National football league original teams. That honor goes to the buffalo all americans a founding team of the. Accrington aston villa blackburn rovers bolton wanderers burnley derby county everton notts county preston north end stoke west bromwich albion and wolverhampton wanderers. Alongside the twelve teams of the football league stood the.
The teams are listed by year each became active. Updated through super bowl liii. Only two teams currently in the nfl the decatur staleys now the chicago bears and the chicago cardinals now the arizona cardinals are founding members.
The official source for nfl news video highlights fantasy football game day coverage schedules stats scores and more. The season began on 8 september 1888 with 12 member clubs from the midlands and north of england. Team active since regular season record post season record overall record games played arizona cardinals.
The original set up of the league is the oldest of its kind in the world and has had 130 different clubs involved since its formation. The league began play in 1920 and comprised five teams from ohio akron pros canton bulldogs cleveland tigers columbus panhandlers and dayton triangles four teams from illinois chicago tigers decatur staleys racine cardinals the cardinals were based in chicago but took the name of a local street and rock island independents two from indiana hammond pros and muncie flyers two from new york buffalo all americans and rochester jeffersons and the detroit heralds from michigan. The nfl is one of the four major north american professional sports leagues the highest professional level of american football in the world the wealthiest professional sport league by.
Today buffalo is the home of the buffalo bills. This is a list of the active national football league teams all time win loss tie and winning percentage records. The nfl was the first professional football league to successfully establish a nationwide presence after several decades of failed attempts.