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In 1949, there was only one seven-team division, so the championship game was the final round of a four team tournament. 1946 December 22 Cleveland Browns 14–9 New York Yankees , Cleveland Municipal Stadium, 41,181. 1947 December 14 Cleveland Browns 14–3 New York Yankees , Yankee Stadium, 60,103.
This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL). The history of franchises that began as independent teams, or as members of the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, and other ...
Early years (1920–1932) Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, the 1921 title being decided on a ...
The APFA did not keep records of the 1920 season; they declared the Akron Pros, who finished the season with an 8–0–3 (8 wins, 0 losses, 3 ties) record, as the league's first champions by a vote of the owners. The Canton Bulldogs won two straight championships from 1922 to 1923, and the Green Bay Packers won three in a row from 1929 to 1931 ...
The National Football League ( NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of ...
There are four NFL teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans, though both the Browns ( 1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and Lions ( 1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won NFL Championship Games prior to the creation of the Super Bowl in the 1966 season.
In professional sports, a free agent is a player or manager who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is allowed to solicit offers from other teams. In some circumstances, the free agent's options ...
In the off-season, Cornerback Nate Clements was signed as a free agent from the Buffalo Bills. Clements' contract was worth $80 million for 8 years, the largest contract given to a defensive player in NFL history at the time. The 49ers started 2–0, winning their first two games against the Arizona Cardinals and the St. Louis Rams.