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  2. NFL regular season - Wikipedia

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    The American Football League, the precursor to today's American Football Conference, postponed Week 12 of the 1963 season because of the assassination of President Kennedy, on Friday, November 22. The AFL's games were made up by adding a 15th week to a 14-week schedule.

  3. Timeline of the National Football League - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL). The history of franchises that began as independent teams, or as members of the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, and other ...

  4. List of NFL seasons - Wikipedia

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    The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States and the highest professional level of American football in the world. [1] It was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before adopting its current name for the 1922 season.

  5. When was the first NFL Thanksgiving game? History of ... - AOL

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    The site would be the University of Detroit Stadium with 26,000 people in attendance, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's believed that more people would've attended if the stadium ...

  6. National Football League - Wikipedia

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    The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings, a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966.

  7. History of the National Football League - Wikipedia

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    The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with ten teams from four states, all of whom existed in some form as participants of regional leagues in their respective territories. The league took on its current name in 1922.

  8. History of American football - Wikipedia

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    The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in multiple varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or kicked over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games descending from medieval ...

  9. Modern history of American football - Wikipedia

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    The modern history of American football can be considered to have begun after the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, which was the first American football game to feature hash marks, the legalization of the forward pass anywhere behind the line of scrimmage, and the movement of the goal posts back to the goal line; it was also the first indoor game since 1902.