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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color #A9BCF5;">'''''National Football League'''''</span><br />
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:55%;" | <span style="color #A9BCF5;">''http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/AmericanFootball_current_event.svg/30px-AmericanFootball_current_event.svg.png [[2013 NFL Season|2013 NFL season]]''</span><br />
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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:100%;" | <span style="color #A9BCF5;">''[[2018–19 NFL Playoffs|2018–19 NFL playoffs]]''</span><br />
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Sport'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Formerly'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | American Football
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |American Professional Football Conference (1920)<br>American Professional Football Association (1920–1922)
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Sport'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[American Football|American football]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Founded'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Founded'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | September 17, 1920<br>Canton, Ohio, United States
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |August 20, 1920
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Commissioner'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Commissioner'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Roger Goodell
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[Roger Goodell]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Inaugural season'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Inaugural season'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 1920
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[1920 APFA Season|1920]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''No. of Teams'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''No. of Teams'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 32
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[National Football League#Clubs|32]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Country(ies)'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Country'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | United States
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |United States
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Most recent<br>champion(s)'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Most recent<br>champion(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[New York Giants]] (8th title)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[Seattle Seahawks]] (1st title)
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Most titles'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Green Bay Packers (13 titles)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[Green Bay Packers]] (13 titles)
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''TV partner(s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]<br>[[NFL on Fox|Fox]]<br>[[NBC Football on Sunday|NBC]]<br>[[NFL Football on ESPN|ESPN]]<br>[[NFL Network]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]<br>[[NFL on Fox|Fox]]<br>[[NBC Sunday Night Football|NBC]]<br>[[Monday Night Football|ESPN]]<br>[[NFL Network]]<br>[[Telemundo]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Official website'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |NFL.com
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[[Image:345park.jpg|thumb|right|The headquarters of the National Football League at 345 Park Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA.]]
[[Image:345park.jpg|thumb|right|The headquarters of the National Football League at 345 Park Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA.]]
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The '''National Football League''' ('''NFL''') is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the '''American Professional Football Association''', with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The league currently consists of [[#Current NFL teams|thirty-two teams]] from the United States. The 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, comprising its 32 teams.
 
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The [[Regular Season (NFL)|regular season]] is a seventeen-week schedule during which each team plays sixteen games and has one ''bye week''. 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 [[National Football League Playoffs|NFL playoffs]], a twelve-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the championship game, known as the [[NFL SuperBowl|SuperBowl]]. This game is held at a pre-selected site which is usually a city that hosts an NFL team.
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The '''National Football League''' ('''NFL''') is a professional [[American football]] league that constitutes one of the four [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional sports leagues]] in North America. It is composed of 32 teams divided equally between the [[National Football Conference]] (NFC) and the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC). The highest professional level of the sport in the world, the NFL runs a [[National Football League regular season|17-week regular season]] from the week after [[Labor Day]] to the week after [[Christmas]], with each team playing sixteen games and having one [[Bye (Sports)#Gridiron football and Major League Baseball|bye week]] each season. Out of the league's 32 teams, six (four division winners and two wild-card teams) from each conference compete in the [[National Football League Playoffs|NFL playoffs]], a [[Single-Elimination Tournament|single-elimination tournament]] culminating in the [[NFL SuperBowl|Super Bowl]], played between the champions of the NFC and AFC. The champions of the Super Bowl are awarded the [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]]. Various other awards exist to recognize individual players and coaches. Most games are played on Sunday afternoons; some games are also played on Mondays and Thursdays during the regular season. There are games on Saturdays during the first two playoff weekends. Sometimes, there are also Saturday games during the last few weeks of the regular season.
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The NFL is the most attended domestic sports league in the world by average attendance per game (16 a season), with 67,394 fans per game in 2011–12.
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The NFL was formed on August 20, 1920, as the '''American Professional Football Conference'''; the league changed its name to the '''American Professional Football Association''' ('''APFA''') on September 17, 1920, and changed its name to the National Football League on June 24, 1922, after spending the 1920 and 1921 seasons as the APFA. In 1966, the NFL [[AFL-NFL Merger|agreed to merge]] with the rival [[American Football League]] (AFL), effective 1970; the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that same season in January 1967. 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. At the corporate level, the NFL is a [[Nonprofit Organization|nonprofit]] [[501(c)|501(c)(6)]] association. The NFL's [[Executive Officer|executive officer]] is the commissioner, who has broad authority in governing the league.
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The team with the most NFL championships is the [[Green Bay Packers]] with thirteen; the team with the most Super Bowl championships is the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] with six. The current NFL champions are the [[New England Patriots]], who defeated the [[Seattle Seahawks]] 28–24 in[[NFL SuperBow 49|Super Bowl XLIX]].
==History==
==History==
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::''Main article: [[History of the National Football League]]''
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===Founding and history===
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==Official rules and notable rule distinctions==
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===Season and playoff development===
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''Main article: [[List of National Football League Season|List of National Football League seasons]]''
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==Season structure==
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==Corporate structure==
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Since 2002, the NFL season features the following schedule:
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:''See also: [[History of the NFL Commissioner]]''
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*a 4-game [[NFL Exhibition Season|exhibition season]] (or preseason) running from early August to early September;
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*a 16-game, 17-week [[NFL Regular Season|regular season]] running from September to December or early January; and
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Traditionally, American [[High School Football|high school football]] games are played on Friday nights, American [[College Football|college football]] games are played on Thursday nights and Saturdays, and most NFL games are played on Sunday. Because the NFL season is longer than the college football season, the NFL schedules Saturday games and Saturday playoff games outside the college football season. The ABC Television network added [[NFL Monday Night Football|Monday Night Football]] in 1970, and Thursday night NFL games were added in the 1980s.
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==Season format==
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===Preseason===
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:''Main article: [[National Football League Preseason|National Football League preseason]]''
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===Exhibition season===
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*[[National Football League All-Decade Teams]]
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*[[National Football League Franchise Moves and Mergers|National Football League franchise moves and mergers]]
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*[[National Football League Records|National Football League records]]
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*[[National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team]]
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*[[NFL Europe]]
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*[[NFL Films]]
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*[[USA Football]]
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==External links==
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Current revision as of 01:10, 6 January 2019

