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This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL).
Listed below is the current schedule of division match-ups for the next few upcoming regular seasons, based on the three-year intra-conference and four-year inter-conference rotations in place since 2021.
Check out the history of the NFL, AFL and all of pro football on Pro-football-reference.com.
Complete source for pro football history including complete player, team, and league stats, awards, records, leaders, rookies and scores.
The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League in 1922. Now the NFL has the highest average attendance of any professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States.
2 wrz 2019 · The NFL had no title game, so it held its first playoff game to determine a champion. Blizzards and extreme cold forced the game indoors to Chicago Stadium with a playing field just 60 yards long by 45 yards wide, with sidelines abutting the stands.
From 1961 through 1977, the NFL schedule consisted of fourteen regular season games played over fourteen weeks, except in 1966. Opening weekend typically was the weekend after Labor Day, or rarely two weekends after Labor Day. Teams played six or seven exhibition games.
