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class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Preseason" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Preseason"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Preseason</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Preseason-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regular_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regular_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Regular season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regular_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Postseason" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Postseason"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Postseason</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Postseason-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Trophies_and_awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Trophies_and_awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Trophies and awards</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Trophies_and_awards-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Trophies and awards subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Trophies_and_awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Team_trophies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_trophies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Team trophies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Team_trophies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Player_and_coach_awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Player_and_coach_awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Player and coach awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Player_and_coach_awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_coverage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_coverage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Media coverage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_coverage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Draft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Draft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Draft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Draft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Free_agency" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Free_agency"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Free agency</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Free_agency-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Explanatory_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Explanatory_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Explanatory notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Explanatory_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="الدوري الوطني لكرة القدم الأمريكية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الدوري الوطني لكرة القدم الأمريكية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Futbol_Liqas%C4%B1" title="Milli Futbol Liqası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Milli Futbol Liqası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97" title="ন্যাশনাল ফুটবল লিগ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ন্যাশনাল ফুটবল লিগ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Нацыянальная футбольная ліга – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нацыянальная футбольная ліга" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национална футболна лига – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национална футболна лига" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84" title="لیگ ملی فوتبال – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیگ ملی فوتبال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%B4%EC%85%94%EB%84%90_%ED%92%8B%EB%B3%BC_%EB%A6%AC%EA%B7%B8" title="내셔널 풋볼 리그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="내셔널 풋볼 리그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A1_(NFL)" title="Ֆուտբոլի ազգային լիգա (NFL) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆուտբոլի ազգային լիգա (NFL)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%97" title="नेशनल फुटबॉल लीग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नेशनल फुटबॉल लीग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B7%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AB%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D" title="ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಫುಟ್ಬಾಲ್ ಲೀಗ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಫುಟ್ಬಾಲ್ ಲೀಗ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li 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href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacion%C4%81l%C4%81_futbola_l%C4%ABga" title="Nacionālā futbola līga – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Nacionālā futbola līga" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacionalin%C4%97_futbolo_lyga" title="Nacionalinė futbolo lyga – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nacionalinė futbolo lyga" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национална фудбалска лига – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Национална фудбалска лига" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%97" title="नॅशनल फुटबॉल लीग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नॅशनल फुटबॉल लीग" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_(Verenigde_Staten)" title="National Football League (Verenigde Staten) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="National Football League (Verenigde Staten)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%97" title="ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਲੀਗ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਲੀਗ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национальная футбольная лига – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Национальная футбольная лига" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%95%DB%95%DA%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="خولی ڕەگبیی ئەمریکی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="خولی ڕەگبیی ئەمریکی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Национална фудбалска лига – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Национална фудбалска лига" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL" title="NFL – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="NFL" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Національна футбольна ліга – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Національна футбольна ліга" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="National Football League" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1920_APFA_season" title="1920 APFA season">1920</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Goodell" title="Roger Goodell">Roger Goodell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">32</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States<sup id="cite_ref-a_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>A<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/345_Park_Avenue" title="345 Park Avenue">345 Park Avenue</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a><br />(4th title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a><br />(13 titles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>United States:</b><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS</a><br /><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Fox" title="NFL on Fox">Fox</a><br /><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_NBC" title="NFL on NBC">NBC</a><br /><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_ESPN" title="NFL on ESPN">ESPN</a> (<a href="/wiki/NFL_on_ABC" title="NFL on ABC">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manningcast" title="Manningcast">ESPN2</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/NFL_Network" title="NFL Network">NFL Network</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Telemundo_Deportes" title="Telemundo Deportes">Telemundo Deportes</a><br /><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Deportes" title="ESPN Deportes">ESPN Deportes</a><br /><b>International:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_broadcasters#International_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current National Football League broadcasters">See list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Streaming partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>United States:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a><br /><a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a><br /><a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Prime_Video" title="NFL on Prime Video">Amazon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a><br /><b>International:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/DAZN" title="DAZN">DAZN</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nfl.com/">NFL.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National Football League</b> (<b>NFL</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Professional_gridiron_football" 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The NFL is one of the <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada</a> and the highest <a href="/wiki/Professional_gridiron_football" title="Professional gridiron football">professional level</a> of American football in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each NFL season begins annually with a <a href="/wiki/NFL_preseason" title="NFL preseason">three-week preseason</a> in August, followed by the <a href="/wiki/NFL_regular_season" title="NFL regular season">18-week regular season</a>, which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one <a href="/wiki/Bye_(sports)" title="Bye (sports)">bye week</a>. Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference, including four division winners and three <a href="/wiki/Wild_card_(sports)" title="Wild card (sports)">wild card</a> teams, advance to the <a href="/wiki/NFL_playoffs" title="NFL playoffs">playoffs</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament" title="Single-elimination tournament">single-elimination tournament</a>, which culminates in the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>, played in early February between the winners of the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Championship_Game" title="AFC Championship Game">AFC</a> and <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC</a> championship games. </p><p>The NFL was formed in 1920 as the <b>American Professional Football Association</b> (<b>APFA</b>) before renaming itself the National Football League for the <a href="/wiki/1922_NFL_season" title="1922 NFL season">1922 season</a>. After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings, a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Football_League_championship#1933–1965:_NFL_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the National Football League championship">NFL Championship Game</a> until 1966. Following an <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">agreement to merge</a> the NFL with the rival <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> (AFL), the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue" title="List of professional sports leagues by revenue">wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the sports league with the most valuable teams.<sup id="cite_ref-Badenhausen-2019_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Badenhausen-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL also has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_sports_attendance_figures" title="List of sports attendance figures">highest average attendance</a> (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the most popular sports league in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Super Bowl is also among the most-watched sporting events in the world,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the individual games accounting for many of the most watched television programs in American history and all occupying the top five of <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" title="Nielsen Media Research">Nielsen</a>'s all-time most-watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> hold the most combined NFL championships with thirteen, winning nine titles before the Super Bowl era and four Super Bowls afterwards. Since the creation of the Super Bowl, the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> are tied for the most Super Bowl victories at six each. The reigning league champions are the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, who defeated the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> by a score of 25–22 in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LVIII" title="Super Bowl LVIII">Super Bowl LVIII</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Ohio_League" title="Ohio League">Ohio League</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Football_League" title="History of the National Football League">History of the National Football League</a>, and <a href="/wiki/History_of_American_football" title="History of American football">History of American football</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_and_history">Founding and history</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"American Professional Football Association" redirects here. For the similarly-named minor professional league of the 1930s, see <a href="/wiki/Midwest_Football_League_(1935%E2%80%931940)" title="Midwest Football League (1935–1940)">Midwest Football League (1935–1940)</a>.</div> <p>On August 20, 1920, a meeting was held by representatives of the <a href="/wiki/Akron_Pros" title="Akron Pros">Akron Pros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton Bulldogs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Tigers_(NFL)" title="Cleveland Tigers (NFL)">Cleveland Indians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Triangles" title="Dayton Triangles">Dayton Triangles</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Motor_Car_Company" title="Jordan Motor Car Company">Jordan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hupmobile" title="Hupmobile">Hupmobile</a> auto showroom in <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" title="Canton, Ohio">Canton, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-profootballhof.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profootballhof.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This meeting resulted in the formation of the American Professional Football Conference (APFC), a group who, according to the <i>Canton Evening Repository</i>, intended to "raise the standard of professional football in every way possible, to eliminate bidding for players between rival clubs and to secure cooperation in the formation of schedules".<sup id="cite_ref-Happy_Birthday_NFL?_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Happy_Birthday_NFL?-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second meeting was held on September 17, 1920, with representatives from teams within four states: Akron, Canton, Cleveland, and Dayton from Ohio; the <a href="/wiki/Hammond_Pros" title="Hammond Pros">Hammond Pros</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muncie_Flyers" title="Muncie Flyers">Muncie Flyers</a> from Indiana; the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Jeffersons" title="Rochester Jeffersons">Rochester Jeffersons</a> from New York; and the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Independents" title="Rock Island Independents">Rock Island Independents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Decatur Staleys</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Racine (Chicago) Cardinals</a> from Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league was renamed to the <b>American Professional Football Association (APFA)</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Happy_Birthday_NFL?_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Happy_Birthday_NFL?-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league elected <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe">Jim Thorpe</a> as its first president, and consisted of 14 teams (the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_All-Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo All-Americans">Buffalo All-Americans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tigers" title="Chicago Tigers">Chicago Tigers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Panhandles" title="Columbus Panhandles">Columbus Panhandles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Detroit_(1920s_NFL_teams)" title="Detroit (1920s NFL teams)">Detroit Heralds</a> joined the league during the year). The <a href="/wiki/Massillon_Tigers" title="Massillon Tigers">Massillon Tigers</a> from <a href="/wiki/Massillon,_Ohio" title="Massillon, Ohio">Massillon, Ohio</a> was also at the September 17 meeting, but did not field a team in 1920. Only two of these teams, the Decatur Staleys (now the Chicago Bears) and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cardinals" title="Chicago Cardinals">Chicago Cardinals</a> (now the Arizona Cardinals), remain in the NFL.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1920_akron_pros_posing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/1920_akron_pros_posing.jpg/220px-1920_akron_pros_posing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/1920_akron_pros_posing.jpg/330px-1920_akron_pros_posing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/1920_akron_pros_posing.jpg/440px-1920_akron_pros_posing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="346" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Akron_Pros" title="Akron Pros">Akron Pros</a> won the first APFA (NFL) Championship in 1920.</figcaption></figure> <p>Although the league did not maintain official standings for its <a href="/wiki/1920_APFA_season" title="1920 APFA season">1920 inaugural season</a> and teams played schedules that included non-league opponents, the APFA awarded the Akron Pros the championship by virtue of their <abbr title="8 wins, 0 losses, 3 ties">8–0–3</abbr> record.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first event occurred on September 26, 1920, when the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Independents" title="Rock Island Independents">Rock Island Independents</a> defeated the non-league St. Paul Ideals 48–0 at <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Park_(Rock_Island)" title="Douglas Park (Rock Island)">Douglas Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-profootballhof.com_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profootballhof.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 3, 1920, the first full week of league play occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following season resulted in the Chicago Staleys <a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_Championship_controversy" title="1921 NFL Championship controversy">controversially winning the title</a> over the Buffalo All-Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 24, 1922, the APFA changed its name to the National Football League (NFL).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_season" title="1932 NFL season">1932</a>, the season ended with the Chicago Bears (<abbr title="6 wins, 1 loss, 6 ties">6–1–6</abbr>) and the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Spartans" title="Portsmouth Spartans">Portsmouth Spartans</a> (<abbr title="6 wins, 1 loss, 4 ties">6–1–4</abbr>) tied for first in the league standings.