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National Football League on television
ESPN America had rights to show up to 6 games per week in most Europe but ceased operations on July 31 , 2013 ( except UK and Ireland ) . ESPN and / or 21st Century Fox - owned networks distribute NFL games to most other regions of the world .
Super Bowl
After the AFL -- NFL merger was completed in 1970 , three franchises -- the Dallas Cowboys , Miami Dolphins , and Pittsburgh Steelers -- would go on to dominate the 1970s , winning a combined eight Super Bowls in the decade .
List of NFL tied games
Since 1974 there have only been 22 tied games , the most recent occurring in Week 8 of the 2016 season when the Washington Redskins and Cincinnati Bengals tied 27 -- 27 . A tie game happened in each of the first three seasons after the overtime rules were altered in 2012 . The Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars are the only current NFL teams that have never recorded a tied game ; the New England Patriots have never recorded a tie in an NFL game , but recorded nine ties as members of the American Football League ( AFL ) . The Chicago Bears have played to 42 ties ( all prior to 1974 ) , the most of any NFL team , while the Green Bay Packers have recorded the most ties since the 1974 introduction of overtime with five .
NFL playoffs
There are some limitations that exist in the current 12 - team playoff system . Since being a division winner is a guaranteed playoff berth , there have been many cases in which a team that wins a `` weak '' division either barely has a winning record or has a . 500 or losing record altogether ( such as the 2010 Seattle Seahawks ) . At the same time , since a division winner is seeded higher than the wild cards , non-division winners may end up playing a road game during Wild Card Weekend against a team with an inferior record , or may end up outright missing the playoffs . And going on the road during the first postseason round does not guarantee success : the first time that all four road teams won during Wild Card Weekend occurred during the 2015 -- 16 season .
History of the National Football League
Although the AFL 's identity was subsumed by the NFL , the NFL eventually adopted many of the AFL 's innovations including the on - field game clock , names on player jerseys , recruiting at small and predominantly black colleges , gate and television revenue - sharing , establishment of southern franchises , and more wide - open offensive rules .
National Football League team captains
NFL rule 18 details the guidelines for team captains . Within Rule 18 , there are four articles that pertain to :
Basketball
In 2001 , the NBA formed a developmental league , the National Basketball Development League ( later known as the NBA D - League and then the NBA G League after a branding deal with Gatorade ) . As of the 2017 -- 18 season , the G League has 26 teams .
Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League were founded in 1933 . Over the course of the team 's history , the team has had several logos while wearing virtually the same uniforms over the years , with subtle changes made to give the uniforms an updated look . The team colors , uniforms , and logo are often ranked as being among the best in the NFL .
Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks have won 10 division titles and three conference championships . They are the only team to have played in both the AFC and NFC Championship Games . They have appeared in three Super Bowls : losing 21 -- 10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL , defeating the Denver Broncos 43 -- 8 for their first championship in Super Bowl XLVIII , and losing 28 - 24 to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX . They are also the first , and to date only , post-merger expansion team in NFL history to play in consecutive Super Bowl games .
Kansas City Chiefs
From 1960 to 1969 , the Chiefs / Texans won 87 games , which is the most in the 10 - year history of the AFL .
NFL playoffs
During its brief history , the AAFC , which would merge into the NFL for the 1950 season , used an identical playoff format to the NFL from 1946 to 1948 . In 1949 ( its last year ) , the AAFC would merge its two conferences when one of its teams folded , and use a four - team playoff system . In 1948 , the aforementioned issue of playoff inequity came into play when the San Francisco 49ers would miss the playoffs with a 12 -- 2 record ; they were in the same conference as the 14 -- 0 Cleveland Browns , who would go on to win the Western Conference and then the AAFC 's championship game against the 7 -- 7 Buffalo Bills ( AAFC ) .
