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The National Football League lore is a collection of information that National Football League (NFL) fans retain and share.
Since the NFL was founded in 1920 by George Halas and Bert Bell, it has grown from an informal network of teams based mostly in small towns and cities into the most popular and successful sports league in the United States. During the interval between its founding and the present, it has competed for attention with other sports and college football, fended off rival leagues, consolidated the marriage between sports and television, and established an extensive and colorful NFL lore. Largely through the efforts of NFL Films and many sportswriters, some events have become famous in the history of the sport.
The following is a selected list of memorable plays and events that have stood the test of time and are considered common knowledge by NFL fans:
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional football in the United States. The game culminates a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The single exception to this rule is Super Bowl 50, which was played on February 7, 2016, following the 2015 regular season.
The game was created as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL). It was agreed that the two leagues' champion teams would play in the AFL–NFL World Championship Game until the merger was to officially begin in 1970. After the merger, each league was redesignated as a "conference", and the game has since been played between the conference champions to determine the NFL's league champion. Currently, the National Football Conference (NFC) leads the league with 26 wins to 23 wins for the American Football Conference (AFC). The Pittsburgh Steelers have the most Super Bowl victories with six.
The Football League is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football. It was the top-level football league in England from its foundation in the 19th century until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split away to form the Premier League. The Football League has been associated with a title sponsor since 1983. As this sponsor has changed over the years the league too has been known by various names.
Since 1995 it has had 72 clubs evenly divided into three divisions, which are known as the Championship, League One, and League Two, with 24 clubs in each division. Promotion and relegation between these divisions is a central feature of the League and is further extended to allow the top Championship clubs to exchange places with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier League, and the bottom clubs of League Two to switch with the top clubs of the National League, thus integrating the League into the English football league system. Although primarily a competition for English clubs, clubs from Wales, Newport County, Cardiff City and Swansea City, also take part, while in the past Wrexham, Merthyr Town and Aberdare Athletic have been members.
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL's 17-week regular season runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas, with each team playing sixteen games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, six teams from each conference (four division winners and two wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, played between the champions of the NFC and AFC.
The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1923 season. The NFL agreed to merge with the American Football League (AFL) in 1966, and the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that season; the merger was completed in 1970. Today, the NFL has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States. The Super Bowl is among the biggest club sporting events in the world and individual Super Bowl games account for many of the most watched television programs in American history, all occupying the Nielsen's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015. The NFL's executive officer is the commissioner, who has broad authority in governing the league.
St. Louis (/seɪnt ˈluːɪs/ or /sənt ˈluːɪs/) is a city and port in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city developed along the western bank of the Mississippi River, which forms Missouri's border with Illinois. In 2010, St. Louis had a population of 319,294; a 2014 estimate put the population at 317,419, making it the 60th-most populous U.S. city and the second-largest city in the state in terms of city proper population. The St. Louis metropolitan area includes the city as well as nearby areas in Missouri and Illinois; with an estimated population of 2,905,893, it is the largest in Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. St. Louis was founded in 1764 by Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau and named after Louis IX of France. Claimed first by the French, who settled mostly east of the Mississippi River, the region in which the city stands was ceded to Spain following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War. Its territory east of the Mississippi was ceded to the Kingdom of Great Britain, the victor. The area of present-day Missouri was part of Spanish Louisiana from 1762 until 1803.
Last play of Super Bowl XXXIV, the St. Louis Rams prevented Steve Mcnair and the Tennessee Titans from tying the game and taking it into overtime! On that note, rest In peace to Steve Mcnair. I hope his family is at some sort of peace - ESPN NFL 2K5 - HD Super Bowl XXXIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Tennessee Titans to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1999 season. The Rams defeated the Titans by the score of 23--16, capturing their first Super Bowl win and first NFL championship since 1951. The game, played on January 30, 2000 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, was the fourth Super Bowl to be held a week after the conference championsh...
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has seen it all during his NFL tenure, going from being a discarded NFL prospect to a four-time Super Bowl champion to a man with a tarnished reputation. How will Brady be remembered in NFL lore? We take a look at his memorable career in this highlight retrospective. Subscribe to the NFL YouTube channel to see immediate in-game highlights from your favorite teams and players, daily fantasy football updates, all your favorite NFL Network podcasts, and more! Subscribe to NFL on YouTube: https://goo.gl/VmTK0M For all things NFL, visit the league's official website at http://www.nfl.com/ Watch NFL Now: https://www.nfl.com/now Start your free trial of NFL Game Pass: https://www.nfl.com/gamepass Listen to NFL podcasts: http://www.nfl.com/podcasts F...
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John Albert Elway, Jr. is a former American football quarterback and current General Manager and Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Elway played college football at Stanford and his entire 16-year professional career with the Denver Broncos. At the time of his retirement in early 1999, Elway recorded the most victories by a starting quarterback and statistically was the second most prolific passer in NFL history. He was also a prolific rusher of the ball, being one of only two players ever to score a rushing touchdown in four different Super Bowls and the only quarterback to do so. He led his teams to six AFC Championship Games and five Super Bowls, winning his last two. Elway set several career records for passing attem...