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, teams were ranked on a single table and the team with the highest <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">winning percentage</a> (not including ties, which were not counted towards the standings) at the end of the season was declared the champion; the only tiebreaker was that in the event of a tie if two teams played twice in a season, the result of the second game determined the title (the source of the 1921 controversy). This method had been used since the league's creation in 1920, but no situation had been encountered where two teams were tied for first. The league quickly determined that a <a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game" title="1932 NFL Playoff Game">playoff game</a> between Chicago and Portsmouth was needed to decide the league's champion. The teams were originally scheduled to play the playoff game, officially a regular-season game that would count towards the regular season standings, at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> in Chicago, but a combination of heavy snow and extreme cold forced the game to be moved indoors to <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a>, which did not have a regulation-size football field. Playing with altered rules to accommodate the smaller playing field, the Bears won the game 9–0 and thus won the championship. Fan interest in the <i>de facto</i> championship game led the NFL, beginning in <a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_season" title="1933 NFL season">1933</a>, to split into <a href="/wiki/Eastern_and_Western_Conferences_(NFL)_1933%E2%80%9369" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern and Western Conferences (NFL) 1933–69">two divisions</a> with a championship game to be played between the division champions.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_season" title="1934 NFL season">1934 season</a> also marked the first of twelve seasons in which African Americans were <a href="/wiki/Black_players_in_professional_American_football" title="Black players in professional American football">absent from the league</a>. The <i>de facto</i> ban was rescinded in <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_season" title="1946 NFL season">1946</a>, following public pressure and coinciding with the removal of <a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">a similar ban</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NFL was always the largest professional football league in the United States; it nevertheless faced numerous rival professional leagues through the 1930s and 1940s. Rival leagues included at least three separate <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="American Football League (disambiguation)">American Football Leagues</a> and the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a> (AAFC), on top of various regional leagues of varying caliber. Three NFL teams trace their histories to these rival leagues; the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> who came from a 1936 iteration of the American Football League, and the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a>, both from the AAFC. By the 1950s, the NFL had an effective monopoly on professional football in the United States; its only competition in North America was the professional <a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian football</a> circuit, which formally became the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> (CFL) in 1958. With Canadian football being <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_Canadian_football" title="Comparison of American and Canadian football">a different football code</a> than the American game, the CFL established a niche market in Canada and still survives as an independent league. </p><p>A new professional league, the fourth <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> (AFL), began to play in 1960. The upstart AFL began to challenge the established NFL in popularity, gaining lucrative television contracts and engaging in a bidding war with the NFL for free agents and draft picks. The two leagues announced a <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">merger</a> on June 8, 1966, to take full effect in 1970. In the meantime, the leagues would hold a common draft and championship game. The game, the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>, was held four times before the merger, with the NFL winning <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_I" title="Super Bowl I">Super Bowl I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_II" title="Super Bowl II">Super Bowl II</a>, and the AFL winning <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_III" title="Super Bowl III">Super Bowl III</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IV" title="Super Bowl IV">Super Bowl IV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the league merged, it was reorganized into two conferences: the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a> (NFC), consisting of most of the pre-merger NFL teams, and the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">American Football Conference</a> (AFC), consisting of all of the AFL teams as well as three pre-merger NFL teams.<sup id="cite_ref-History:_1961–1970_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History:_1961–1970-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the NFL is the most popular sports league in North America<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – with much of the league's growth and popularity attributable to former Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Pete Rozelle</a>, who led the league from 1960 to 1989. Overall annual attendance increased from 3 million at the beginning of his tenure to 17 million by the end of his tenure, and 400 million global viewers watched 1989's <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXIII" title="Super Bowl XXIII">Super Bowl XXIII</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_International_Sports_Studies_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_International_Sports_Studies-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL established <a href="/wiki/NFL_Properties" title="NFL Properties">NFL Properties</a> in 1963. The league's licensing wing, NFL Properties, earns the league billions of dollars annually; Rozelle's tenure also marked the creation of <a href="/wiki/NFL_Charities" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Charities">NFL Charities</a> and a national partnership with <a href="/wiki/United_Way" title="United Way">United Way</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_International_Sports_Studies_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_International_Sports_Studies-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tagliabue" title="Paul Tagliabue">Paul Tagliabue</a> was elected as commissioner to succeed Rozelle; his 17-year tenure, which ended in 2006, was marked by large increases in television contracts and the addition of four expansion teams,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the introduction of league initiatives to increase the number of minorities in league and team management roles.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league's current Commissioner, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Goodell" title="Roger Goodell">Roger Goodell</a>, has focused on reducing the number of illegal hits and making the sport safer, mainly through fining or suspending players who break rules.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These actions are among many the NFL is taking to reduce <a href="/wiki/Concussion" title="Concussion">concussions</a> and improve player safety.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to 2021, the NFL had utilized race-based adjustments of dementia claims in the $1 billion settlement of concussion claims, which had been criticized by critics before the NFL decided to end what was called "race-norming".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 21, 2024, the NFL announced the NFL Source initiative, aimed at increasing the number of minority- and women-owned businesses that work with the league throughout the year.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NFL Source will be mandatory for teams that host major events, such as the Super Bowl and the NFL Draft, and their organizing committees, but will be optional for other contracts at the team level.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL will partner with the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc to help local businesses across the country obtain the certifications necessary to do business with the league in furtherance of its efforts to increase partnerships with certified and underrepresented businesses that are 51% owned and operated or led by a veteran, woman, minority, person with disabilities or LGBTQ+.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, a <a href="/wiki/Class_action" title="Class action">class-action</a> lawsuit was filed on behalf of NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers, alleging that the NFL, its member teams, its broadcast partners, and DirecTV engaged in a <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy" title="Conspiracy">conspiracy</a> to violate <a href="/wiki/Competition_law" title="Competition law">antitrust law</a>, by granting DirecTV exclusive rights to sell the Sunday Ticket product, thereby restricting competition and forcing viewers to pay super competitive prices to view out-of-market games.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 27, 2024, a jury in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> found that the NFL had violated antitrust law in setting the price of the Sunday ticket package and ordered a penalty totaling more than $4.7 billion. With triple damages allowed under federal antitrust laws, the NFL could ultimately be liable for $14.39 billion. The league said it would ask the judge to set the verdict aside then appeal the verdict if needed.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_and_playoff_development">Season and playoff development</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_seasons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League seasons">List of National Football League seasons</a></div> <p>From 1920 to 1934, the NFL did not have a set number of games for teams to play, instead setting a minimum. The league mandated a twelve-game regular season for each team beginning in <a href="/wiki/1935_NFL_season" title="1935 NFL season">1935</a>, later shortening this to eleven games in <a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_season" title="1937 NFL season">1937</a> and ten games in <a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_season" title="1943 NFL season">1943</a>, mainly due to World War II. After the war ended, the number of games returned to eleven games in <a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_season" title="1946 NFL season">1946</a>, and later back to twelve in 1947. The NFL went to a 14-game schedule in <a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_season" title="1961 NFL season">1961</a>, which it retained until switching to a 16-game schedule in <a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2021, the NFL officially adopted a 17-game schedule after gaining the agreement of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">National Football League Players Association</a> (NFLPA).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Having an odd number of games in the schedule will give half the teams nine games as the home team, while half the teams have only eight home games. To minimize the perceived benefit on competition of having more home games, the extra home game will be rotated between the two conferences each year. This is because playoff berths are allocated at the conference level, so all teams within the conference will have played the same number of home games. </p><p>The NFL operated in a two-conference system from 1933 to <a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_season" title="1966 NFL season">1966</a>, where the champions of each conference would meet in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Football_League_championship#1933–1966:_NFL_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the National Football League championship">NFL Championship Game</a>. If two teams tied for the conference lead, they would meet in a <a href="/wiki/One-game_playoff" title="One-game playoff">one-game playoff</a> to determine the conference champion. In <a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967</a>, the NFL expanded from 15 teams to 16 teams. Instead of just evening out the conferences by adding the expansion <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> to the seven-member Western Conference, the NFL realigned the conferences and split each into two four-team divisions. The four division champions would meet in the <a href="/wiki/NFL_playoffs" title="NFL playoffs">NFL playoffs</a>, a two-round playoff.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL also operated the <a href="/wiki/Playoff_Bowl" title="Playoff Bowl">Playoff Bowl</a> (officially the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl) from 1960 to 1969. Effectively, a <a href="/wiki/Third_place_playoff" title="Third place playoff">third-place game</a>, pitting the two conference runners-up against each other, the league considers Playoff Bowls to have been <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">exhibitions</a> rather than playoff games. The league discontinued the Playoff Bowl in 1970 due to its perception as a game for losers.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the addition of the former AFL teams into the NFL in <a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a>, the NFL split into two conferences with three divisions each. The expanded league, now with twenty-six teams,<sup id="cite_ref-History:_1961–1970_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History:_1961–1970-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would also feature an expanded eight-team playoff, the participants being the three division champions from each conference as well as one 'wild card' team (the team with the best win percentage that did not win its division) from each conference. In 1978, the league added a second wild card team from each conference, bringing the total number of playoff teams to ten, and a further two wild card teams were added in <a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_season" title="1990 NFL season">1990</a> to bring the total to twelve. When the NFL expanded to 32 teams in <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a>, the league realigned, changing the division structure from three divisions in each conference to four divisions in each conference. As each division champion gets a playoff bid, the number of wild card teams from each conference dropped from three to two.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The playoffs expanded again in 2020, adding two more wild card teams to bring the total to 14 playoff teams.<sup id="cite_ref-o426_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-o426-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Franchises">Franchises</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_NFL_franchises" title="List of defunct NFL franchises">List of defunct NFL franchises</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_National_Football_League" title="Timeline of the National Football League">Timeline of the National Football League</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NFL_franchise_moves_and_mergers" title="NFL franchise moves and mergers">NFL franchise moves and mergers</a></div> <div role="img" class="floatright noresize" style="width: 500px; 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font-size:85%; left:429px; top:276px"><a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Dolphins</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:452px; top:67px"><a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">Patriots</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:432px; top:85px"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">Jets</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:435px; top:123px"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Ravens</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:354px; top:144px"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Bengals</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:347px; top:112px"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Browns</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:371px; top:124px"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Steelers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:222px; top:250px"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Texans</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:313px; top:127px"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Colts</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:327px; top:178px"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Titans</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:153px; top:139px"><a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Broncos</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:234px; top:138px"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Chiefs</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:60px; top:172px"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Chargers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:69px; top:147px"><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Raiders" title="Las Vegas Raiders">Raiders</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:194px; top:211px"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Cowboys</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:452px; top:100px"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">Giants</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:446px; top:112px"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Eagles</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:408px; top:135px"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Commanders</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:293px; top:102px"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Bears</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:341px; top:85px"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Lions</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:300px; top:64px"><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Packers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:239px; top:65px"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Vikings</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:364px; top:206px"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Falcons</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:406px; top:169px"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Panthers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:286px; top:232px"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">Saints</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:403px; top:253px"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Buccaneers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:408px; top:230px"><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jaguars</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:114px; top:190px"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Cardinals</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:13px; top:171px"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Rams</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:16px; top:118px"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">49ers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:66px; top:17px"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seahawks</a></div> </div> <p>The NFL consists of 32 clubs divided into two conferences of 16 teams each. Each conference is divided into four divisions of four clubs each. During the regular season, each team is allowed a maximum of 55 players on its roster; only 48 of these may be active (eligible to play) on game days.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each team can also have a sixteen-player <a href="/wiki/Practice_squad" title="Practice squad">practice squad</a> separate from its main roster.