American football
Europe is a major target for expansion of the game by football organizers . In the United Kingdom in the 1980s , the sport was fairly popular , with the 1986 Super Bowl being watched by over 4 million people ( about 1 out of every 14 Britons ) . The sport 's popularity faded over the 1990s , coinciding with the establishment of the Premier League . According to BBC America , there is a `` social stigma '' surrounding American football in the UK , with many Brits feeling the sport has no right to call itself ' football ' due to the small emphasis on kicking . Nonetheless , the sport has retained a following in the United Kingdom ; the NFL operates a media network in the country , and since 2007 has hosted the NFL International Series in London . Super Bowl viewership has also rebounded , with over 4.4 million Britons watching Super Bowl XLVI .
List of NFL tied games
In the National Football League ( NFL ) , a tied game occurs when a regular season game ends with both teams having an equal score . Ties have counted as a half - win and half - loss in league standings since 1972 ; before that , ties were not counted in the standings at all . Since the National Hockey League eliminated ties by adopting the shootout following the 2004 -- 05 NHL lockout , the NFL is the only one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America to have tied games in regular - season play , as Major League Baseball ( in the modern era since 1900 ) and the National Basketball Association have historically played until there is a winner . Unlike soccer ( association football ) , in which teams routinely play for a draw ( for the benefit of a point in the standings ) , NFL teams rarely play for ties . In general , tied games in the NFL are frowned upon by both teams and fans . Because tied games are rare , some players have not known they were allowed in the NFL , such as former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb , who said after a tie game against the Cincinnati Bengals that he did not know a tie was a possible result .
New England Patriots strategy
The New England Patriots run a modified base 3 - 4 Chuck Fairbanks - Hank Bullough system installed by Bill Belichick . The term 3 - 4 means that their base formation consists of 3 defensive linemen ( defensive end , nose tackle , and defensive end ) , 4 linebackers ( outside `` Will '' weak side linebacker , middle `` Jack '' weak side linebacker , middle `` Mike '' strong side linebacker , and outside `` Sam '' strong side linebacker ) , and 4 defensive backs ( cornerback , free safety , strong safety , and cornerback ) . It is believed that this 3 - 4 structure gives the defense the greatest amount of flexibility because the linebackers are among the most versatile players on the defense , capable of rushing the quarterback , tackling runners or dropping into coverage . By mixing the roles of their linebackers from play to play , the Patriot 's defense seeks to cause confusion on the part of opposing offenses . At times the Patriots will also shade their defensive linemen different ways , creating `` over '' or `` under '' defenses . `` Over '' and `` under '' defenses simply refer to the shift of the defensive linemen to the strong or weak side of the offense , respectively , and the rotation of the linebackers in the opposite direction .
List of NFL tied games
Between 1974 and 2011 , a pure sudden death , one 15 - minute overtime period was used , in which the first team who scored , in whatever fashion , won the game . Only 17 games ended in a tie during this period . During these seasons , a total of 477 regular season games went to overtime , so 7000360000000000000 ♠ 3.6 % of overtime games finished tied under this overtime procedure .
NFL playoffs
The league did not institute a seeding system for the playoffs until 1975 , where the surviving clubs with the higher seeds were made the home teams for each playoff round . Thus , the top seeded division winner played the wild - card team , and the remaining two division winners played at the home stadium of the better seed ( which meant that the lowest - seeded division winner had to open the postseason on the road ) . However , two teams from the same division could not meet prior to the conference championship game . Thus , there would be times when the pairing in the divisional playoff round would be the 1 seed vs. the 3 seed and 2 vs. 4 .
History of the National Football League
After 100 years of American football influence in Mexican territory , in 1998 the NFL opened a representation office in Mexico , called NFL México , as the NFL identified Mexico as a key market outside the United States due to proximity and tradition . The Mexican office handles sponsorship , licensing , detail dealers , sport culture , broadcasting , public relationships and community service .
History of the National Football League
The NFL 's precursor , the American Professional Football Association , had several minority players , including African - American players : between 1920 and 1926 , nine black players suited up for NFL squads . It was also common , due to the number of talented players that were produced by the Carlisle Indian School 's football team , to see teams ( both inside and outside the NFL ) openly market Native Americans ; in fact , the Oorang Indians of 1922 to 1923 consisted entirely of Native American talent . Running back Walter Achiu and quarterback Arthur Matsu , both of the Dayton Triangles , were the first Asian - American players in the NFL , having joined the league in 1927 and 1928 respectively . Ignacio Molinet and Jess Rodriguez were the first Hispanic players in the NFL and each played one season in 1927 and 1929 respectively .
