that year, rounding out the 14 Original NFL Towns.
Who are the founders of the NFL?
The founders of the NFL are Jim Thorpe, George Halas, Stan Cofall, Ralph Hay, Walter Flanigan, Carl Storck, Frank Nied, Art Ranney, Cooney Checkaye, Leo Lyons, Jimmy O’Donnell, Chris O’Brien, Doc Young, Earl Ball, and Morgan O’Brien.
Are all the founders of the NFL still alive?
None of the founders of the NFL are still alive today. But two charter members, the Chicago Cardinals, now the Arizona Cardinals, and the Decatur Staleys, now the Chicago Bears, are still in existence.
The Green Bay Packers franchise, founded in 1919, is the oldest team not to change locations but did not begin league play until 1921. The New York Football Giants now known as New York Giants joined in 1925, followed by the Portsmouth Spartans in 1930, who relocated to Detroit in 1934 to become the Lions.
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