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each NFL club is granted a franchise, the league's authorization for the team to operate in its home city. This franchise covers 'Home Territory' (the 75 miles surrounding the city limits, or, if the team is within 100 miles of another league city, half the distance between the two cities) and 'Home Marketing Area' (Home Territory plus the rest of the state the club operates in, as well as the area the team operates its training camp in for the duration of the camp). Each NFL member has the exclusive right to host professional football games inside its Home Territory and the exclusive right to advertise, promote, and host events in its Home Marketing Area. There are a couple of exceptions to this rule, mostly relating to teams with close proximity to each other: teams that operate in the same city (e.g. New York City and Los Angeles) or the same state (e.g. <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>) share the rights to the city's Home Territory and the state's Home Marketing Area, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a>, at approximately US$8 billion, are the most valuable NFL franchise and the most valuable sports team in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 26 of the 32 NFL teams rank among the Top 50 most valuable sports teams in the world;<sup id="cite_ref-Badenhausen-2019_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Badenhausen-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 16 of the NFL's owners are listed on the <a href="/wiki/Forbes_400" title="Forbes 400">Forbes 400</a>, the most of any sports league or organization.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="1"> <caption>Key </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Symbol </th> <th scope="col">Meaning </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><b>*</b> </th> <td>Franchise has relocated at some point in its existence </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:center;"><b>†</b> </th> <td>Club was a founding member of the NFL </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>National Football League teams </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Conference </th> <th scope="col">Division<sup id="cite_ref-Teams_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Teams-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Team<sup id="cite_ref-Teams_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Teams-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">City </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_stadiums" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current National Football League stadiums">Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Capacity </th> <th scope="col">First<br />season<sup id="cite_ref-History_of_NFL_franchises,_1920–present_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_of_NFL_franchises,_1920–present-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_National_Football_League_head_coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current National Football League head coaches">Head<br />coach</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="16"><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">AFC</a> </th> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/AFC_East" title="AFC East">East</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Orchard_Park,_NY" class="mw-redirect" title="Orchard Park, NY">Orchard Park, NY</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Highmark_Stadium_(New_York)" title="Highmark Stadium (New York)">Highmark Stadium</a> </td> <td>71,608 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001970-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1970</span> (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_McDermott" title="Sean McDermott">Sean McDermott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Gardens,_FL" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Gardens, FL">Miami Gardens, FL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hard_Rock_Stadium" title="Hard Rock Stadium">Hard Rock Stadium</a> </td> <td>64,767 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1966</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001970-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1970</span> (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_McDaniel" title="Mike McDaniel">Mike McDaniel</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Foxborough,_MA" class="mw-redirect" title="Foxborough, MA">Foxborough, MA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillette_Stadium" title="Gillette Stadium">Gillette Stadium</a> </td> <td>65,878 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001970-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1970</span> (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerod_Mayo" title="Jerod Mayo">Jerod Mayo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_NJ" class="mw-redirect" title="East Rutherford, NJ">East Rutherford, NJ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MetLife_Stadium" title="MetLife Stadium">MetLife Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-b_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>B<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>82,500 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001970-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1970</span> (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Ulbrich" title="Jeff Ulbrich">Jeff Ulbrich</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/AFC_North" title="AFC North">North</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_MD" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, MD">Baltimore, MD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M%26T_Bank_Stadium" title="M&T Bank Stadium">M&T Bank Stadium</a> </td> <td>71,008 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1996</span><sup id="cite_ref-c_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>C<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Harbaugh" title="John Harbaugh">John Harbaugh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_OH" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, OH">Cincinnati, OH</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paycor_Stadium" title="Paycor Stadium">Paycor Stadium</a> </td> <td>65,515 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1968</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001970-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1970</span> (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zac_Taylor" title="Zac Taylor">Zac Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_OH" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, OH">Cleveland, OH</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntington_Bank_Field" title="Huntington Bank Field">Huntington Bank Field</a> </td> <td>67,895 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001946-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1946</span> (<a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">AAFC</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001950-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1950</span> (NFL)<sup id="cite_ref-c_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>C<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Stefanski" title="Kevin Stefanski">Kevin Stefanski</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers" title="Pittsburgh Steelers">Pittsburgh Steelers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_PA" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, PA">Pittsburgh, PA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Acrisure_Stadium" title="Acrisure Stadium">Acrisure Stadium</a> </td> <td>68,400 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001933-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1933</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Tomlin" title="Mike Tomlin">Mike Tomlin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/AFC_South" title="AFC South">South</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, TX">Houston, TX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRG_Stadium" title="NRG Stadium">NRG Stadium</a> </td> <td>71,995 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">2002</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DeMeco_Ryans" title="DeMeco Ryans">DeMeco Ryans</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_IN" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, IN">Indianapolis, IN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Oil_Stadium" title="Lucas Oil Stadium">Lucas Oil Stadium</a> </td> <td>63,000 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1953</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shane_Steichen" title="Shane Steichen">Shane Steichen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_FL" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonville, FL">Jacksonville, FL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/EverBank_Stadium" title="EverBank Stadium">EverBank Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-d_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>D<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>67,814 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1995</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Pederson" title="Doug Pederson">Doug Pederson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Tennessee Titans</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_TN" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville, TN">Nashville, TN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nissan_Stadium" title="Nissan Stadium">Nissan Stadium</a> </td> <td>69,143 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br />1970 (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Callahan" title="Brian Callahan">Brian Callahan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/AFC_West" title="AFC West">West</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver,_CO" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, CO">Denver, CO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Empower_Field_at_Mile_High" title="Empower Field at Mile High">Empower Field at Mile High</a> </td> <td>76,125 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br />1970 (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Payton" title="Sean Payton">Sean Payton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_MO" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City, MO">Kansas City, MO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GEHA_Field_at_Arrowhead_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium">GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium</a> </td> <td>76,416 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br />1970 (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Reid" title="Andy Reid">Andy Reid</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Raiders" title="Las Vegas Raiders">Las Vegas Raiders</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paradise,_NV" class="mw-redirect" title="Paradise, NV">Paradise, NV</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allegiant_Stadium" title="Allegiant Stadium">Allegiant Stadium</a> </td> <td>65,000 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br />1970 (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pierce" title="Antonio Pierce">Antonio Pierce</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_CA" class="mw-redirect" title="Inglewood, CA">Inglewood, CA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SoFi_Stadium" title="SoFi Stadium">SoFi Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-f_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>E<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>70,240 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">AFL</a>)<br />1970 (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Harbaugh" title="Jim Harbaugh">Jim Harbaugh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="16"><a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">NFC</a> </th> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/NFC_East" title="NFC East">East</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arlington,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlington, TX">Arlington, TX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Stadium" title="AT&T Stadium">AT&T Stadium</a> </td> <td>80,000 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1960</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_McCarthy" title="Mike McCarthy">Mike McCarthy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford, NJ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MetLife_Stadium" title="MetLife Stadium">MetLife Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-b_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>B<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>82,500 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001925-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1925</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Daboll" title="Brian Daboll">Brian Daboll</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, PA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Financial_Field" title="Lincoln Financial Field">Lincoln Financial Field</a> </td> <td>69,176 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001933-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1933</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Sirianni" title="Nick Sirianni">Nick Sirianni</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Commanders</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Landover,_MD" class="mw-redirect" title="Landover, MD">Landover, MD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Stadium" title="Northwest Stadium">Northwest Stadium</a> </td> <td>62,000 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001932-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1932</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Quinn_(American_football)" title="Dan Quinn (American football)">Dan Quinn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">North</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>† </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_IL" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, IL">Chicago, IL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> </td> <td>61,500 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001920-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1920</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Eberflus" title="Matt Eberflus">Matt Eberflus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_MI" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, MI">Detroit, MI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a> </td> <td>65,000 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001930-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1930</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Campbell" title="Dan Campbell">Dan Campbell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay,_WI" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Bay, WI">Green Bay, WI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lambeau_Field" title="Lambeau Field">Lambeau Field</a> </td> <td>81,441 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001921-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1921</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_LaFleur" title="Matt LaFleur">Matt LaFleur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_MN" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis, MN">Minneapolis, MN</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Bank_Stadium" title="U.S. Bank Stadium">U.S. Bank Stadium</a> </td> <td>66,860 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1961</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_O%27Connell_(American_football)" title="Kevin O'Connell (American football)">Kevin O'Connell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/NFC_South" title="NFC South">South</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_GA" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, GA">Atlanta, GA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Stadium" title="Mercedes-Benz Stadium">Mercedes-Benz Stadium</a> </td> <td>71,000 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1966</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raheem_Morris" title="Raheem Morris">Raheem Morris</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_NC" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte, NC">Charlotte, NC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America_Stadium" title="Bank of America Stadium">Bank of America Stadium</a> </td> <td>75,523 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1995</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Canales" title="Dave Canales">Dave Canales</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_LA" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, LA">New Orleans, LA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caesars_Superdome" title="Caesars Superdome">Caesars Superdome</a> </td> <td>73,208 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1967</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Allen_(American_football)" title="Dennis Allen (American football)">Dennis Allen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_FL" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa, FL">Tampa, FL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raymond_James_Stadium" title="Raymond James Stadium">Raymond James Stadium</a> </td> <td>65,618 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1976</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Bowles" title="Todd Bowles">Todd Bowles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/NFC_West" title="NFC West">West</a> </th> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Arizona Cardinals</a>*† </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_AZ" class="mw-redirect" title="Glendale, AZ">Glendale, AZ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/State_Farm_Stadium" title="State Farm Stadium">State Farm Stadium</a> </td> <td>63,400 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001920-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1920</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Gannon" title="Jonathan Gannon">Jonathan Gannon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>* </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_CA" class="mw-redirect" title="Inglewood, CA">Inglewood, CA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SoFi_Stadium" title="SoFi Stadium">SoFi Stadium</a><sup id="cite_ref-f_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>E<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>70,240 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001936-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1936</span> (<a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1936)" title="American Football League (1936)">AFL</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001937-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1937</span> (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_McVay" title="Sean McVay">Sean McVay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_CA" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Clara, CA">Santa Clara, CA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Levi%27s_Stadium" title="Levi's Stadium">Levi's Stadium</a> </td> <td>68,500 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001946-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1946</span> (<a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">AAFC</a>)<br /><span data-sort-value="000000001950-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1950</span> (NFL) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Shanahan" title="Kyle Shanahan">Kyle Shanahan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Seahawks" title="Seattle Seahawks">Seattle Seahawks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle,_WA" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, WA">Seattle, WA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lumen_Field" title="Lumen Field">Lumen Field</a> </td> <td>69,000 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1976</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Macdonald" title="Mike Macdonald">Mike Macdonald</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_the_NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of the NFL">Commissioner of the NFL</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roger_Goodell_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Roger_Goodell_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Roger_Goodell_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Roger_Goodell_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Roger_Goodell_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Roger_Goodell_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Roger_Goodell_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1830" data-file-height="1750" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Roger_Goodell" title="Roger Goodell">Roger Goodell</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Commissioner">National Football League Commissioner</a> since 2006 (pictured in 2012)</figcaption></figure> <p>At the corporate level, the National Football League considers itself a <a href="/wiki/Trade_association" title="Trade association">trade association</a> made up of and financed by its 32 member teams.