Super Bowl curse
The home field curse affects the host team of the Super Bowl . So far no team has yet managed to reach the Super Bowl in their home stadium . Four teams with Super Bowls in their home venue have qualified for the divisional playoffs : the 1994 Miami Dolphins , the 1998 Miami Dolphins , the 2016 Houston Texans , and the 2017 Minnesota Vikings , the Vikings being the first to qualify for their conference 's title game . From 1966 -- 2011 ( excluding the six Super Bowl games held in a stadium without a professional team ) , the Super Bowl host team has had 11 winning seasons , four split seasons , and 25 losing seasons . Mathematically , the probability of that many losing seasons or more occurring by chance ( assuming a 50 percent chance of having a losing season ( disregarding . 500 seasons ) ) is 7.69 percent . It should be noted , however , that the Super Bowl host stadium is selected several years before the game is played , without regard to the teams that qualify .
Carolina Panthers
To highlight the demand for professional football in the Carolinas , Richardson Sports held preseason games around the area from 1989 to 1991 . The first two games were held at Carter -- Finley Stadium in Raleigh , North Carolina , and Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , while the third and final game was held at Williams - Brice Stadium in Columbia , South Carolina . The matchups were between existing NFL teams . In 1991 , the group formally filed an application for the open expansion spot , and on October 26 , 1993 , the 28 NFL owners unanimously named the Carolina Panthers as the 29th member of the NFL .
National Football League on television
After the 1970 merger , the NFL decided to keep only the traditional Detroit and Dallas games . Due to the broadcast contracts in place since 1970 , three NFC teams play on Thanksgiving , as opposed to only one AFC outfit . During even years , the Lions play their Thanksgiving game against an AFC team , and thus are televised by the network holding the AFC package ( NBC and later CBS ) ; the Cowboys host an NFC team and are shown by the network with the NFC package ( CBS and later Fox ) . During odd years , Dallas hosts an AFC team and Detroit plays an NFC opponent ( usually another NFC North team , and often the Green Bay Packers , who draw high TV ratings ) . Every decade or so , this even - odd rotation was reversed , Detroit hosting an NFC team in even years and an AFC team in odd years , Dallas hosting an AFC team in even years and an NFC team in odd years . Detroit is always the early broadcast and Dallas the mid-afternoon broadcast .
National Football League on television
Furthermore , the NFL is the only network that imposes an anti-siphoning rule in all teams ' local markets ; The NFL sells syndication rights of each team 's Thursday and Monday night games to a local over-the - air station in each local market . The respective cable station must be blacked out when that team is playing the said game .
Basketball
At the time , football was being played with 10 to a team ( which was increased to 11 ) . When winter weather got too icy to play football , teams were taken indoors , and it was convenient to have them split in half and play basketball with five on each side . By 1897 -- 1898 teams of five became standard .
List of Major League Baseball perfect games
Of the thirty franchises that currently make up Major League Baseball , seven have never as of the end of the 2016 season been involved in a perfect game ( win or lose ) , including three of the `` Original 16 '' franchises ( the Cardinals , Pirates and Orioles ) and four of the fourteen teams that joined MLB in the expansion era ( the Royals , Brewers , Padres and Rockies ) . The number of perfect games won and lost by the remaining twenty - three extant franchises is as follows .
History of the National Football League
Football was first professionalized in 1892 , when William Heffelfinger and Ben `` Sport '' Donnelly each received a large sum of cash to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association of the Western Pennsylvania Senior Independent Football Conference . Through the 1890s and the early part of the 20th century , professional football was primarily a regional sport , with most informal circuits centered around a single state or region with only limited play outside state lines . There were no national leagues or tournaments for the professional game , despite numerous attempts : an earlier National Football League ( backed by what would become Major League Baseball ) was unable to expand beyond Pennsylvania in 1902 , the New York City - based World Series of Pro Football tournament disbanded after two seasons and lack of fan interest , and other attempts to either combine existing circuits or create new ones from scratch never materialized .
