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==List of Teams== | ==List of Teams== | ||
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!East Division !! North Division !! South Division !! West Devision | !East Division !! North Division !! South Division !! West Devision | ||
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| − | |[[Buffalo Bills]] | + | | |
| − | | | + | *[[Buffalo Bills]] |
| − | + | *[[Miami Dolphins]] | |
| − | | | + | *[[New England Patriots]] |
| − | + | *[[New York Jets]] | |
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| − | + | *[[Baltimore Ravens]] | |
| + | *[[Cincinnati Bengals]] | ||
| + | *[[Cleveland Browns]] | ||
| + | *[[Pittsburgh Steelers]] | ||
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| + | *[[Houston Texans]] | ||
| + | *[[Indianapolis Colts]] | ||
| + | *[[Jacksonville Jaguars]] | ||
| + | *[[Tennessee Titans]] | ||
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| + | *[[Denver Broncos]] | ||
| + | *[[Kansas City Chiefs]] | ||
| + | *[[Oakland Raiders]] | ||
| + | *[[San Diego Chargers]] | ||
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!East Division !! North Division !! South Division !! West Division | !East Division !! North Division !! South Division !! West Division | ||
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| − | |[[Dallas Cowboys]] | + | | |
| − | | | + | *[[Dallas Cowboys]] |
| − | + | *[[New York Giants]] | |
| − | | | + | *[[Philadelphia Eagles]] |
| − | + | *[[Washington Redskins]] | |
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| − | + | *[[Chicago Bears]] | |
| + | *[[Detroit Lions]] | ||
| + | *[[Green Bay Packers]] | ||
| + | *[[Minnesota Vikings]] | ||
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| + | *[[Atlanta Falcons]] | ||
| + | *[[Carolina Panthers]] | ||
| + | *[[New Orleans Saints]] | ||
| + | *[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] | ||
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| + | *[[Arizona Cardinals]] | ||
| + | *[[St. Louis Rams]] | ||
| + | *[[San Francisco 49ers]] | ||
| + | *[[Seattle Seahawks]] | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Vince Lombardi]] | *[[Vince Lombardi]] | ||
Revision as of 05:11, February 15, 2008
The National Football League (NFL), is composed of 32 professional football teams from the United States. Teams play sixteen regular season games. Twelve teams qualify to the playoffs, which culminates in the NFL's championship game, the Super Bowl.
History
The origins of the NFL go back to a single game of soccer played between Rutgers and Princeton on November 6, 1869. The game used modified London Football Association rules that began the distinction between (American) soccer and rugby. The NFL was originally 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. In 1960, Kansas City businessman Lamar Hunt founded the American Football League (AFL) to be a competitor to the NFL. By 1970, the two leagues merged with the original NFL teams becoming the National Football Conference and the AFL teams becoming the American Football Conference.
List of Teams
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