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up until 2015, the league was an unincorporated nonprofit <a href="/wiki/501(c)(6)" class="mw-redirect" title="501(c)(6)">501(c)(6)</a> association.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Section 501(c)(6) of the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Code" title="Internal Revenue Code">Internal Revenue Code</a> provides an exemption from federal income taxation for "Business leagues, chambers of commerce, real-estate boards, boards of trade, or professional football leagues (whether or not administering a pension fund for football players), not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual."<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, each individual team, with the exception of the non-profit <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is subject to tax because they make a profit.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, the NFL gave up its tax-exempt status following public criticism; in a letter to the club owners, Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Roger_Goodell" title="Roger Goodell">Roger Goodell</a> labeled it a "distraction", saying "the effects of the tax-exempt status of the league office have been mischaracterized repeatedly in recent years… Every dollar of income generated through television rights fees, licensing agreements, sponsorships, ticket sales, and other means is earned by the 32 clubs and is taxable there. This will remain the case even when the league office and Management Council file returns as taxable entities, and the change in filing status will make no material difference to our business." As a result, the league office might owe around US$10 million in income taxes, but it is no longer required to disclose the salaries of its executive officers.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The league has three defined officers: the commissioner, secretary, and treasurer. Each conference has one defined officer, the president, which is essentially an honorary position with few powers and mostly ceremonial duties, including awarding the conference championship trophy. </p><p>The commissioner is elected by the affirmative vote of two-thirds or eighteen (whichever is greater) of the members of the league, while the president of each conference is elected by an affirmative vote of three-fourths or 10 of the conference members.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commissioner appoints the secretary and treasurer and has broad authority in disputes between clubs, players, coaches, and employees. He is the "principal <a href="/wiki/Executive_officer" title="Executive officer">executive officer</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the NFL and also has authority in hiring league employees, negotiating television contracts, disciplining individuals that own part or all of an NFL team, clubs, or employed individuals of an NFL club if they have violated league by-laws or committed "conduct detrimental to the welfare of the League or professional football".<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commissioner can, in the event of misconduct by a party associated with the league, suspend individuals, hand down a fine of up to US$500,000, cancel contracts with the league, and award or strip teams of draft picks.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35_76-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In extreme cases, the commissioner can offer recommendations to the NFL's executive committee, up to and including the "cancellation or forfeiture"<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35_76-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of a club's franchise or any other action, he deems necessary. The commissioner can also issue sanctions up to and including a lifetime ban from the league if an individual connected to the NFL has bet on games or failed to notify the league of conspiracies or plans to bet on or fix games.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35_76-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Bylaws,_p._28–35-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current Commissioner of the National Football League is Roger Goodell, who was elected in 2006 after <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tagliabue" title="Paul Tagliabue">Paul Tagliabue</a>, the previous commissioner, retired.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_format">Season format</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_seasons" title="List of NFL seasons">List of NFL seasons</a></div> <p>The NFL season format consists of a three-week <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_preseason" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League preseason">preseason</a>, an 18-week <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_regular_season" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League regular season">regular season</a> (each team plays 17 games), and a 14-team <a href="/wiki/NFL_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Playoffs">single-elimination playoff</a> culminating in the Super Bowl, the league's championship game. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preseason">Preseason</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NFL_preseason" title="NFL preseason">NFL preseason</a></div> <p>The NFL preseason begins with the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_Game" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame Game">Pro Football Hall of Fame Game</a>, played at <a href="/wiki/Tom_Benson_Hall_of_Fame_Stadium" title="Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium">Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" title="Canton, Ohio">Canton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each NFL team is required to schedule three preseason games. NFC teams must play at least two of these at home in odd numbered years and AFC teams must play at least two at home in even numbered years. However, the teams involved in the Hall of Fame game, as well as any team that played in an <a href="/wiki/American_Bowl" title="American Bowl">American Bowl</a> game, play four preseason games.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Preseason games are <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">exhibition matches</a> and do not count towards regular-season totals.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the preseason does not count towards standings, teams generally do not focus on winning games; instead, they are used by coaches to evaluate their teams and by players to show their performance, both to their current team and to other teams if they get cut.<sup id="cite_ref-meaningless_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meaningless-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quality of preseason games has been criticized by some fans, who dislike having to pay full price for exhibition games,<sup id="cite_ref-Jim_Irsay_to_fans:_You_don't_really_pay_full_price_for_preseason_tickets_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jim_Irsay_to_fans:_You_don't_really_pay_full_price_for_preseason_tickets-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as by some players and coaches, who dislike the risk of injury the games have, while others have felt the preseason is a necessary part of the NFL season.<sup id="cite_ref-meaningless_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meaningless-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jim_Irsay_to_fans:_You_don't_really_pay_full_price_for_preseason_tickets_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jim_Irsay_to_fans:_You_don't_really_pay_full_price_for_preseason_tickets-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NFL_regular_season" title="NFL regular season">NFL regular season</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:350px;"> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>AFC team standings </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">POS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">AFC East </th> <th scope="col">AFC North </th> <th scope="col">AFC South </th> <th scope="col">AFC West </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td style="background-color:#fcc"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Bills</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Bengals</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Titans" title="Tennessee Titans">Titans</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Chiefs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">Patriots</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steelers" class="mw-redirect" title="Steelers">Steelers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Colts</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Raiders" title="Las Vegas Raiders">Raiders</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Dolphins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Browns</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Texans</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/Chargers" class="mw-redirect" title="Chargers">Chargers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">Jets</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Ravens</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Jaguars" title="Jacksonville Jaguars">Jaguars</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Broncos</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>NFC team standings </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Position">POS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">NFC East </th> <th scope="col">NFC North </th> <th scope="col">NFC South </th> <th scope="col">NFC West </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td style="background-color:#fa0"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Cowboys</a></td> <td style="background-color:#fa0"><a href="/wiki/Packers" class="mw-redirect" title="Packers">Packers</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Buccaneers</a></td> <td style="background-color:#0f0"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Rams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Eagles</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Vikings</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">Saints</a></td> <td style="background-color:#add8e6"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">Cardinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Commanders</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Bears</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Falcons</a></td> <td style="background-color:#add8e6"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">49ers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">Giants</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Lions</a></td> <td style="background-color:#ff0"><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Panthers</a></td> <td style="background-color:#add8e6"><a href="/wiki/Seahawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Seahawks">Seahawks</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="thumbcaption"> This chart of the <a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season#Regular_season_standings" title="2021 NFL season">2021 season standings</a> displays an application of the NFL scheduling formula. The <a href="/wiki/2021_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2021 Los Angeles Rams season">Rams in 2021</a> (highlighted in green) finished in first place in the <a href="/wiki/NFC_West" title="NFC West">NFC West</a>. Thus, <a href="/wiki/2022_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2022 Los Angeles Rams season">in 2022</a>, the Rams played two games against each of its division rivals (highlighted in light blue), one game against each team in the <a href="/wiki/NFC_South" title="NFC South">NFC South</a> and <a href="/wiki/AFC_West" title="AFC West">AFC West</a> (highlighted in yellow), one game each against the first-place finishers in the <a href="/wiki/NFC_East" title="NFC East">NFC East</a> and <a href="/wiki/NFC_North" title="NFC North">NFC North</a> (highlighted in orange) and one game against the team who finished first in the AFC East (highlighted in pink).</div></div></div> <p>Currently, the 14 opponents each team faces over the 17-game regular season schedule are set using a predetermined formula:<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league runs an 18-week, 272-game regular season.<sup id="cite_ref-s269_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s269-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2021, the season has begun the week after Labor Day (the first Monday in September) and concluded the week after New Year.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening game of the season is normally a home game on a Thursday for the league's defending champion.<sup id="cite_ref-2012_NFL_Schedule_Announced_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012_NFL_Schedule_Announced-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most NFL games are played on Sundays, with a <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday night game</a> typically held at least once a week and <a href="/wiki/Thursday_Night_Football" title="Thursday Night Football">Thursday night games</a> occurring on most weeks as well.<sup id="cite_ref-2012_NFL_Schedule_Announced_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012_NFL_Schedule_Announced-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NFL games are not normally played on Fridays or Saturdays until late in the regular season, as <a href="/wiki/Sports_Broadcasting_Act_of_1961" title="Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961">federal law</a> prohibits professional football leagues from competing with college or high school football. Because high school and college teams typically play games on Friday and Saturday, respectively, the NFL cannot hold games on those days until the Friday before the third Saturday in December. While Saturday games late in the season are common, the league rarely holds Friday games, the most recent one being on Christmas Day in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NFL games are rarely scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday, and those days have only been used three times since 1948: in 2010, when a Sunday game was rescheduled to Tuesday due to a blizzard; in 2012, when the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Kickoff_game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Kickoff game">Kickoff game</a> was moved from Thursday to Wednesday to avoid conflict with the <a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Convention</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2020, when a game was postponed from Sunday to Tuesday due to players <a href="/wiki/2020_Tennessee_Titans_season" title="2020 Tennessee Titans season">testing positive</a> for <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-a648_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a648-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NFL regular season match-ups are determined according to a scheduling formula. Within a division, all four teams play 14 out of their 17 games against common opponents or each other– two games (home and away) are played against the other three teams in the division, while one game is held against all the members of a division from the NFC and a division from the AFC as determined by a rotating cycle (three years for the conference the team is in, and four years in the conference they are not in). Two of the other games are intraconference games, determined by the standings of the previous year – for example, if a team finishes first in its division, it will play two other first-place teams in its conference, while a team that finishes last would play two other last-place teams in the conference. The final game is an inter-conference based on a rotating cycle and determined by previous season's standings.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, each team plays 17 games and has one bye week, where it does not play a game.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although a team's home and away opponents are known by the end of the previous year's regular season, the exact dates and times for NFL games are not determined until much later because the league has to account for, among other things, the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">Major League Baseball postseason</a> and local events that could pose a scheduling conflict with NFL games. During the 2010 season, over 500,000 potential schedules were created by computers, 5,000 of which were considered "playable schedules" and were reviewed by the NFL's scheduling team. After arriving at what they felt was the best schedule out of the group, nearly 50 more potential schedules were developed to try to ensure that the chosen schedule would be the best possible one.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postseason">Postseason</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/NFL_playoffs" title="NFL playoffs">NFL playoffs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a></div> <p>Following the conclusion of the regular season, the NFL Playoffs, a 14-team single-elimination tournament, is then held. Seven teams are selected from each conference: the winners of each of the four divisions as well as three wild card teams (the three remaining teams with the best overall record, with tiebreakers in the event of two or more teams having the same record). These teams are seeded according to overall record and tiebreakers, with the division champions always ranking higher than the wild card teams.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The top team (seeded one) from each conference are awarded a bye week, while the remaining six teams (seeded 2–7) from each conference compete in the first round of the playoffs, the Wild Card round, with the 2-seed competing against the 7-seed, the 3-seed competing against the 6-seed and the 4-seed competing against the 5-seed. The winners of the Wild Card round advance to the Divisional Round, which matches the lower seeded team against the 1-seed and the two remaining teams against each other. The winners of those games then compete in the Conference Championships, with the higher remaining seed hosting the lower remaining seed. The AFC and NFC champions then compete in the Super Bowl to determine the league champion. </p><p>The only other postseason event hosted by the NFL is the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a>, the league's <a href="/wiki/All-star_game" title="All-star game">all-star game</a>. Since 2009, the Pro Bowl has been held the week before the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>; in previous years, the game was held the week following the Super Bowl, but in an effort to boost ratings, the game was moved to the week before.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of this, players from the teams participating in the Super Bowl are exempt from participating in the game. The Pro Bowl is not considered as competitive as a regular-season game because the biggest concern of teams is to avoid injuries to the players.