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Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
In October 2006, NFL club owners approved a plan to stage up to two international regular season games per season beginning in 2007 and continuing through at least 2011. [33] The New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins played at Wembley Stadium in London on October 28, 2007, for the first of these games.
The best single regular season record was recorded by the Golden State Warriors in the 2015–16 season. In that season, the Warriors recorded 73 wins and 9 losses with a winning percentage of .890, surpassing the 72-win 1995–96 Chicago Bulls , though the Bulls went on to win the Eastern Conference and the NBA championship.
It was previously in a 2–3–2 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on its home court in games 1, 2, 6, and 7) during 1949, 1953–1955, and 1985–2013, [9] [10] in a 1–1–1–1–1–1–1 format in 1956 and 1971, [11] [12] and in a 1–2–2–1–1 format in 1975 and 1978.
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. [130]
Fewest points allowed at home, 7 home game season, since 1940, 45; Los Angeles Rams: 1977. Fewest points allowed at home, 6 home game season, since 1940, 37; New York Giants: 1944. Most points allowed, season, 533; Baltimore Colts: 1981. Most points allowed, 14-game season, 501; New York Giants: 1966. Most points allowed on the road, season (7 ...
Detroit Lions, 58 years – NFL champions four times in 1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957; appeared in one other NFL Championship Game in 1954; and appeared in two NFC Championship Games in the 1991 and 2023 seasons. [85] New York Jets, 55 years – Won Super Bowl III, 1968 season [86] [n 8] Minnesota Vikings, 47 years – Lost Super Bowl XI, 1976 season
Longest winning streak in NBA playoff history (15 games) First team in NBA playoff history to start 15–0; First team in all four major professional sports in America to start 15–0 in the postseason. Second highest point-differential in NBA playoffs history (+13.5) NBA record 146 regular-season games without back-to-back losses (dating back ...