NFL Timeline

  • Start of NFL

    Start of NFL
    Before it was named The NFL it was named the American Professional Football Association (APFA).There were a group of men that lived in Canton,Ohio in the hometown of the bulldogs.
    This is important because The NFL has so much History the no one really pays attention too.
  • National Football league started

    National Football league started
    The American Professional Football Association (APFA)was Renamed to National Football League (NFL)They had went through a big change and a trough change and so they finally decided on the NFL
  • Finding teams

    Finding teams
    The NFL started finding and forming team.They kept on losing and gaining team for several years.For examples,some teams were the Giants,Packers,Redskins,Cowboys,and Colts.
  • Play offs

    Play offs
    After their trouble on finding teams,they finally had their officially first plays off after their trouble.
  • NFL on Television

    NFL on Television
    Their first game was on television showed on NBC.It was between Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles
  • Moved Westward

    Moved Westward
    The NFL was located from the midwest to the eastern,but when the Cleveland Rams were moving to California,Los Angeles.The NFL decided to relocate to California.
  • African Americans Joining

    African Americans Joining
    The first two African American to play For the NFL were Kenny Washington and Woody strobe which ended 13 years of only white teams.
  • Best game ever played

    Best game ever played
    The two team playing the was so called "Best game ever played" The Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants.The Baltimore Colts won.The score was 23-17
  • Helmets Logo

    Helmets Logo
    Helmet logo started spreading within the teams Packers,Giants,and Bears.
  • Officially Properties Of The NFL

    Officially Properties Of The NFL
    The NFL commissioner decided to create a officially property for the NFL.The NFL property became Billion dollar property
  • Super Bowl

    Super Bowl
    The Champion Game were eventually known as the Super Bowl.The two team that were competing were The Packers and Kansas City.The Packers had won the First Super Bowl.
  • Super Bowl II

    Super Bowl II
    They held other game,The teams that were playing this time were The Packers again against the Oakland Raiders.The score was 33-14
  • Emerging the NFL and AFC

    Emerging the NFL and AFC
    After The NFL was created,The commissioners thought it would be a great idea to emerge them together for Football player that wanted to go Pro.
  • Super Bowl XI

    Super Bowl XI
    The Minnesota Viking had watched their team lose for their fourth time in 8 years.They had lost to the Oakland Raiders 32-14.The Oakland Raiders had won the first Championship NFL with a total of 429 yards of defense
  • Walter Payton

    Walter Payton
    He played for the Chicago Bears and performed a stunt that would stand for 23 years,He did a rushing score of 275 yards of defense.
  • Advertisement

    Advertisement
    Ad started reaching out to them,For instance Coke Cola was one of the first ads to pop out to them and one of the dos famous one.
  • First Halftime

    First Halftime
    This was the First NFL that held a musical Performance the included,Motown own Diana Ross.This performance had started a new tradition that is held at ever halftime of the NFL
  • Apple Advertisement

    Apple Advertisement
    Other Advertisement had reached out to them which was the company Apple.This one advertisement had a big impacted on the audiences.
  • Willie "Flipper" Anderson

    Willie "Flipper" Anderson
    Willie "Flipper" Anderson had set huge record by scoring up a 336 receiving yard in a game
  • Paul Tagliabue

    Paul Tagliabue
    Paul Tagliabue was in the office for 29 years,Pete Rozelle the NFL commissioner was the one to announced his retirement.he announced as well that he would work until 2006
  • XXVII

    XXVII
    The game was between Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills.This season is when The NFL player played 16 game over 18 weeks.
  • 75th Season

    75th Season
    This was their 75th season of the NFL.This was a special event where they had all designed logo on their helmet foe each player.
  • Teams

    Teams
    They had a game between Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers.This was also the years that The NFL reached 30 official teams.
  • Returning

    Returning
    This was the 80th season and the game was played by the Tennessee Titians and the Los Angeles.This game was also when the Cleveland brown returned to the field since 1995
  • 2002 season

    2002 season
    This was the season that the league had gained 2 more teams including Houston Texans.