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The AFL introduced many policies and rules to professional football which the NFL later adopted, including: A 14-game regular season schedule, which the NFL adopted in 1961 (increased from 12 games), exactly one year after the AFL's inaugural season. Players' last names on the jersey back.
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.
Prior to the advent of the Super Bowl for the 1966 season, the AFL went to great lengths to avoid scheduling its playoffs head-to-head with the NFL. In 1960, the NFL's game was held on Monday, December 26; the AFL had that week off, and played its title contest on Sunday, January 1, as the college bowl games were played on Monday. In 1961 and ...
NFL playoff schedule: Super Bowl 59. Feb. 9. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. ET, Fox. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2025 NFL playoff schedule: Dates, times, TV info for ...
This event figured into the decision in 1970 to include a wild-card team in the playoff tournament after the AFL–NFL merger. When the leagues merged in 1970, the new NFL (with 26 teams) reorganized into two conferences—the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC)—with three divisions each. From the ...
Since 2012, the NFL generally schedules games in five time slots during the week. The first game of the week is played on Thursday night, kicking off at 8:15 PM except for the kickoff game and thanksgiving games which kick off at 8:20 PM. The majority of games are played on Sunday, most kicking off at 1PM (ET), with some late afternoon games ...
The 1960 AFL season was the inaugural regular season of the American Football League. It consisted of 8 franchises split into two divisions: the East Division ( Buffalo Bills , Houston Oilers , Titans of New York , Boston Patriots ) and the West Division ( Los Angeles Chargers , Denver Broncos , Dallas Texans , Oakland Raiders ).
The 1966 AFL season was the seventh regular season of the American Football League. The league began its merger process with the National Football League (NFL) in June, which took effect fully in 1970. The season also saw the debut of the expansion Miami Dolphins, the AFL's ninth team