The first football game between McGill University and Harvard took the appearance of a rugby game. The National Football League was born in 1920 when the official League documents were signed in a Hupmobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. In 1966, the AFL and NFL signed an agreement for the two leagues to merge and begin play as one league for the 1970 season. In 1967, the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game was played in Los Angeles. In 1969, the game commonly was referred to as the Super Bowl.
Football is a game of territory and strategy.
A 12-minute halftime falls between the second and third quarters. Each team is entitled to three time outs per half. The offense attempts to score by passing or running the ball. Special Teams are responsible for kicking a ball or returning a kicked ball from the other team, and are frequently labeled kicking teams, or receiving. Gameday Hints and the Super Bowl 2001, NFL Enterprises, L.P. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.