The History of the NFL
I’m not sure how many of you really care, but I am a devoted historian, and I find the history of the NFL very interesting. It is long, but there is no other way to put this together.
Can we say that the Browns will remain the Browns for a few more years?
1933
National Football league formed with 10 teams:
New York Giants, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, Boston Redskins, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans
1934 Portsmouth Spartans move to Detroit, become Detroit Lions; Cincinnati Reds move to St. Louis, become St. Louis Gunners
1935 St. Louis Gunners disband
1937 Cleveland Rams join league Boston Redskins move to Washington D.C., become Washington Redskins
1944 Boston Yanks join the league as expansion team
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers disband
1946 Cleveland Rams move to Los Angeles, become Los Angeles Rams. The All America Football Conference is formed with 8 teams: Cleveland Brown, s San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Dons, Chicago Rockets, Buffalo Bisons, Miami Seahawks , New York Yankees , Brooklyn Dodgers
1947 Miami Seahawks move to Baltimore, become Baltimore Colts in All America Conference Buffalo Bisons change name to Buffalo Bills
1949 Boston Yanks move to New York, become New York Bulldogs . Chicago Rockets change name to Chicago Hornets . New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers merge to become New York-Brooklyn Yankees
1950 New York Bulldogs disband All America Conference disbands after 4 seasons. Cleveland Browns join NFL as expansion team San Francisco 49ers join NFL as expansion team . Baltimore Colts join NFL as expansion team , New York Yanks join NFL as expansion team
1951 Baltimore Colts disband , New York Yanks disband
1952 Dallas Texans join league as expansion team
1953 Dallas Texans move to Baltimore, become Baltimore Colts
1960 Dallas Cowboys join league as expansion team , Chicago Cardinals move to St. Louis, become St. Louis Cardinals . American Football League formed with 8 team: Dallas Texans , Los Angeles Chargers , Boston Patriots , New York Titans , Denver Broncos , Houston Oilers , Buffalo Bills , Oakland Raiders
1961 Minnesota Vikings join NFL as expansion team, Los Angeles Chargers (AFL) move to San Diego, become San Diego Chargers
1963 Dallas Texans (AFL) move to Kansas City, become Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) New York Titans Change name to New York Jets
1966 Atlanta Falcons join NFL as expansion team , Miami Dolphins join NFL as expansion team , NFL and AFL merge. All 9 AFL teams join league. National and American Conferences are formed. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore volunteer to join AFL. New line-up reads:
1967 New Orleans Saints join NFC as expansion team
1968 Cincinnati Bengals join AFC as expansion team
1971 Boston Patriots move to Foxboro Mass., change name to New England Patriots
1976 Seattle Seahawks join AFC as expansion team Tampa Bay Bucaneers join NFC as expansion team
1982 Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles, become Los Angeles Raiders
1984 Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis, become Indianapolis Colts
1988 St. Louis Cardinals move to Tempe, Arizona, become Arizona Cardinals
1995 Jacksonville Jaguars join AFC as expansion team Carolina Panthers join NFC as expansion team Los Angeles Rams move to St. Louis, become St. Louis Rams Los Angeles Raiders move back to Oakland, become Oakland Raiders again
1996 Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore, become Baltimore Ravens
1997 Houston Oilers move to Nashville, Tenn., become Tennessee Oilers
1999 Cleveland Browns join the AFC as expansion team
At the end of the 2001 season, the National Football League (31 teams) was organized as follows:
For the 2002 season, the NFL re-aligned, adding the Houston Texans as an expansion team to the AFC, making 32 teams. The two conferences have 4 divisions:
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