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trophies_and_awards">Trophies and awards</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_awards" title="List of NFL awards">List of NFL awards</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_trophies">Team trophies</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy" title="Vince Lombardi Trophy">Vince Lombardi Trophy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Thorp_Memorial_Trophy" title="Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy">Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brunswick-Balke_Collender_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup">Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup</a></div> <p>The National Football League has used three different trophies to honor its champion over its existence. The first trophy, the <a href="/wiki/Brunswick-Balke_Collender_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup">Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup</a>, was donated to the NFL (then APFA) in 1920 by the <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Corporation" title="Brunswick Corporation">Brunswick-Balke Collender Corporation</a>. The trophy, the appearance of which is only known by its description as a "silver loving cup", was intended to be a traveling trophy and not to become permanent until a team had won at least three titles. The league awarded it to the Akron Pros, champions of the inaugural 1920 season; however, the trophy was discontinued and its current whereabouts are unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second trophy, the <a href="/wiki/Ed_Thorp_Memorial_Trophy" title="Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy">Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy</a>, was issued by the NFL from 1934 to 1967. The trophy's namesake, Ed Thorp, was a referee in the league and a friend to many early league owners; upon his death in 1934, the league created the trophy to honor him. In addition to the main trophy, which would be in the possession of the current league champion, the league issued a smaller replica trophy to each champion, who would maintain permanent control over it. The current location of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy, long thought to be lost,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is believed to be possessed by the <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers_Hall_of_Fame" title="Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame">Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current trophy of the NFL is the <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi_Trophy" title="Vince Lombardi Trophy">Vince Lombardi Trophy</a>. The Super Bowl trophy was officially renamed in 1970 after <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a>, who as head coach led the Green Bay Packers to victories in the first two Super Bowls.<sup id="cite_ref-l194_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l194-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike the previous trophies, a new Vince Lombardi Trophy is issued to each year's champion, who maintains permanent control of it. Lombardi Trophies are made by <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_%26_Co." title="Tiffany & Co.">Tiffany & Co.</a> out of sterling silver and are worth anywhere from US$25,000 to US$300,000.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, each player on the winning team as well as coaches and personnel are awarded <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_ring" title="Super Bowl ring">Super Bowl rings</a> to commemorate their victory. The winning team chooses the company that makes the rings; each ring design varies, with the NFL mandating certain ring specifications (which have a degree of room for deviation), in addition to requiring the Super Bowl logo be on at least one side of the ring.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The losing team are also awarded rings, which must be no more than half as valuable as the winners' rings, but those are almost never worn.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The conference champions receive trophies for their achievement. The champions of the NFC receive the <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game#George_Halas_Trophy" title="NFC Championship Game">George Halas Trophy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> named after Chicago Bears founder <a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">George Halas</a>, who is also considered one of the co-founders of the NFL. The AFC champions receive the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Championship_Game#Lamar_Hunt_Trophy" title="AFC Championship Game">Lamar Hunt Trophy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> named after <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt" title="Lamar Hunt">Lamar Hunt</a>, the founder of the Kansas City Chiefs and the principal founder of the American Football League. Players on the winning team also receive a conference championship ring.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player_and_coach_awards">Player and coach awards</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:National_Football_League_trophies_and_awards" title="Category:National Football League trophies and awards">Category:National Football League trophies and awards</a></div> <p>The NFL recognizes a number of awards for its players and coaches at its annual <a href="/wiki/NFL_Honors" title="NFL Honors">NFL Honors</a> presentation. The most prestigious award is the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Most Valuable Player Award">AP Most Valuable Player</a> (MVP) award.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other major awards include the <a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award">AP Offensive Player of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award">AP Defensive Player of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award">AP Comeback Player of the Year</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Rookie of the Year Award">AP Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year</a> awards.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another prestigious award is the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Payton Man of the Year Award">Walter Payton Man of the Year Award</a>, which recognizes a player's off-field work in addition to his on-field performance.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/NFL_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Coach of the Year">NFL Coach of the Year</a> award is the highest coaching award.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL also gives out weekly awards such as the <a href="/wiki/FedEx_Air_%26_Ground_NFL_Players_of_the_Week" title="FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week">FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week</a><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Pepsi_NFL_Rookie_of_the_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week">Pepsi MAX NFL Rookie of the Week</a> awards.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_American_television" title="NFL on American television">NFL on American television</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NFL_broadcasters" title="List of current NFL broadcasters">List of current NFL broadcasters</a></div> <p>In the United States, the National Football League is televised on eight networks across seven media partners: <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>/<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Video">Prime Video</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NFL_Network" title="NFL Network">NFL Network</a>. The league offers its media rights in packages of games to prospective media partners. The packages can vary depending on conference, broadcast time slot, or both. CBS televises afternoon games from the AFC package, and Fox carries afternoon games from the NFC package. These afternoon games are not carried on all affiliates, as multiple games are being played at once; each network affiliate is assigned one game per time slot, according to a complicated set of rules.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2011, the league has reserved the right to give Sunday games that, under the contract, would normally air on one network to the other network (known as "flexible scheduling").<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only way to legally watch a regionally televised game not being carried on the local network affiliates is to purchase NFL Sunday Ticket, the league's <a href="/wiki/Out-of-market_sports_package" title="Out-of-market sports package">out-of-market sports package</a>, which is available through <a href="/wiki/YouTube_TV" title="YouTube TV">YouTube TV</a> starting with the 2023 season.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league also provides <a href="/wiki/NFL_RedZone" title="NFL RedZone">NFL RedZone</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Omnibus_(broadcast)" title="Omnibus (broadcast)">omnibus telecast</a> that cuts to the most relevant plays in each game, live as they happen. </p><p>In addition to the regional games, the league also has packages of telecasts, mostly in prime time, that are carried nationwide. NBC broadcasts the primetime <i><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">Sunday Night Football</a></i> package, which includes the Thursday <a href="/wiki/NFL_Kickoff_game" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Kickoff game">NFL Kickoff game</a> that starts the regular season and a primetime <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Thanksgiving_Day" title="NFL on Thanksgiving Day">Thanksgiving Day game</a>. ESPN is the main broadcaster of the <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i> package with ABC airing select games either exclusively or as a simulcast with ESPN. <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a>, through their Prime Video streaming service, is the exclusive carrier of the <i><a href="/wiki/Thursday_Night_Football" title="Thursday Night Football">Thursday Night Football</a></i> package. NFL Network, a U.S. pay cable channel owned by the league itself, broadcasts select games under the <i><a href="/wiki/NFL_Network_Exclusive_Game_Series" title="NFL Network Exclusive Game Series">NFL Network Exclusive Game Series</a></i> banner. Games under this banner usually consist of <a href="/wiki/NFL_International_Series" title="NFL International Series">NFL International Series</a> games and select Saturday games. In 2023, the NFL occupied the top three rates for a 30-second advertisement: $882,079 for <i>Sunday Night Football</i>, $562,524 for <i>Monday Night Football</i>, and $440,523 for <i>Thursday Night Football</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The league, in recent years, has expanded their televised broadcasts to <a href="/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service" title="Over-the-top media service">over-the-top</a> streaming services. Since 2022, Amazon holds the exclusive rights to broadcast the <i>Thursday Night Football</i> package.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to then, Amazon streamed games from the same package as part of a tri-cast model that saw games aired on broadcast television (initially through CBS and NBC, then later with Fox), cable television (through NFL Network), and digital streaming (through Prime Video).<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Renews_Amazon_Streaming_Deal_for_'Thursday_Night_Football'_for_2018-19_Seasons_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Renews_Amazon_Streaming_Deal_for_'Thursday_Night_Football'_for_2018-19_Seasons-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amazon has also streamed games for free on <a href="/wiki/Twitch_(service)" title="Twitch (service)">Twitch</a> since 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_Renews_Amazon_Streaming_Deal_for_'Thursday_Night_Football'_for_2018-19_Seasons_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_Renews_Amazon_Streaming_Deal_for_'Thursday_Night_Football'_for_2018-19_Seasons-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CBS streams its AFC package games on <a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a> as a simulcast with its CBS broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NBC streams <i>Sunday Night Football</i> and select exclusive games on <a href="/wiki/Peacock_(streaming_service)" title="Peacock (streaming service)">Peacock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ESPN streams its games on <a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a> in simulcast with the broadcasts on ESPN or ABC.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season_122-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Walt_Disney_Company,_ESPN_and_National_Football_League_Reach_Landmark_Long-Term_Agreement_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Walt_Disney_Company,_ESPN_and_National_Football_League_Reach_Landmark_Long-Term_Agreement-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ESPN also holds exclusive rights to stream one Sunday morning international game on ESPN+.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Walt_Disney_Company,_ESPN_and_National_Football_League_Reach_Landmark_Long-Term_Agreement_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Walt_Disney_Company,_ESPN_and_National_Football_League_Reach_Landmark_Long-Term_Agreement-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in 2024, Netflix holds the global streaming rights for at least one Christmas Day game every season as part of a three-year deal.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Super Bowl television rights are rotated on a four-year basis between CBS, Fox, NBC, and ESPN/ABC. The NFL's most recent contract negotiation for the media rights deal was announced on March 18, 2021, to take effect beginning in the 2023 season. The deal renewed previous rights agreements made by the NFL and each of its network partners to air their respective game packages, while awarding Amazon the <i>Thursday Night Football</i> package. ESPN/ABC is set to return to the Super Bowl broadcast rotation and will broadcast the Super Bowl on U.S. television in 2027, 21 years after airing its last Super Bowl, <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XL" title="Super Bowl XL">Super Bowl XL</a>. Digital and streaming distribution was expanded to allow CBS, NBC, and ESPN/ABC to stream games on their respective over-the-top streaming services. For each of the packages the respective network partners currently hold, ESPN/ABC is paying US$2.7 billion a year; CBS, Fox, and NBC are each paying more than US$2 billion a year; and Amazon is paying US$1 billion a year. The current deal runs through the 2033 season.<sup id="cite_ref-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season_122-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NFL_completes_long-term_media_distribution_agreements_through_2033_season-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The league also has deals with Spanish-language broadcasters <a href="/wiki/NBC_Universo" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC Universo">NBC Universo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fox_Deportes" title="Fox Deportes">Fox Deportes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Deportes" title="ESPN Deportes">ESPN Deportes</a>, which air Spanish language dubs of their respective English-language sister networks' games.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league's contracts do not cover preseason games, which individual teams are free to sell to local stations directly; a minority of preseason games are distributed among the league's national television partners. </p><p>Through the 2014 season, the NFL had a <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_television#Blackout_policies" title="NFL on television">blackout policy</a> in which games were 'blacked out' on local television in the home team's area if the home stadium was not sold out. Clubs could elect to set this requirement at only 85%, but they would have to give more ticket revenue to the visiting team; teams could also request a specific exemption from the NFL for the game. The vast majority of NFL games were not blacked out; only 6% of games were blacked out during the <a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_season" title="2011 NFL season">2011 season</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and only two games were blacked out in <a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_season" title="2013 NFL season">2013</a> and none in <a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blackout_suspended_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blackout_suspended-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL announced in March 2015 that it would suspend its blackout policy for at least the <a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_season" title="2015 NFL season">2015 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blackout_suspended_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blackout_suspended-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen Company">Nielsen</a>, the NFL regular season since 2012 was watched by at least 200 million individuals, accounting for 80% of all television households in the United States and 69% of all potential viewers in the United States. NFL regular season games accounted for 31 out of the top 32 most-watched programs in the fall season and an NFL game ranked as the most-watched television show in all 17 weeks of the regular season. At the local level, NFL games were the highest-ranked shows in NFL markets 92% of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Super Bowls account for the 22 most-watched programs (based on total audience) in US history, including a record 167 million people that watched <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVIII" title="Super Bowl XLVIII">Super Bowl XLVIII</a>, the conclusion to the 2013 season.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to radio networks run by each NFL team, select NFL games are broadcast nationally by <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_Westwood_One_Sports" title="NFL on Westwood One Sports">Westwood One</a> (known as Dial Global for the 2012 season). These games are broadcast on over 500 networks, giving all NFL markets access to each primetime game. The NFL's deal with Westwood One was extended in 2012 and continued through 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other NFL games are nationally distributed by <a href="/wiki/Compass_Media_Networks" title="Compass Media Networks">Compass Media Networks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sports_USA_Radio_Network" title="Sports USA Radio Network">Sports USA Radio Network</a> under contracts with individual teams. </p><p>Some broadcasting innovations have either been introduced or popularized during NFL telecasts. Among them, the <a href="/wiki/Skycam" title="Skycam">Skycam</a> camera system was used for the first time in a live telecast, at a 1984 preseason NFL game in San Diego between the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">Chargers</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">49ers</a>, and televised by CBS.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Commentator <a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">John Madden</a> famously used a <a href="/wiki/Telestrator" title="Telestrator">telestrator</a> during games between the early 1980s to the mid-2000s, boosting the device's popularity.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Draft">Draft</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/NFL_draft" title="NFL draft">NFL draft</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caleb_Williams_Oklahoma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Caleb_Williams_Oklahoma.jpg/220px-Caleb_Williams_Oklahoma.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="417" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Caleb_Williams_Oklahoma.jpg/330px-Caleb_Williams_Oklahoma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Caleb_Williams_Oklahoma.jpg/440px-Caleb_Williams_Oklahoma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="1265" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Williams" title="Caleb Williams">Caleb Williams</a>, the first overall pick of the <a href="/wiki/2024_NFL_draft" title="2024 NFL draft">2024 NFL draft</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Each April (excluding 2014 when it took place in May), the NFL holds a draft of college players. The draft consists of seven rounds, with each of the 32 clubs getting one pick in each round.<sup id="cite_ref-What's_the_NFL_draft_all_about?_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-What's_the_NFL_draft_all_about?