History of the National Football League
Ohio 's teams went along with the idea in the face of escalating costs : several bidding wars in the early 1900s , both in Pennsylvania and Ohio , had damaged the sport significantly , and another bidding war was about to erupt if something was not done . By forming a national league , teams reasoned that it would eliminate the practices of looting other teams ' rosters and concentrating top talent in only a few teams , thus distributing talent more evenly and efficiently thereby reducing costs for each individual team while still keeping a top - level product on the field .
American football
Below the Arena Football League are what The New York Times writer Mike Tanier described as the `` most minor of minor leagues : '' indoor football leagues . Like in arena football , teams in indoor football leagues play in arenas , but games are only attended by a small number of fans , and most players are semi-professional athletes . Indoor football leagues are unstable , with franchises regularly moving from one league to another or merging with other teams , and teams or entire leagues dissolving entirely . The Indoor Football League , National Arena League , Champions Indoor Football and American Arena League are examples of prominent indoor leagues that are active as of 2017 .
American football
In Canada , the game has a significant following -- according to a 2013 poll , 21 % of respondents said they followed the NFL `` very closely '' or `` fairly closely '' , making it the third-most followed league behind the National Hockey League ( NHL ) and Canadian Football League ( CFL ) . American football also has a long history in Mexico , which was introduced to the sport in 1896 . American football was the second-most popular sport in Mexico in the 1950s , with the game being particularly popular in colleges . The Los Angeles Times notes that the NFL claims over 16 million fans in Mexico , which places the country third behind the US and Canada . American football is played in Mexico both professionally and as part of the college sports system . The top American football competition in Mexico is the recently created Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional ( Professional American Football League ) . At the collegiate level there is the Liga Mayor of the ONEFA , a college championship founded in 1930 . There is also the CONADEIP Premier Conference , another college competition founded in 2010 . American football is the fifth most popular sport in Mexico and the country has the highest rating of the NFL outside the United States . Opening
Football player
It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world , and many play the other forms of football .
New England Patriots
The Patriots have appeared in the Super Bowl nine times in franchise history , the most of any team , seven of them since the arrival of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady in 2000 . The Patriots have since become one of the most successful teams in NFL history , winning 14 AFC East titles in 16 seasons since 2001 , without a losing season in that period . The franchise has since set numerous notable records , including most wins in a ten - year period ( 126 , in 2003 -- 2012 ) , an undefeated 16 - game regular season in 2007 , the longest winning streak consisting of regular season and playoff games in NFL history ( a 21 - game streak from October 2003 to October 2004 ) , and the most consecutive division titles won by a team in NFL history ( won eight straight division titles from 2009 to 2016 ) . The team owns the record for most Super Bowls reached ( seven ) and won ( five ) by a head coach -- quarterback tandem . The Patriots hold the record for most Super Bowl appearances with nine , and are tied with the 49ers and Cowboys for the second most Super Bowl wins with five before the Steelers who have six . Patriot
New England Patriots
Additionally , four of these Patriots players have also been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame . The Patriots have officially retired seven uniform numbers .
Super Bowl
The NFL owners meet to make a selection on the site , usually three to five years prior to the event . In 2007 , NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suggested that a Super Bowl might be played in London , perhaps at Wembley Stadium . The game has never been played in a region that lacks an NFL franchise ; seven Super Bowls have been played in Los Angeles , but none were held there in the 21 - year period when the league had no team in the area . New Orleans , the site of the 2013 Super Bowl , invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure improvements in the years leading up to the game .
