What were the first 10 NFL teams?

Who are the original 8 NFL teams?

What were the original NFL teams?

The NFL was the first professional football league to successfully establish a nationwide presence, after several decades of failed attempts. Only two founding members, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals), are still in the league.

What were the first ten teams in the NFL?

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 ...

What is the oldest NFL teams in order?

How EVERY Team Got Its Name

What are the 2 oldest NFL teams?

How many teams did the NFL start with?

In 1920, ten football teams gathered in Canton, Ohio to create the American Professional Football Association (APFA), now known as the National Football League (NFL).

What is the oldest football team?

The Arizona Cardinals, formed in Chicago in 1898, are the oldest team in the National Football League.

How many NFL teams no longer exist?

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.

When did NFL go to 14 games?

From 1947 through 1960, each NFL team played 12 games per season. The American Football League began play in 1960 and introduced a balanced schedule of 14 games per team over a fifteen-week season, in which each of the eight teams played each of the other teams twice, with one bye week.

What was the last team to join the NFL?

Did you know? The Houston Texans are the youngest franchise in the NFL, becoming the league's 32nd franchise during the 2002 season.

When did the NFL expand to 32 teams?

When the NFL expanded to 32 teams in 2002, the league realigned, changing the division structure from three divisions in each conference to four divisions in each conference.

When did the Panthers join the NFL?

Finally, on October 26, 1993, the NFL owners, unanimously selected the Carolinas as the 29th NFL franchise and the first expansion team since 1976. The Panthers played their first-ever game in Canton, Ohio in the annual AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game.

What are the 4 newest NFL teams?

What's the oldest NFL stadium?

Soldier Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bears is the oldest stadium in the league having opened in 1924. The stadium that has been used the longest by an NFL team is Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers since 1957.

Who are the top 5 oldest football clubs?

What NFL team has not been moved?

Green Bay Packers

While the Green Bay Packers did not join the NFL until its second year, the team does have the distinction of being the oldest continuous franchise that has never moved or changed its name.

How many teams were in the NFL before the merger?

The Atlanta Falcons and the Miami Dolphins were already established and set to start play for the 1966 season, before the merger was announced in June (“NFL- AFL Merger” via wikipedia). There were originally sixteen teams that were in the NFL and ten teams in the AFL.

How many NFL teams were there in the 1960s?

The 1960 NFL season was played with 13 clubs, with the expansion Dallas Cowboys joining the league that season and the Chicago Cardinals moving to St. Louis.

Are the Cardinals the oldest NFL team?

Did you know? The Cardinals franchise dates to 1898, making it the oldest professional American football club in the NFL.

What was the first American football team?

The first American football match was played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton, using rules based on the rules of soccer at the time.

What is the oldest NFL rivalry?

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.