-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The draft order for non-playoff teams is determined by regular-season record; among playoff teams, teams are first ranked by the furthest round of the playoffs they reached, and then are ranked by regular-season record. For example, any team that reached the divisional round will be given a higher pick than any team that reached the conference championships, but will be given a lower pick than any team that did not make the divisional round. The Super Bowl champion always drafts last, and the losing team from the Super Bowl always drafts next-to-last.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All potential draftees must be at least three years removed from high school in order to be eligible for the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Underclassmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Underclassmen">Underclassmen</a> that have met that criterion to be eligible for the draft must write an application to the NFL by January 15 renouncing their remaining college eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clubs can trade away picks for future draft picks, but cannot trade the rights to players they have selected in previous drafts.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aside from the seven picks each club gets, compensatory draft picks are given to teams that have lost more compensatory free agents than they have gained. These are spread out from rounds 3 to 7, and a total of 32 are given.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clubs are required to make their selection within a certain period of time, the exact time depending on which round the pick is made in. If they fail to do so on time, the clubs behind them can begin to select their players in order, but they do not lose the pick outright. This happened in the <a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_draft" title="2003 NFL draft">2003 draft</a>, when the Minnesota Vikings failed to make their selection on time. The Jacksonville Jaguars and <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> were able to make their picks before the Vikings were able to use theirs.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selected players are only allowed to negotiate contracts with the team that picked them, but if they choose not to sign they become eligible for the next year's draft.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the current collective bargaining contract, all contracts to drafted players must be four-year deals with a club option for a fifth. Contracts themselves are limited to a certain amount of money, depending on the exact draft pick the player was selected with.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Players who were draft eligible but not picked in the draft are free to sign with any club.<sup id="cite_ref-What's_the_NFL_draft_all_about?_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-What's_the_NFL_draft_all_about?-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NFL operates several other drafts in addition to the NFL draft. The league holds a <a href="/wiki/Supplemental_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplemental draft">supplemental draft</a> annually. Clubs submit emails to the league stating the player they wish to select and the round they will do so, and the team with the highest bid wins the rights to that player. The exact order is determined by a lottery held before the draft, and a successful bid for a player will result in the team forfeiting the rights to its pick in the equivalent round of the next NFL draft.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Players are only eligible for the supplemental draft after being granted a petition for special eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league holds <a href="/wiki/Expansion_draft" title="Expansion draft">expansion drafts</a>, the most recent happening in <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_expansion_draft" title="2002 NFL expansion draft">2002</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a> began play as an <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other drafts held by the league include <a href="/wiki/1950_AAFC_dispersal_draft" title="1950 AAFC dispersal draft">an allocation draft in 1950</a> to allocate players from several teams that played in the dissolved All-America Football Conference<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_supplemental_draft_of_USFL_and_CFL_players" title="1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players">supplemental draft in 1984</a> to give NFL teams the rights to players who had been eligible for the main draft but had not been drafted because they had signed contracts with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League" title="United States Football League">United States Football League</a> or <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like the other <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major sports leagues in the United States</a>, the NFL maintains protocol for a <a href="/wiki/Disaster_draft" title="Disaster draft">disaster draft</a>. In the event of a 'near disaster' (less than 15 players killed or disabled) that caused the club to lose a quarterback, they could draft one from a team with at least three quarterbacks. In the event of a 'disaster' (15 or more players killed or disabled) that results in a club's season being canceled, a restocking draft would be held. Neither of these protocols has ever had to be implemented.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Free_agency">Free agency</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">Free agents</a> in the National Football League are divided into <a href="/wiki/Restricted_free_agent" title="Restricted free agent">restricted free agents</a>, who have three accrued seasons and whose current contract has expired, and <a href="/wiki/Unrestricted_free_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Unrestricted free agent">unrestricted free agents</a>, who have four or more accrued seasons and whose contract has expired. An accrued season is defined as "six or more regular-season games on a club's active/inactive, reserved/injured or reserve/physically unable to perform lists".<sup id="cite_ref-Questions_and_answers_for_2012_free_agency_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Questions_and_answers_for_2012_free_agency-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Restricted free agents are allowed to negotiate with other clubs besides their former club, but the former club has the right to match any offer. If they choose not to, they are compensated with draft picks. Unrestricted free agents are free to sign with any club, and no compensation is owed if they sign with a different club.<sup id="cite_ref-Questions_and_answers_for_2012_free_agency_154-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Questions_and_answers_for_2012_free_agency-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clubs are given one <a href="/wiki/Franchise_tag" title="Franchise tag">franchise tag</a> to offer to any unrestricted free agent. The franchise tag is a one-year deal that pays the player 120% of his previous contract or no less than the average of the five highest-paid players at his position, whichever is greater. There are two types of franchise tags: exclusive tags, which do not allow the player to negotiate with other clubs, and non-exclusive tags, which allow the player to negotiate with other clubs but gives his former club the right to match any offer and two first-round draft picks if they decline to match it.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clubs also have the option to use a <a href="/wiki/Transition_tag" title="Transition tag">transition tag</a>, which is similar to the non-exclusive franchise tag but offers no compensation if the former club refuses to match the offer.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to that stipulation, the transition tag is rarely used,<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even with the removal of the "poison pill" strategy (offering a contract with stipulations that the former club would be unable to match) that essentially ended the usage of the tag league-wide.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each club is subject to a <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a>, which is set at US$188.2 million for the 2019 season,<sup id="cite_ref-2019_Salary_Cap_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2019_Salary_Cap-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> US$11 million more than that of 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-2019_Salary_Cap_159-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2019_Salary_Cap-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Members of clubs' <a href="/wiki/Practice_squad#National_Football_League" title="Practice squad">practice squads</a>, despite being paid by and working for their respective clubs, are also simultaneously a kind of free agent and are able to sign to any other club's active roster (provided their new club is not their previous club's next opponent within a set number of days) without compensation to their previous club; practice squad players cannot be signed to other clubs' practice squads, however, unless released by their original club first.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football_in_the_United_States" title="American football in the United States">American football in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_champions_(1920%E2%80%931969)" title="List of NFL champions (1920–1969)">List of NFL champions (1920–1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">List of Super Bowl champions</a> (1966–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(1902)" title="National Football League (1902)">National Football League (1902)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_All-Decade_Teams" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League All-Decade Teams">National Football League All-Decade Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Cheerleading" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Cheerleading">National Football League Cheerleading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_controversies" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League controversies">National Football League controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_franchise_moves_and_mergers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League franchise moves and mergers">National Football League franchise moves and mergers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_records" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League records">National Football League records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team">National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Europe" title="NFL Europe">NFL Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Films" title="NFL Films">NFL Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_National_Football_League" title="Timeline of the National Football League">Timeline of the National Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NFL_franchise_owners" title="List of current NFL franchise owners">List of current NFL franchise owners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees">List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy" title="List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy">List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Player_Pathway_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="International Player Pathway Program">International Player Pathway Program</a> (IPPP)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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id="cite_note-a-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-a_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">All teams are based in the United States, but several preseason and regular season games have been held internationally.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-b-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-b_59-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-b_59-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> share <a href="/wiki/MetLife_Stadium" title="MetLife Stadium">MetLife Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-c-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-c_62-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c_62-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Due to an agreement with the city of <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns_relocation_controversy" title="Cleveland Browns relocation controversy">Cleveland Browns relocation controversy</a>, the Browns name, colors, and team history/records were left in Cleveland, while the team, personnel, and staff were allowed to move to Baltimore what was considered a new franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, the Ravens are considered to have begun play in <a href="/wiki/1996_Baltimore_Ravens_season" title="1996 Baltimore Ravens season">1996</a> while the current Cleveland Browns are considered to have been founded in 1946, joined the NFL in <a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_season" title="1950 NFL season">1950</a>, became 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In 2020, the Jaguars were originally scheduled to play two home games at Wembley Stadium, but the plans were cancelled due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-f-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-f_67-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-f_67-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> share <a href="/wiki/SoFi_Stadium" title="SoFi Stadium">SoFi Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBattista2020" class="citation news cs1">Battista, Judy (September 16, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nfl.com/news/remembering-the-nfl-s-humble-origins-on-its-100th-birthday">"Remembering the NFL's humble origins on its 100th birthday"</a>. <i>NFL.com</i>. 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home stadiums for current NFL teams">Chronology</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_awards" title="List of NFL awards">Awards</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees">members</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_player_conduct_policy" title="NFL player conduct policy">Player conduct</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_suspensions_in_the_NFL" title="List of suspensions in the NFL">Suspensions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Scouting_Combine" title="NFL Scouting Combine">Combine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_draft" title="NFL draft">Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Training_camp_(NFL)" title="Training camp (NFL)">Training camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Foundation" title="NFL Foundation">NFL Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Alumni" title="NFL Alumni">NFL Alumni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Gen_Stats" title="Next Gen Stats">Next Gen Stats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_mascots" title="List of NFL mascots">Mascots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_nicknames" title="List of NFL nicknames">Nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_uniform_numbers" title="NFL uniform numbers">Uniform numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Color_Rush" title="NFL Color Rush">Color Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_rivalries" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL rivalries">Rivalries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_Cheerleading" title="NFL Cheerleading">Cheerleading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_organizational_conflicts_in_the_NFL" title="List of organizational conflicts in the NFL">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_retired_numbers" title="List of NFL retired numbers">Retired numbers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NFL_seasons" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NFL_seasons" 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href="/wiki/1920_APFA_season" title="1920 APFA season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_APFA_season" title="1921 APFA season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_NFL_season" title="1922 NFL season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_NFL_season" title="1923 NFL season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_NFL_season" title="1924 NFL season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_NFL_season" title="1925 NFL season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_NFL_season" title="1926 NFL season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_NFL_season" title="1927 NFL season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_NFL_season" title="1928 NFL season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_NFL_season" title="1929 NFL season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_NFL_season" title="1930 NFL season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_NFL_season" title="1931 NFL season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_NFL_season" title="1932 NFL season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_NFL_season" title="1933 NFL season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_NFL_season" title="1934 NFL season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_NFL_season" title="1935 NFL season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_NFL_season" title="1936 NFL season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_season" title="1937 NFL season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_NFL_season" title="1938 NFL season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_NFL_season" title="1939 NFL season">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_season" title="1940 NFL season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_season" title="1941 NFL season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_season" title="1942 NFL season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_season" title="1943 NFL season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_NFL_season" title="1944 NFL season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_NFL_season" title="1945 NFL season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_season" title="1946 NFL season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_NFL_season" title="1947 NFL season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_season" title="1948 NFL season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_NFL_season" title="1949 NFL season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_season" title="1950 NFL season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_season" title="1951 NFL season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_season" title="1952 NFL season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_season" title="1953 NFL season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_season" title="1954 NFL season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_season" title="1955 NFL season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_season" title="1956 NFL season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_season" title="1957 NFL season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_season" title="1958 NFL season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NFL_season" title="1959 NFL season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_season" title="1960 NFL season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_season" title="1961 NFL season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NFL_season" title="1962 NFL season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_season" title="1963 NFL season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_NFL_season" title="1964 NFL season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_season" title="1966 NFL season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NFL_season" title="1968 NFL season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">AAFC seasons</a> (1946–1949)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_AAFC_season" title="1946 AAFC season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_AAFC_season" title="1947 AAFC