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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...
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Throughout its history, the National Football League (NFL) and other rival American football leagues have used several different formats to determine their league champions, including a period of inter-league matchups determining a true world champion.The NFL first determined champions through end-of-season standings, but switched to a playoff system in 1933. The rival All-America Football Conf...
Project contact: Private User Robert Backus, I (c. 1460-1503) ===Notable Descendants==* William Backus "The Immigrant" - 2nd Great-Grandson ( a founder of Norwich, Connecticut, USA )* Nathaniel Backus - 5th Great-Grandson (See: Nathaniel Backus House on Wikipedia )* Captain Elijah Backus - 6th Great-Grandson (a Patriot of the American Revolution for Connecticut. DAR Ancestor # A004349 . See "Th...
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional American football in the world. 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, 196...
The United States Football League ( USFL ) was an American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in their three seasons. A fourth season, to be played in a traditional autumn/winter schedule, was set to commence before league operations ceased.The USFL was conceived in 1965 by New Orleans, Louisiana, businessman David Dixon,...
The San Antonio Gunslingers were a professional American football team based in San Antonio, Texas that played in the USFL in 1984 and 1985. Rick Neuheisel was the team's quarterback and only recognizable name. The team played in Alamo Stadium. The team was owned by oil magnate Clinton Manges and team colors were kelly green, royal blue, silver and white.==History==The USFL decided it had to ex...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's Boston Patriots .
The American Football League ( AFL ) was a major professional American football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the National Football League (NFL). The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.The AFL was created by a number of owners who had been refused NFL expansion franchises or had minor shares of NFL f...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's Denver Broncos.
The Memphis Showboats were a franchise in the United States Football League. They entered the league in its expansion in 1984 and made the 1985 playoffs, losing in the semifinal round to the Oakland Invaders. Perhaps the most prominent players on the Showboats' roster during their two seasons of existence were future Pro Football Hall of Fame member Reggie White and future professional wrestler...
The Tampa Bay Bandits was a professional American football team in the United States Football League (USFL) which was based in Tampa, Florida. The Bandits was a charter member of the USFL and was the only franchise to have the same principal owner (John F. Bassett), head football coach (Steve Spurrier), and home field (Tampa Stadium) during the league's three seasons of play. The team folded al...
The Jacksonville Bulls were a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They were members of the United States Football League during its final two seasons, 1984 and 1985. They played their home games in the Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville.Former Miami Dolphins stars Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick were involved in an advertising campaign for the team, and they apparentl...
For its first nine seasons, 1960 through 1968, the American Football League determined its champion via a single playoff game between the winners of its two divisions (although ties in the standings in 1963 (Eastern) and 1968 (Western) necessitated a tiebreaker divisional playoff game the week before).In 1969, the tenth and final year of the independent ten-team AFL, a four-team playoff was hel...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's Dallas Texans.
The All-American Football Conference ( AAFC ) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946–1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations to the game[citation needed]. However, the AAFC was ultimately unable to sustain itself ...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's Oakland Raiders.
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's New York Jets.
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American League Football League's New York Titans.
The Denver Gold was a franchise in the United States Football League, an attempt to establish a second major professional football league in the United States, playing a springtime season, from 1983 to 1985. The Gold played their home games at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado.
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's Buffalo Bills .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's Houston Oilers.
The New Jersey Generals were a franchise of the United States Football League (USFL) established in 1982 to begin play in the spring and summer of 1983. The team played three seasons from 1983–85, winning 31 regular-season games and losing 25 while going 0–2 in postseason competition. Home games were played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which was called The Meadowlands for G...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who were involved with the American Football League's San Diego Chargers.
The Buffalo Bisons were an American football team, based in Buffalo, New York, that played in the All-America Football Conference in 1946.After only one year, owner James Breuil held a name-the-team contest in hopes of choosing a more distinctive nickname; "Bisons" had been the traditional nickname for Buffalo teams for many years. The winning choice was " Bills ," which was a play on the name ...