History: NFL Football - Franchise History
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NFL Franchise Yearly Genealogy
1920 The American Professional Football Association was formally organized to begin play in fall of 1920. Jim Thorpe of Canton is elected APFA president and membership fee is set at $100 per franchise. The original teams are:
The Chicago Tigers fold between the 1920 and 1921 seasons.
1921
The Decatur Staleys moved to Chicago but retain the name Staleys Teams that join the APFA for the 1921 season:
The APFA changes its name to the National Football League The Chicago Staleys change their name to the Chicago Bears Teams that join the NFL for the 1922 season:
Teams that enter the NFL for the 1923 season:
Buffalo All-Americans change their name to Buffalo Bisons Teams that join the NFL for the 1924 season:
The Kansas City Blues change their name to the Kansas City Cowboys The Canton Bulldogs re-enter the NFL after an inactive 1924 season Racine Legion is inactive for 1925 season Teams that join the NFL for the 1925 season:
1926
Teams that join the NFL for the 1926 season:
Teams that join the NFL for the 1927 season:
The Detroit Wolverines are granted an NFL franchise but play only the 1928 season (the Wolverines have the best lifetime winning percentage (.778) of any franchise in NFL history) The New York Yankees fold at end of the season
1929
Teams that join the NFL for the 1930 season:
The Cleveland Indians join the NFL (play 1931 season only) The Frankford Yellow Jackets disband during 1932 season Teams that fold between the 1931 and 1932 seasons:
The Boston Braves join the NFL for the 1932 season The Staten Island Stapletons fold between the 1932 and 1933 seasons
1933
Teams that join the NFL for the 1933 season:
The NFL splits into divisions as follows:
The Portsmouth Spartans move to Detroit and are named the Detroit Lions. The Cincinnati Reds are allowed to move to St. Louis and become the St. Louis Gunners, folding after 1934 season
1937
The Boston Redskins move to Washington 1941 The Pittsburgh Pirates are renamed the Pittsburgh Steelers
1943
The Eagles and Steelers merge for one season to the Phil-Pitt Steagles
1944
1944
The Boston Yanks are granted an NFL franchise and added to the Eastern Division
1945
1946
The Brooklyn team was formally disbanded. The owner went on to launch the AAFC, a rival league.
1949
The AAFC dissolves after the 1949 season and the Browns, 49ers and Colts move into the NFL for the 1950 season. The remaining AAFC players are spread throughout the NFL via draft.
1950
The NFL establishes the following alignment:
The Baltimore Colts folds after 1950 season
1952
The Dallas franchise folds, is taken over by the NFL midseason and plays out the rest of their season as a road team
1953
1959
1960
Twin Cities is also awarded a franchise by the NFL, which is later named the Minnesota Vikings and begins play in the Western Conference in 1961 The AFL Minnesota team is withdrawn due to the planned NFL expansion there in the Twin Cities The Oakland Raiders are awarded an AFL franchise into the Western Division to replace Minnesota The Chicago Cardinals move to St. Louis The AFL begins league play
1961
The AFL approves expansion into Atlanta for 1961 The AFL approves expansion into Chicago for 1961
1963
The Texans move to Kansas City and are named the Chiefs
1965
Miami is awarded a franchise by the AFL and is named the Dolphins by contest. It is to begin play in the Eastern Division in 1966.
1966
New Orleans is awarded a franchise by the NFL, to be later named the Saints and to begin play in the Eastern Conference in 1967
Atlanta is moved to the Western Conference. For the 1967 season, the conferences will be split up as follows:
1967
1970
The NFL is now aligned as follows (modern format):
1971
1974
Seattle is awarded a franchise by the NFL and begins play in 1976 in the NFC West and switch to the AFC West in 1977
1976
1977
1982
1984
1988
1993
The Jacksonville Jaguars are awarded an NFL franchise to begin play in 1995
1994
1995
The Los Angeles Raiders move back to Oakland
1996
1997
1998
The Tennessee Oilers move from Memphis to Nashville. The New England Patriots announce their intention to move to Hartford
1920 - Decatur Staleys (now Chicago Bears) and Chicago Cardinals (now Arizona Cardinals) 1921 - Green Bay Packers 1925 - New York Giants 1930 - Portsmouth-OH Spartans (now Detroit Lions) 1932 - Boston Braves (now Washington Redskins) 1933 - Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) 1937 - Cleveland Rams (now St. Louis) 1950 - Added AAFC's Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers 1953 - Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis) 1960 - Dallas Cowboys 1961 - Minnesota Vikings 1966 - Atlanta Falcons 1967 - New Orleans Saints 1970 - Added AFL's Boston Patriots (now New England), Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals (1968 expansion team), Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins (1966 expansion team), New York Jets, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers (the AFL-NFL merger divided the league into two 13-team conferences with old-line NFL clubs Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh moving to the AFC) 1976 - Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1995 - Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars 1997 - Baltimore Ravens
Akron (Ohio) - Pros (1920-25) and Indians (1926) Baltimore - Colts (1950) Boston - Bulldogs (1926) and Yanks (1944-48) Brooklyn - Lions (1926), Dodgers (1930-43) and Tigers (1944) Buffalo - All-Americans (1921-23), Bisons (1924-25), Rangers (1926) and Bisons (1927,1929) Canton (Ohio) - Bulldogs (1920-23,1925-26) Chicago - Tigers (1920) Cincinnati - Celts (1921) and Reds (1933-34) Cleveland - Tigers (1920-21), Indians (1923), Bulldogs (1924-25,1927), Indians (1931) and Browns (1950-95) Columbus (Ohio) - Panhandles (1920-22) and Tigers (1923-26) Dallas - Texans (1952) Dayton (Ohio) - Triangles (1920-29). Detroit - Heralds (1920-21), Panthers (1925-26) and Wolverines (1928) Duluth (Minnesota) - Kelleys (1923-25) and Eskimos (1926-27) Evansville (Indiana) - Crimson Giants (1921-22) Frankford (Pennsylvania) - Yellow Jackets (1924-31) Hammond (Indiana) - Pros (1920-26) Hartford (Conneticut) - Blues (1926) Kansas City - Blues (1924) and Cowboys (1925-26) Kenosha (Wisconsin) - Maroons (1924) Los Angeles - Buccaneers (1926) LouisvilleBrecks (1921-23) and Colonels (1926) Marion (Ohio) - Oorang Indians (1922-23) Milwaukee - Badgers (1922-26) Minneapolis - Marines (1922-24) and Red Jackets (1929-30) Muncie (Indiana) Flyers (1920-21) New York - Giants (1921), Yankees (1927-28), Bulldogs (1949) and Yankees (1950-51) Newark (New Jersey) - Tornadoes (1930) Orange (New Yersey) - Tornadoes (1929) Pottsville (Pennsylvania) - Maroons (1925-28) Providence (Rhode Island) - Steam Roller (1925-31) Racine (Wisconsin) - Legion (1922-24) and Tornadoes (1926) Rochester (New York) - Jeffersons (1920-25) Rock Island (Illinois) - Independents (1920-25) Staten Island (New York) - Stapletons (1929-32) St. Louis - All-Stars (1923) and Gunners (1934) Toledo (Ohio) - Maroons (1922-23) Tonawanda (New York) -Kardex (1921), also called Lumbermen Washington - Senators (1921) |
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