season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_AAFC_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 AAFC season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_AAFC_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1949 AAFC season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Football_League_seasons" title="List of American Football League seasons">AFL seasons</a> (1960–1969)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_American_Football_League_season" title="1960 American Football League season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_American_Football_League_season" title="1961 American Football League season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_American_Football_League_season" title="1962 American Football League season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_American_Football_League_season" title="1963 American Football League season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_American_Football_League_season" title="1964 American Football League season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_American_Football_League_season" title="1965 American Football League season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_American_Football_League_season" title="1966 American Football League season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_American_Football_League_season" title="1967 American Football League season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_American_Football_League_season" title="1968 American Football League season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_American_Football_League_season" title="1969 American Football League season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">Modern era</a><br />(1970–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_season" title="1973 NFL season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NFL_season" title="1976 NFL season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NFL_season" title="1977 NFL season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_season" title="1978 NFL season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NFL_season" title="1979 NFL season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_season" title="1980 NFL season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_season" title="1981 NFL season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_season" title="1983 NFL season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_season" title="1984 NFL season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NFL_season" title="1985 NFL season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NFL_season" title="1986 NFL season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_season" title="1987 NFL season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NFL_season" title="1988 NFL season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_season" title="1989 NFL season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_season" title="1990 NFL season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_season" title="1991 NFL season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NFL_season" title="1992 NFL season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NFL_season" title="1994 NFL season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NFL_season" title="1997 NFL season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_season" title="1998 NFL season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_season" title="1999 NFL season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NFL_season" title="2000 NFL season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_season" title="2004 NFL season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NFL_season" title="2007 NFL season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_season" title="2008 NFL season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_season" title="2009 NFL season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_season" title="2010 NFL season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_season" title="2011 NFL season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_season" title="2012 NFL season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_season" title="2013 NFL season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_season" title="2015 NFL season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_season" title="2016 NFL season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_season" title="2017 NFL season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NFL_season" title="2018 NFL season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_season" title="2019 NFL season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_season" title="2020 NFL season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_season" title="2021 NFL season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_season" title="2022 NFL season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_season" title="2023 NFL season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NFL_season" title="2024 NFL season">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2025 NFL season">2025</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2026 NFL season">2026</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2027_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2027 NFL season">2027</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Italics</i> indicate future seasons</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_MVP_awards" title="List of NFL MVP awards">Most Valuable Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_Coach_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of NFL Coach of the Year awards">Coach of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_NFL_Assistant_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Press NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award">Assistant Coach of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of NFL Offensive Player of the Year awards">Offensive Player of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards">Defensive Player of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_Rookie_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of NFL Rookie of the Year awards">Rookie of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of NFL Comeback Player of the Year awards">Comeback Player of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_NFL_Man_of_the_Year_Award" title="Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award">Walter Payton Man of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFLPA_Alan_Page_Community_Award" title="NFLPA Alan Page Community Award">Alan Page Community Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl MVP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Pete Rozelle Trophy">Pete Rozelle Trophy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_ring" title="Super Bowl ring">Super Bowl ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_NFL_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="Sporting News NFL Player of the Year Award"><i>Sporting News</i> NFL Player of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_McNally_Award" title="Art McNally Award">Art McNally Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Rooney_Award" title="Art Rooney Award">Art Rooney Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr_Award" title="Bart Starr Award">Bart Starr Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell_Award" title="Bert Bell Award">Bert Bell Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butkus_Award" title="Butkus Award">Butkus Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Deacon Jones Award">Deacon Jones Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas_Award" title="George Halas Award">George Halas Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesian_Football_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="Polynesian Football Player of the Year Award">Polynesian Football Player of the Year Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One-time only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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style="width:1%">Early era (1936–1959)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_NFL_draft" title="1936 NFL draft">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_NFL_draft" title="1937 NFL draft">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_NFL_draft" title="1938 NFL draft">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_NFL_draft" title="1939 NFL draft">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_NFL_draft" title="1940 NFL draft">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_NFL_draft" title="1941 NFL draft">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_draft" title="1942 NFL draft">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_draft" title="1943 NFL draft">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_NFL_draft" title="1944 NFL draft">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_NFL_draft" title="1945 NFL draft">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_draft" title="1946 NFL draft">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_NFL_draft" title="1947 NFL draft">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_draft" title="1948 NFL draft">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_NFL_draft" title="1949 NFL draft">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_draft" title="1950 NFL draft">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_draft" title="1951 NFL draft">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_draft" title="1952 NFL draft">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_draft" title="1953 NFL draft">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_draft" title="1954 NFL draft">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_NFL_draft" title="1955 NFL draft">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NFL_draft" title="1956 NFL draft">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_draft" title="1957 NFL draft">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NFL_draft" title="1958 NFL draft">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NFL_draft" title="1959 NFL draft">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL_and_NFL_era_competitive_college_drafts" title="AFL and NFL era competitive college drafts">AFL and NFL era</a> (1960–1966)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>AFL</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1960_American_Football_League_draft" title="1960 American Football League draft">1960</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1961_American_Football_League_draft" title="1961 American Football League draft">1961</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1962_American_Football_League_draft" title="1962 American Football League draft">1962</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1963_American_Football_League_draft" title="1963 American Football League draft">1963</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1964_American_Football_League_draft" title="1964 American Football League draft">1964</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1965_American_Football_League_draft" title="1965 American Football League draft">1965</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1966_American_Football_League_draft" title="1966 American Football League draft">1966</a></dd> <dt>NFL</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_draft" title="1960 NFL draft">1960</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_draft" title="1961 NFL draft">1961</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1962_NFL_draft" title="1962 NFL draft">1962</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1963_NFL_draft" title="1963 NFL draft">1963</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1964_NFL_draft" title="1964 NFL draft">1964</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_draft" title="1965 NFL draft">1965</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_draft" title="1966 NFL draft">1966</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Common_draft" title="Common draft">Common draft</a> (1967–1969)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967_NFL/AFL_draft" title="1967 NFL/AFL draft">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_NFL/AFL_draft" title="1968 NFL/AFL draft">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NFL/AFL_draft" title="1969 NFL/AFL draft">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern era (1970–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_draft" title="1970 NFL draft">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_draft" title="1971 NFL draft">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_draft" title="1972 NFL draft">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_draft" title="1973 NFL draft">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_draft" title="1974 NFL draft">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_draft" title="1975 NFL draft">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NFL_draft" title="1976 NFL draft">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_NFL_draft" title="1977 NFL draft">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_NFL_draft" title="1978 NFL draft">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NFL_draft" title="1979 NFL draft">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NFL_draft" title="1980 NFL draft">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NFL_draft" title="1981 NFL draft">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_draft" title="1982 NFL draft">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NFL_draft" title="1983 NFL draft">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_draft" title="1984 NFL draft">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NFL_draft" title="1985 NFL draft">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NFL_draft" title="1986 NFL draft">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NFL_draft" title="1987 NFL draft">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NFL_draft" title="1988 NFL draft">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_draft" title="1989 NFL draft">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_draft" title="1990 NFL draft">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_draft" title="1991 NFL draft">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NFL_draft" title="1992 NFL draft">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_draft" title="1993 NFL draft">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NFL_draft" title="1994 NFL draft">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_draft" title="1995 NFL draft">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_draft" title="1996 NFL draft">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NFL_draft" title="1997 NFL draft">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_draft" title="1998 NFL draft">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_draft" title="1999 NFL draft">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NFL_draft" title="2000 NFL draft">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_draft" title="2001 NFL draft">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_draft" title="2002 NFL draft">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_draft" title="2003 NFL draft">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_draft" title="2004 NFL draft">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_draft" title="2005 NFL draft">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_draft" title="2006 NFL draft">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_NFL_draft" title="2007 NFL draft">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_draft" title="2008 NFL draft">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_draft" title="2009 NFL draft">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_draft" title="2010 NFL draft">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_draft" title="2011 NFL draft">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_draft" title="2012 NFL draft">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_draft" title="2013 NFL draft">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_draft" title="2014 NFL draft">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_draft" title="2015 NFL draft">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_draft" title="2016 NFL draft">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_draft" title="2017 NFL draft">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_NFL_draft" title="2018 NFL draft">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_draft" title="2019 NFL draft">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_draft" title="2020 NFL draft">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_NFL_draft" title="2021 NFL draft">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_draft" title="2022 NFL draft">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_draft" title="2023 NFL draft">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_NFL_draft" title="2024 NFL draft">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_NFL_draft" title="2025 NFL draft">2025</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_NFL_draft" title="2026 NFL draft">2026</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Expansion_draft" title="Expansion draft">Expansion drafts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_NFL_expansion_draft" title="1960 NFL expansion draft">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NFL_expansion_draft" title="1961 NFL expansion draft">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_expansion_draft" title="1966 NFL expansion draft">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_expansion_draft" title="1967 NFL expansion draft">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_NFL_expansion_draft" title="1976 NFL expansion draft">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_expansion_draft" title="1995 NFL expansion draft">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_expansion_draft" title="1999 NFL expansion draft">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_expansion_draft" title="2002 NFL expansion draft">2002</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_AAFC_dispersal_draft" title="1950 AAFC dispersal draft">1950 AAFC dispersal draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NFL_supplemental_draft_of_USFL_and_CFL_players" title="1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players">1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_drafts" title="List of NFL drafts">List of drafts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="List of first overall NFL draft picks">first overall picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_second_overall_NFL_draft_picks" title="List of second overall NFL draft picks">second overall picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Irrelevant" title="Mr. Irrelevant">Mr. Irrelevant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_supplemental_draft_picks" title="List of NFL supplemental draft picks">supplemental picks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_draft_broadcasters" title="List of NFL draft 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Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> & <a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Amos Alonzo Stagg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Byron_White" title="Byron White">Byron "Whizzer" White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Blough" title="Roger Blough">Roger Blough</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Donold_Lourie" title="Donold Lourie">Donold B. Lourie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Juan_T._Trippe" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan T. Trippe">Juan T. Trippe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Blaik" title="Earl Blaik">Earl H. "Red" Blaik</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_L._Hovde" title="Frederick L. Hovde">Frederick L. Hovde</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: Chester J. LaRoche</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hamilton_(American_football)" title="Tom Hamilton (American football)">Thomas J. Hamilton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_B._Zornow" title="Gerald B. Zornow">Gerald B. Zornow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/David_Packard" title="David Packard">David Packard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: Edgar B. Speer</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Louis_H._Wilson_Jr." title="Louis H. Wilson Jr.">Louis H. Wilson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Vincent_dePaul_Draddy" title="Vincent dePaul Draddy">Vincent dePaul Draddy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/William_P._Lawrence" title="William P. Lawrence">William P. Lawrence</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Walter_J._Zable" title="Walter J. Zable">Walter J. Zable</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Whitlock_Dart_Sr." title="Justin Whitlock Dart Sr.">Justin W. Dart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Silver_Anniversary_Awards_(NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)">Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)</a> - All Honored <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">Jim Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">Willie Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">Jack Kemp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Kramer" title="Ron Kramer">Ron Kramer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Swink" title="Jim Swink">Jim Swink</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">Jack Kemp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/John_McGillicuddy" title="John McGillicuddy">John F. McGillicuddy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: William I. Spencer</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Morton_(American_football)" title="Bill Morton (American football)">William H. Morton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Meyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles R. Meyer">Charles R. Meyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Clinton_E._Frank" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinton E. Frank">Clinton E. Frank</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">Paul Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Moorer" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas H. Moorer">Thomas H. Moorer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Donald_R._Keough" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald R. Keough">Donald R. Keough</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf_Jr." title="Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.">Norman Schwarzkopf</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Murphy_(broadcasting)" title="Thomas Murphy (broadcasting)">Thomas S. Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Alfond" title="Harold Alfond">Harold Alfond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Corrigan" title="Gene Corrigan">Gene Corrigan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/John_H._McConnell" title="John H. McConnell">John H. McConnell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Jackson" title="Keith Jackson">Keith Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: Fred M. Kirby II</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Red_McCombs" title="Red McCombs">Billy Joe "Red" McCombs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Franks" title="Tommy Franks">Tommy Franks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/William_Campbell_(business_executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Campbell (business executive)">William V. Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: Jon F. Hanson</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Paterno" title="Joe Paterno">Joe Paterno</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bowden" title="Bobby Bowden">Bobby Bowden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Dawkins" title="Pete Dawkins">Pete Dawkins</a> & <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Roger Staubach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/John_Glenn" title="John Glenn">John Glenn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Phil Knight</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bowerman" title="Bill Bowerman">Bill Bowerman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Roscoe Brown">Roscoe Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Football League</a> & <a href="/wiki/Roger_Goodell" title="Roger Goodell">Roger Goodell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Catena" title="Tom Catena">Tom Catena</a> & George Weiss</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Manning" title="Archie Manning">Archie Manning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <i>None awarded</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: Aaron Feis & Jason Seaman</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Harmon" title="Mark Harmon">Mark Harmon</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">Major</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Football League</a> (1920–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minor_league_football_(gridiron)" title="Minor league football (gridiron)">Other</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A7FL" title="A7FL"> American 7s Football League</a> (2015–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Americano_Profesional" title="Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional">Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional</a> (2016–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(2024)" title="United Football League (2024)">United Football League</a> (2024–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct national</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1926)" title="American Football League (1926)">American Football League (1926)</a>²</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1936)" title="American Football League (1936)">American Football League (1936–1937)</a></span>²</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1940)" title="American Football League (1940)">American Football League (1940–1941)</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a>² (1945–1949)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> (1960–1969)¹</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Football_League" title="Continental Football League">Continental Football League</a> (1965–1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Football_League" title="World Football League">World Football League</a> (1974–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League" title="United States Football League">United States Football League</a> (1983–1985)</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/NFL_Europe" title="NFL Europe">World League of American Football/NFL Europe/NFL Europa</a>³</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XFL_(2001)" title="XFL (2001)">XFL (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(2009%E2%80%932012)" title="United Football League (2009–2012)">United Football League (2009–2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_American_Football" title="Alliance of American Football">Alliance of American Football</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/XFL_(2020)" class="mw-redirect" title="XFL (2020)">XFL</a> (2020, 2023)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Football_League_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Football League (2022)">United States Football League</a> (2022–2023)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Union" title="American Football Union">American Football Union</a> (1886–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_Professional_Football_Circuit" title="Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit">Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit</a>** (1890–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_League" title="Ohio League">Ohio League</a>² (1902–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Pro_Football_League" title="New York Pro Football League">New York Pro Football League</a>² (1908–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(1902)" title="National Football League (1902)">National Football League (1902)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthracite_League" title="Anthracite League">Anthracite League</a>² (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_of_Professional_Football" title="Eastern League of Professional Football">Eastern League of Professional Football</a> (1926–1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1934)" title="American Football League (1934)">American Football League (1934)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Football_League_(1935%E2%80%931940)" title="Midwest Football League (1935–1940)">Midwest Football League (1935–1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixie_League_(American_football)" title="Dixie League (American football)">Dixie League</a>³ (1936–1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Association (American football)</a>³</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Football_League_(1935%E2%80%931940)" title="Midwest Football League (1935–1940)">American Football League (1938–1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Pennsylvania_Football_League" title="Eastern Pennsylvania Football League">Eastern Pennsylvania Football League</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Professional_Football_League" title="Pacific Coast Professional Football League">Pacific Coast Professional Football League</a>³ (1940–1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_League_(1944)" title="American Football League (1944)">American Football League (1944)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Football League (1946–1950)</a>³</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference_(1959%E2%80%931961)" title="American Football Conference (1959–1961)">American Football Conference (1959–1961)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Football_League_(1961%E2%80%931964)" title="United Football League (1961–1964)">United Football League (1961–1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Football_League" title="Atlantic Coast Football League">Atlantic Coast Football League</a>³ (1962–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Football_League_(1962%E2%80%931978)" title="Midwest Football League (1962–1978)">Midwest Football League (1962–1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Football_League_of_America" title="Professional Football League of America">Professional Football League of America</a> (1965–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Football_League" title="Texas Football League">Texas Football League</a> (1966–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaboard_Football_League" title="Seaboard Football League">Seaboard Football League</a> (1971–1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Football_Association_(1977%E2%80%931983)" title="American Football Association (1977–1983)">American Football Association (1977–1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Football_League" title="Regional Football League">Regional Football League</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Football_League" title="Spring Football League">Spring Football League</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Football_League_(2008%E2%80%932010)" title="World Football League (2008–2010)">World Football League (2008–2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stars_Football_League" title="Stars Football League">Stars Football League</a> (2011–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_Experimental_Football_League" title="Fall Experimental Football League">Fall Experimental Football League</a> (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BAtbol_Americano_de_M%C3%A9xico" title="Fútbol Americano de México">Fútbol Americano de México</a> (2019–2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>¹ <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">Merged into the NFL</a>. All teams still active as members of the NFL's <a href="/wiki/American_Football_Conference" title="American Football Conference">American Football Conference</a>.</li> <li>² Teams moved to NFL</li> <li>³ Official NFL minor league; see also <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Professional_Football_Leagues" title="Association of Professional Football Leagues">Association of Professional Football Leagues</a></li> <li>* Merged into the UFL, still active as conferences within</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Canadian_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_football" title="Canadian football">Canadian football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">Major</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Direct</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Division_(CFL)" title="East Division (CFL)">Interprovincial Rugby Football Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Division_(CFL)" title="West Division (CFL)">Western Interprovincial Football Union</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Other</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Ontario Rugby Football Union">Ontario Rugby Football Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Rugby_Football_Union" title="Quebec Rugby Football Union">Quebec Rugby Football Union</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Junior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Football_League" title="Atlantic Football League">Atlantic Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Junior_Football_League" title="Canadian Junior Football League">Canadian Junior Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Junior_Football_League" title="Quebec Junior Football League">Quebec Junior Football League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Arena_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Arena_League" title="American Arena League">American Arena League 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_One_(2025)" title="Arena Football One (2025)">Arena Football One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Arena_Football" title="Great Lakes Arena Football">Great Lakes Arena Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League" title="Indoor Football League">Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Arena_League" title="National Arena League">National Arena League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Arena_League" title="The Arena League">The Arena League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Indoor_Football" title="American Indoor Football">American Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Indoor_Football_Alliance" title="American Indoor Football Alliance">American Indoor Football Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Professional_Football_League" title="American Professional Football League">American Professional Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_West_Football_Conference" title="American West Football Conference">American West Football Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_Association" title="Arena Football Association">Arena Football Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League" title="Arena Football League">Arena Football League</a> (1987–2008, 2010–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League_(2024)" title="Arena Football League (2024)">Arena Football League (2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AF2" title="AF2">arenafootball2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Pro_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Arena Pro Football">Arena Pro Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Can-Am_Indoor_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Can-Am Indoor Football League">Can-Am Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Indoor_Football" title="Champions Indoor Football">Champions Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Professional_Indoor_Football_League" title="Champions Professional Indoor Football League">Champions Professional Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Indoor_Football_League" title="Continental Indoor Football League">Continental Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Indoor_Football_Alliance" title="Independent Indoor Football Alliance">Independent Indoor Football Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Football_League_(1999%E2%80%932000)" title="Indoor Football League (1999–2000)">Indoor Football League (1999–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Professional_Football_League" title="Indoor Professional Football League">Indoor Professional Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intense_Football_League" title="Intense Football League">Intense Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Football_League" title="Lone Star Football League">Lone Star Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Indoor_Football_League" title="National Indoor Football League">National Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Indoor_Football_League_(1998)" title="Professional Indoor Football League (1998)">Professional Indoor Football League (1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Indoor_Football_League" title="Professional Indoor Football League">Professional Indoor Football League (2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Indoor_Football_League" title="Southern Indoor Football League">Southern Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Indoor_Football" title="Supreme Indoor Football">Supreme Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Indoor_Football_League" title="Ultimate Indoor Football League">Ultimate Indoor Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Indoor_Football" title="United Indoor Football">United Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-League_Indoor_Football" title="X-League Indoor Football">X-League Indoor Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Indoor_Football_League_(2007)" title="World Indoor Football League (2007)">World Indoor Football League (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series_of_Football_(1902%E2%80%9303)" title="World Series of Football (1902–03)">World Series of Football (1902–03)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">On hiatus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Controlled_Football" title="Fan Controlled Football">Fan Controlled Football</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Women&#039;s_football" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_gridiron_football" title="Women's gridiron football">Women's football </a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outdoor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Football_Alliance" title="Women's Football Alliance">Women's Football Alliance</a> (2009–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Women%27s_Football_League" title="United States Women's Football League">United States Women's Football League</a> (2009–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Football_Conference" title="Women's National Football Conference">Women's National Football Conference</a> (2018–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct Outdoor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Football_League_(1965%E2%80%931973)" title="Women's Professional Football League (1965–1973)">Women's Professional Football League</a> (1965–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Football_League" title="National Women's Football League">National Women's Football League</a> (1974–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Professional_Football_League" title="Women's Professional Football League">Women's Professional Football League</a> (1999–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Football_Association" title="National Women's Football Association">National Women's Football Association</a> (2000–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Women%27s_Football_League" title="Independent Women's Football League">Independent Women's Football League</a> (2000–2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arena_football" title="Arena football">Arena football</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X_League_(women%27s_football)" title="X League (women's football)"> X League</a> (2009–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div 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