What is the oldest rivalry in NFL football?

Green Bay Packers. The rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers began in 1921 and is the league's longest rivalry, with 182 regular-season and post-season games. Chicago currently leads the all-time series, 92–85–6.
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What is the second oldest rivalry in the NFL?

However, the geographic rivalry between the Eagles and Giants is well known in football circles, meriting mention on ESPN.com. The rivalry is the second-oldest of the NFC East. It has been called the greatest rivalry in NFL history.
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What are the 3 oldest NFL teams?

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.
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What is the oldest rivalry in the AFC?

The rivalry between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers dates back to 1950 and is the oldest rivalry in the AFC.
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What is the biggest rivalry in football history?

The granddaddy of all college football rivalries is the University of Michigan vs. Ohio State University. These two midwestern Big Ten powerhouses have been at it since 1897, with the Wolverines and Buckeyes meeting for "The Game" around Thanksgiving weekend for over a century.
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Top 5 Biggest Rivalries In NFL History



Who is the greatest rivalry of all time?

Here's a list of the 10 best rivalries in sports history (in no particular order).
  • Green Bay Packers versus Chicago Bears. ...
  • Los Angeles Lakers versus Boston Celtics. ...
  • Joe Frazier versus Muhammad Ali. ...
  • Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees. ...
  • Ohio State versus Michigan. ...
  • Duke versus North Carolina.
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Who were the original 5 NFL teams?

The league began play in 1920 and comprised five teams from Ohio (Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Tigers, Columbus Panhandlers, and Dayton Triangles), four teams from Illinois (Chicago Tigers, Decatur Staleys, Racine Cardinals [the Cardinals were based in Chicago but took the name of a local street], and Rock ...
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Who are the original 8 NFL teams?

Then the first playoffs took place in 1932, and there were eight teams existing by then: the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Cardinals, the Green Bay Packers, the New York Giants, the Boston Braves (today's Washington Football Team), the Portsmouth Spartans (today's Detroit Lions), the Staten Island Stapletons, and the ...
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Who is the most historic NFL team?

Chicago Bears: 711-515-42 (.

The Bears hold the NFL record for most Hall of Famers, with 27 members, and they also hold the record for most retired jersey numbers, with 13.
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What is the most popular rivalry in the NFL?

Green Bay Packers VS Chicago Bears

Known as "the oldest rivalry in the NFL," there is no team that has more history than these two. To understand why it is considered a historic rivalry, you have to go back to 1921.
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What is the biggest rivalry in American football?

Green Bay Packers vs.

Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears is the biggest rivalry in the NFL. Both teams are among the best teams historically in the league. They've been battling against each other since 1921 and the rivalry is extremely close.
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Who is the biggest rivalry of the Cowboys?

The Commanders–Cowboys rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Washington Commanders, formerly known as the Redskins, and the Dallas Cowboys. In 2005, Sports Illustrated called it the top NFL rivalry of all time and "one of the greatest in sports." ESPN ranked it the best rivalry in the NFL.
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What was the best NFL match ever?

The 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants was the first ever NFL playoff game to go into sudden-death overtime and is widely known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played."
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Who is the losingest NFL team?

The Arizona Cardinals hold the record for the most losses in the history of the National Football League. Since joining the NFL in 1920 (the league's inaugural season), the Cardinals have suffered more defeats than any other team (777 in 102 seasons).
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Who is the oldest team without a Super Bowl?

Oldest NFL Teams Without a Super Bowl Win

The Cardinals are the oldest franchise (1920) that hasn't won a Super Bowl. The Lions (1930) are the second-oldest with a win, followed by the Browns (1950). Eight teams have appeared in a Super Bowl but have never won: Buffalo Bills (four appearances)
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How many NFL teams that don't exist anymore?

The NFL has had 49 franchises become defunct over its history, including ten of the league's twelve charter franchises: only the Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals survive to the present day.
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Who was the first NFL player?

8, 1936. Since that time, there has been a college draft held every year resulting in a competitively balanced league. The first-ever Heisman Trophy winner, Jay Berwanger from the University of Chicago, was the first player ever taken in an NFL draft.
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What is the first NFL team ever?

That honor goes to the Buffalo All-Americans, a founding team of the National Football League in 1920. In the team's first season, the All-Americans went 9-9-1, and believed they deserved to win the championship – and the Brunswick-Balke Collendar Cup.
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What NFL teams have never moved cities?

The Chicago Bears are the only NFL team to have never changed names or cities.
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What are the longest rivalries in the NFL?

Green Bay Packers. The rivalry between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers began in 1921 and is the league's longest rivalry, with 182 regular-season and post-season games. Chicago currently leads the all-time series, 92–85–6.
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What is the number 1 rivalry in sports?

1. New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox. As far as American pro sports are concerned, this is the rivalry. Dating back to 1901, the Yankees and Red Sox have played 2,320 times.
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What is the oldest rivalry in American sports?

The Harvard vs. Yale football rivalry, simply called “The Game,” is one the oldest and most intense sports rivalries in America. Due to the schools' proximity to one another, Harvard and Yale have also duked it out, both in academia and athletics.
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What is the world's oldest sporting rivalry?

It is one of cricket's curiosities that the oldest international rivalry is not, as many assume, England against Australia. That started in 1877, some 33 years after a side representing USA met a team from Canada at Bloomingdale Park in Manhattan.
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Has a NFL QB ever had a perfect game?

Drew Bledsoe In 1993: Passer Score of 164.69

A 38-0 win over the Indianapolis Colts gave Drew Bledsoe his "perfect" game. The rookie quarterback for the New England Patriots completed 9 of his 11 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
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Who is Texas biggest rival?

Oklahoma football aka The Red River Rivalry. Nicknamed "The Red River Showdown" for the Red River that flows through both states, the game is played annually at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
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