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the case of equal records. The tournament ends with the Super Bowl, the league's championship game, which matches the two conference champions. NFL postseason history can be traced to the first NFL Championship Game in 1933, though in the early years, qualification for the game was based solely on regular season records. From 1933 to 1966, the NFL postseason generally only consisted of the NFL Championship Game, pitting the league's two division winners (pending any one-game playoff matches tha...
Sonntag, 24.01.2016 ab 20:15: NFL: Conference Finals Denver Broncos - New England Patriots & Carolina Panthers - Arizona Cardinals. Auch in HD und im Livestream unter: http://sport.puls4.com/national-football-league/live/american-football-national-football-leaguedenver-broncos-usa-new-england-patriots-usa/4501 Mehr NFL auf http://sport.puls4.com/national-football-league Editing and Animation: Roland Öller Concept : Bernd Birnbaum
Folks, turn up the volume and enjoy this little musical creation over and over! June 25th, 2016, the conference was over, we were directed in prayer then sung Dixie- our national anthem. The last 'official' event of the action-packed, fun- filled weekend was the official demonstration. It's was a united voice to the community to let them know we care about their interests. One first time attendee said of the conference, "I must honestly say that was one if the most active weekends I've had in awhile and look forward to many more events and activism". I'd say most of the blacks in the area were indifferent- but respectful. The Southerners in the community almost all honked in support, waved and about a dozen contributed unconsolidated money. For the entire event I didn't witness even one p...
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Last play of Super Bowl XXXIV, the St. Louis Rams prevented Steve Mcnair and the Tennessee Titans from tying the game and taking it into overtime! On that note, rest In peace to Steve Mcnair. I hope his family is at some sort of peace - ESPN NFL 2K5 - HD Super Bowl XXXIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Tennessee Titans to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1999 season. The Rams defeated the Titans by the score of 23--16, capturing their first Super Bowl win and first NFL championship since 1951. The game, played on January 30, 2000 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, was the fourth Super Bowl to be held a week after the conference championsh...
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has seen it all during his NFL tenure, going from being a discarded NFL prospect to a four-time Super Bowl champion to a man with a tarnished reputation. How will Brady be remembered in NFL lore? We take a look at his memorable career in this highlight retrospective. Subscribe to the NFL YouTube channel to see immediate in-game highlights from your favorite teams and players, daily fantasy football updates, all your favorite NFL Network podcasts, and more! Subscribe to NFL on YouTube: https://goo.gl/VmTK0M For all things NFL, visit the league's official website at http://www.nfl.com/ Watch NFL Now: https://www.nfl.com/now Start your free trial of NFL Game Pass: https://www.nfl.com/gamepass Listen to NFL podcasts: http://www.nfl.com/podcasts F...
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John Albert Elway, Jr. is a former American football quarterback and current General Manager and Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Elway played college football at Stanford and his entire 16-year professional career with the Denver Broncos. At the time of his retirement in early 1999, Elway recorded the most victories by a starting quarterback and statistically was the second most prolific passer in NFL history. He was also a prolific rusher of the ball, being one of only two players ever to score a rushing touchdown in four different Super Bowls and the only quarterback to do so. He led his teams to six AFC Championship Games and five Super Bowls, winning his last two. Elway set several career records for passing attem...
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league's two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the case of equal records. The tournament ends with the Super Bowl, the league's championship game, which matches the two conference champions. NFL postseason history can be traced to the first NFL Championship Game in 1933, though in the early years, qualification for the game was based solely on regular season records. From 1933 to 1966, the NFL postseason generally only consisted of the NFL Championship Game, pitting the league's two division winners (pending any one-game playoff matches tha...
Sonntag, 24.01.2016 ab 20:15: NFL: Conference Finals Denver Broncos - New England Patriots & Carolina Panthers - Arizona Cardinals. Auch in HD und im Livestream unter: http://sport.puls4.com/national-football-league/live/american-football-national-football-leaguedenver-broncos-usa-new-england-patriots-usa/4501 Mehr NFL auf http://sport.puls4.com/national-football-league Editing and Animation: Roland Öller Concept : Bernd Birnbaum
Folks, turn up the volume and enjoy this little musical creation over and over! June 25th, 2016, the conference was over, we were directed in prayer then sung Dixie- our national anthem. The last 'official' event of the action-packed, fun- filled weekend was the official demonstration. It's was a united voice to the community to let them know we care about their interests. One first time attendee said of the conference, "I must honestly say that was one if the most active weekends I've had in awhile and look forward to many more events and activism". I'd say most of the blacks in the area were indifferent- but respectful. The Southerners in the community almost all honked in support, waved and about a dozen contributed unconsolidated money. For the entire event I didn't witness even one p...
♦ Check out the streamer: http://twitch.tv/meteos → Runes & Masteries: http://i.imgur.com/0zMpAxO.png → Subscribe here: http://goo.gl/iYhW4J ________________________________________________ Ranks: 9 - 15 Kills = RARE 15 - 20 Kills = LEGENDARY 20+ Kills = GODLIKE