National Football League

The National Football League (NFL), is composed of 32 professional football teams from the United States. The NFL was orginally formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association but in 1922 it officially adopted the name of the National Football League as it is today. The current commissioner of the NFL is Roger Goodell.

Teams play sixteen regular season games. Twelve teams qualify to the playoffs, which culminates in the NFL's championship game, the Super Bowl. The Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in the 2007 Super Bowl.

List of Teams

American Football Conference

East Division

• Buffalo Bills
• Miami Dolphins
• New England Patriots
• New York Jets

North Division

• Baltimore Ravens
• Cincinatti Bengals
• Cleveland Browns
• Pittsburgh Steelers

South Dvision

• Houston Texans
• Indianapolis Colts
• Jacksonville Jaguars
• Tennessee Titans

West Division

• Denver Broncos
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Oakland Raiders
• San Diego Chargers

National Football Conference

East Division

• Dallas Cowboys
• New York Giants
• Philadelphia Eagles
• Washington Redskins

North Division

• Chicago Bears
• Detroit Lions
• Green Bay Packers
• Minnesota Vikings

South Division

• Atlanta Falcons
• Carolina Panthers
• New Orleans Saints
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers

West Division

• Arizona Cardinals
• St. Louis Rams
• San Francisco 49ers
• Seattle Seahawks