National Football League
Current season or competition:
2018–19 NFL playoffs
Formerly American Professional Football Conference (1920)
American Professional Football Association (1920–1922)
Sport American football
Founded August 20, 1920
Commissioner Roger Goodell
Inaugural season 1920
No. of Teams 32
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s) 		Seattle Seahawks (1st title)
Most titles Green Bay Packers (13 titles)
TV partner(s) CBS
Fox
NBC
ESPN
NFL Network
Telemundo
Official website NFL.com
File:345park.jpg
The headquarters of the National Football League at 345 Park Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA.

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that constitutes one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America. It is composed of 32 teams divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The highest professional level of the sport in the world, the NFL runs a 17-week regular season from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas, with each team playing sixteen games and having one bye week each season. Out of the league's 32 teams, six (four division winners and two wild-card teams) from each conference compete in the NFL playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, played between the champions of the NFC and AFC. The champions of the Super Bowl are awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Various other awards exist to recognize individual players and coaches. Most games are played on Sunday afternoons; some games are also played on Mondays and Thursdays during the regular season. There are games on Saturdays during the first two playoff weekends. Sometimes, there are also Saturday games during the last few weeks of the regular season.

The NFL was formed on August 20, 1920, as the American Professional Football Conference; the league changed its name to the American Professional Football Association (APFA) on September 17, 1920, and changed its name to the National Football League on June 24, 1922, after spending the 1920 and 1921 seasons as the APFA. In 1966, the NFL agreed to merge with the rival American Football League (AFL), effective 1970; the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that same season in January 1967. 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. At the corporate level, the NFL is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) association. The NFL's executive officer is the commissioner, who has broad authority in governing the league.

The team with the most NFL championships is the Green Bay Packers with thirteen; the team with the most Super Bowl championships is the Pittsburgh Steelers with six. The current NFL champions are the New England Patriots, who defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28–24 inSuper Bowl XLIX.

Contents

[edit] History

Main article: History of the National Football League

[edit] Founding and history

[edit] Season and playoff development

Main article: List of National Football League seasons

[edit] Corporate structure

See also: History of the NFL Commissioner

[edit] Season format

[edit] Preseason

Main article: National Football League preseason

[edit] Regular season

Main article: National Football League regular season

[edit] Postseason

Main articles: National Football League playoffs and Pro Bowl

[edit] Trophy

[edit] Media coverage

Main article: NFL on television

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Draft

Main article: National Football League draft

[edit] Free agency

[edit] Player and coach awards

See also category: National Football League trophies and awards

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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