NFL playoffs
playoffs vs. Chicago Bears 35 -- 24 2011 -- 12 Pittsburgh Steelers 12 -- 4 Denver Broncos 8 -- 8 * Broncos , 29 -- 23 ( OT ) Lost divisional playoffs vs. New England Patriots 45 -- 10 Atlanta Falcons 10 -- 6 New York Giants 9 -- 7 Giants , 24 -- 2 Won divisional playoffs vs. Green Bay Packers 37 -- 20 Won conference championship vs. San Francisco 49ers 20 -- 17 Won Super Bowl XLVI vs. New England Patriots 21 -- 17 2012 -- 13 Indianapolis Colts 11 -- 5 Baltimore Ravens 10 -- 6 Ravens , 24 -- 9 Won divisional playoffs vs. Denver Broncos 38 -- 35 ( 2 OT ) Won conference vs. New England Patriots 28 -- 13 Won Super Bowl XLVII vs. San Francisco 49ers 34 -- 31 2013 -- 14 none 2014 -- 15 Arizona Cardinals 11 -- 5 Carolina Panthers 7 -- 8 -- 1 * Panthers , 27 -- 16 Lost divisional playoffs vs. Seattle Seahawks 31 -- 17 2015 -- 16 none 2016 -- 17 Oakland Raiders 12 -- 4 Houston Texans 9 -- 7 Texans , 27 -- 14 Lost divisional playoffs vs. New England Patriots 34 -- 16 New York Giants 11 -- 5 Green Bay Packers 10 -- 6 Packers , 38 -- 13 Won divisional playoffs vs. Dallas Cowboys 34 -- 31 Lost conference championship vs. Atlanta Falcons 44 -- 21 2017 -- 18 none * -- . 500 or losing record Source : https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/
American football
The offensive team must line up in a legal formation before they can snap the ball . An offensive formation is considered illegal if there are more than four players in the backfield or fewer than five players numbered 50 -- 79 on the offensive line . Players can temporarily line up in a position whose eligibility is different from what their number permits as long as they immediately report the change to the referee , who then informs the defensive team of the change . Neither team 's players , with the exception of the snapper , are allowed to line up in or cross the neutral zone until the ball is snapped . Interior offensive linemen are not allowed to move until the snap of the ball . A
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve , to varying degrees , kicking a ball to score a goal . Unqualified , the word football is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears . Sports commonly called football in certain places include association football ( known as soccer in some countries ) ; gridiron football ( specifically American football or Canadian football ) ; Australian rules football ; rugby football ( either rugby league or rugby union ) ; and Gaelic football . These different variations of football are known as football codes .
U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
In Week 3 of the season the majority of games were played two days after Trump made his statements . The protest gained broader participation when over 200 players sat or kneeled during the anthem . Many players , coaches and NFL teams protested and / or issued statements expressing dismay with Trump 's comments :
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game
Team Games PCT Last appearance Pittsburgh Steelers 6 0 . 500 2015 Dallas Cowboys 6 0 . 500 2017 Washington Redskins 5 5 0 0 1.000 2008 Chicago Bears 5 0 . 800 2018 New York Giants 5 . 700 2014 Cleveland Browns 5 0 . 400 1999 New Orleans Saints 5 0 . 400 2012 Arizona / St. Louis Cardinals 5 . 300 2017 Minnesota Vikings 0 . 750 2015 Philadelphia Eagles 0 . 500 2006 Indianapolis / Baltimore Colts 0 . 500 2008 Green Bay Packers . 375 2003 Miami Dolphins 0 0 . 000 2013 Buffalo Bills 0 0 . 000 2014 Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders 0 0 1.000 2006 New England Patriots 0 . 667 2000 San Francisco 49ers 0 . 667 2000 Los Angeles / St. Louis Rams 0 . 667 Kansas City Chiefs 0 . 667 2003 Detroit Lions 0 . 333 1991 Atlanta Falcons 0 . 333 1994 Denver Broncos 0 . 333 Tennessee Titans / Houston Oilers 0 . 333 2009 Cincinnati Bengals 0 . 333 New York Jets 0 . 500 Seattle Seahawks 0 . 500 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 . 500 1998 Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers 0 . 250 1994 Carolina Panthers 0 0 1.000 1995 Baltimore Ravens 0 0 1.000 2018 Jacksonville Jaguars 0 0 . 000 1995 Houston Texans 0 0 . 000 2002