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The The 3232 NFLNFL Teams Teams
BearsBears
Team 1
BengalsBengals
Team 2Team 2
BILLSBILLS
Team 3Team 3
BuccaneersBuccaneers
Team 4Team 4
CardinalsCardinals
Team 5Team 5
ChargersChargers
Team 6Team 6
ColtsColts
Team 7Team 7
BroncosBroncos
Team 8Team 8
PanthersPanthersTeam 9
CowboysCowboys
Team 10
ChiefsChiefs
Team 11Team 11
BrownsBrowns
Team 12Team 12
DolphinsDolphins
Team 13Team 13
PackPackersers
TeamTeam 1414
RavensRavens
Team 15Team 15
49ers49ers
Team 16Team 16
VikingsVikings
Team 17Team 17
TitansTitans
Team 18Team 18
SteelersSteelers
Team 19Team 19
EaglesEagles
Team 20Team 20
TexansTexans
Team 21Team 21
GiantsGiants
Team 22Team 22
JetsJets
Team 23Team 23
SaintsSaints
Team 24Team 24
JaguarsJaguars
Team 25Team 25
FalconsFalcons
Team 26Team 26
RaidersRaiders
Team 27Team 27
SeahawksSeahawks
Team 28Team 28
RamsRams
Team 30Team 30
PatriotsPatriots
Team 31Team 31
RedsRedskinskins
TeamTeam 3232
How the How the NFL startedNFL started
Representatives from several clubs in the Representatives from several clubs in the East and Midwest gathered in Canton, East and Midwest gathered in Canton, Ohio, in 1920 to form the American Ohio, in 1920 to form the American Professional Football Association, which in Professional Football Association, which in 1922 changed its name to the National 1922 changed its name to the National Football League.Football League.
The first black head coachThe first black head coach
Akron Pros star Fritz Pollard adds Akron Pros star Fritz Pollard adds coaching responsibilities to his on-field coaching responsibilities to his on-field duties, becoming the NFL's first black duties, becoming the NFL's first black head coach.head coach.
Chicago BearsChicago Bears
Player-coach George Halas buys his team, the Decatur Staleys, moving them to Chicago where the franchise is reborn as the Chicago Bears.
TheThe NFLNFL BeginsBegins
The NFL, hoping to eliminate rampant The NFL, hoping to eliminate rampant turnover in financially weak franchises, turnover in financially weak franchises, decides to eliminate all but its most decides to eliminate all but its most economically stable teams.economically stable teams. The move cuts The move cuts the number of franchises from 22 to 12, the number of franchises from 22 to 12, and permanently moves the league's and permanently moves the league's center of gravity from small Midwestern center of gravity from small Midwestern towns to large Eastern cities.towns to large Eastern cities.
The First DraftThe First Draft
The NFL holds its first annual draft of The NFL holds its first annual draft of college players. The first player selected, college players. The first player selected, Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, chooses to pursue a career in plastics chooses to pursue a career in plastics manufacturing instead of pro football and manufacturing instead of pro football and never plays a down in the NFL.never plays a down in the NFL.
First TeleFirst Televised Gamevised Game
An NFL game airs on television for the first An NFL game airs on television for the first time, with NBC producing a local time, with NBC producing a local broadcast of a game between the broadcast of a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles. Eagles. Since fewer than 1,000 TV sets Since fewer than 1,000 TV sets are known to exist in are known to exist in New York at the time, New York at the time, it is unclear whether anyone actually it is unclear whether anyone actually watches the broadcast.watches the broadcast.
What Team DWhat Team Doo You Choose?You Choose?
I stick with the I stick with the Washington Redskins. Washington Redskins.