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football was invented
football was inventedDerived from the English game of rugby, American football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp, player and coach at Yale University. -
American Professional Football Association
It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, -
national football league
national football leaguewith the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922 -
football numbers
football numbersA system of assignment of jersey numbers was initiated in American football's NFL in 1952;[1] it was updated and made more rigid in 1973.[2] Numbers are always worn on the front and back of a player's jersey, and so-called "TV numbers" are worn on the sleeve or shoulder. The Cincinnati Bengals were the last NFL team to wear jerseys without "TV numbers" on a regular basis in 1980, though since then several NFL teams have worn throwback uniforms from a time without "TV numbers", since as of 2008 t -
super bowl
super bowlIt is no particular person who invented the idea of having a superbowl. It naturally came about between the AFL and NFL when they were in the process of merging. -
NFL league
NFL leagueThe league is divided evenly into two conferences—the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC), and each conference has four divisions that have four teams each, for a total of 16 teams in each conference. The NFL is an unincorporated 501(c)(6) association,[6][7][8] a federal nonprofit designation,[9] comprising its 32 teams. -
NFL season
NFL seasonThe regular season is a seventeen-week schedule during which each team plays sixteen games and has one bye week. -
NFL season rode to the super bowl
The season currently starts on the Thursday night in the first full week of September and runs weekly to late December or early January. At the end of each regular season, six teams from each conference (at least one from each division) play in the NFL playoffs, a twelve-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the Super Bowl. This game is held at a pre-selected site which is usually a city that hosts an NFL team.
