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NFL seasons
- 1934 NFL seasonOn the 9th of December 1934, the New York Giants walked off the field at the Polo Grounds with a 30-13 victory over the Chicago Bears, and football history…
- 1961 NFL seasonThe 1961 NFL season arrived carrying a number that mattered: 42. It was the 42nd regular season of the National Football League, and it began with a…
- 1922 NFL seasonThe 1922 NFL season was only the third in the league's existence, and it very nearly began without one of its most beloved franchises.
- 1935 NFL seasonThe 1935 NFL season almost made history before it even ended. Had a single game between the Boston Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles not been washed out…
- 1920 APFA seasonOn the 17th of September, 1920, representatives from fourteen professional football clubs gathered in Canton, Ohio, and did something that would shape…
- 1967 NFL seasonThe 1967 NFL season ended on the last day of December, in temperatures that dropped to thirteen degrees below zero on the field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
- 1946 NFL seasonOn the 15th of December 1946, the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants met at the Polo Grounds to decide the NFL Championship.
- 1933 NFL seasonThe 1933 NFL season changed professional football in ways the game had never seen before. Three new franchises joined the league, the rulebook was rewritten…
- 1966 NFL seasonThe 1966 NFL season was the 47th regular season of the National Football League, and it ended with a game that would reshape American sports.
- 1937 NFL seasonOn the 12th of December 1937, a rookie quarterback named Sammy Baugh stood at Wrigley Field in Chicago and led the Washington Redskins to a 28-21 victory…
- 1978 NFL seasonThe 1978 NFL season opened with a league that had just decided scoring was no longer a luxury. In the previous year, teams had averaged only 17.2 points per…
- 2002 NFL seasonThe 2002 NFL season opened with 32 teams for the first time in league history. Houston had a franchise again, and the arrival of the Texans forced the most…
- 2011 NFL seasonOn the 8th of September 2011, the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers kicked off what would become one of the most statistically extraordinary…
- 1950 NFL seasonThe 1950 NFL season opened on the 16th of September 1950 in Philadelphia, with 71,237 fans packed into the stadium for what the press was calling "The World…
- 2015 NFL seasonThe 2015 NFL season marked the league's 96th year of operation and its 50th Super Bowl era. To celebrate this milestone, the league introduced a gold-plated…
- 1943 NFL seasonThe 1943 NFL season opened on the 19th of September without one of its ten teams, with two others fused into a single makeshift squad, and with rosters so…
- 1990 NFL seasonThe 1990 NFL season ended on a margin of one point. The New York Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills 20-19 at Tampa Stadium in Super Bowl XXV, a final score so…
- 2024 NFL seasonThe 2024 NFL season began on the 5th of September 2024. Kansas City defeated Baltimore in the opening game known as the Kickoff Game.
- 1932 NFL seasonThe 1932 NFL season was the 13th in league history, and it nearly ended before anyone noticed. With three franchises gone and only eight teams left standing…
- 1970 NFL seasonThe 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first in which two rival leagues finally played under one roof.