AFC East
Seattle Seahawks
BUFFALO BILLS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "The Bills
Mapping The History of the NFL Teams
1976
Buffalo Bills
Minnesota Vikings 1961
1915 – Buffalo All-Stars, Buffalo, NY 1918 – Buffalo Niagras, Buffalo, NY 1919 - Buffalo Prospects, Buffalo, NY 1920 - Buffalo All-Americans, Buffalo, NY 1914 - Buffalo Bisons, Buffalo, NY 1924 - Buffalo Rangers, Buffalo, NY 1924 - Buffalo Bisons, Buffalo, NY 1960 - Buffalo Bills, Buffalo, NY
Green Bay Packers 1919
New England Patriots 1960 - Boston Patriots, Boston, MA 1971 - New England Patriots, Foxborough, MA
Detroit Lions 1929 – Portsmouth Spartans, Portsmouth, OH 1934 – Detroit Lions, Detroit, MI
New York Giants 1925 New York Jets
Cleveland Browns 1946 – Cleveland Browns, Cleveland, OH 1996 – Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore, MD 1999 - Cleveland Browns, Cleveland, OH
1960 - Titans of New York, Upper Manhattan, NY 1964 - New York Jets, Queens, NY
Chicago Bears 1919 - Decatur Staleys, Decatur, Illinois 1922 - Chicago Bears, Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Eagles
San Francisco 49’ers 1946
1960
Kansas City Chiefs 1960 – Dallas Texans, Dallas, TX 1963 – Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas Raiders 1960 – Oakland Raiders, Oakland, CA 1982 – Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles, CA 1995 – Oakland Raiders, Oakland, CA 2020 – Las Vegas Raiders, Las Vegas, NV
Indianapolis Colts
Cincinnati Bengals
1932 – Boston Braves, Boston, MA 1933 – Boston Redskins, Boston, MA 1937 – Washington Redskins, Washington DC
Tennessee Titans
1936 – Cleveland Rams, Cleveland, OH 1946 – Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles, CA 1995 – St. Louis Rams, St. Louis, MO 2016 – Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles, CA
1968 – Houston Oilers, Huston, TX 1997 – Tennessee Oilers, Nashville, TN 1999 – Tennessee Titans, Nashville, TN
Arizona Cardinals
1960 – Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles, CA 1961 – San Diego Chargers, San Diego, CA 2017 – Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles, CA
1996
Washington Redskins
1968 1952 - Dallas Texans, Dallas, TX 1953 - Baltimore Colts, Baltimore, MD 1984 - Indianapolis Colts, Indianapolis, IN
Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Chargers
reference to Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem…. in a contest conducted by the Baltimore Sun." CINCINNATI BENGALS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "Team owner, general manager, and head coach Paul Brown nicknamed Cincinnati’s AFL expansion franchise the Bengals in 1968 in honor of the football team nicknamed the Bengals that played in the city from 1937-1942." CLEVELAND BROWNS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "Team owner Mickey McBride conducted a fan contest in 1945 and the most popular submission was Browns. ….named after its first coach and general manager, Paul Brown" PITTSBURGH STEELERS - Super bowl Wins: 6 "Pittsburgh’s football team shared the same nickname as the city’s baseball team, the Pirates, from 1933 to 1940. Before the 1940 season, owner Art Rooney held a rename-the-team contest….Joe Santoni, who worked in a mill for Pittsburgh Steel, was one of several fans who suggested Steelers. Santoni received a pair of season tickets, which he would renew every year until his death in 2003.“
Baltimore Ravens
1933 - Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh, PA 1940 - Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh, PA
Denver Broncos
Carolina Panthers 1995
Atlanta Falcons
1898 – Morgan Athletic Club, Chicago, IL 1900 – Racine Normals, Chicago, IL 1901 – Racine Cardinals, Chicago, IL 1920 – Chicago Cardinals, Chicago, IL 1960 - St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis, MO 1987 - Phoenix Cardinals, Tempe, AZ 2006 - Arizona Cardinals, Glendale, AZ
1996
AFC West
Dallas Cowboys
DENVER BRONCOS - Super bowl Wins: 3 "Denver was
1960
Jacksonville Jaguars 1995
New Orleans Saints
Las Vegas Raiders Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Chargers Arizona Cardinals Kansas City Chiefs Indianapolis Colts Tennessee Titans Detroit Lions Washington Redskins
1967
Houston Texans 2002
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976
Miami Dolphins 1965
NFC East DALLAS COWBOYS - Super bowl Wins: 5 "The Cowboys, who began play in the NFL in 1960, were originally going to be nicknamed the Steers. The team’s general manager, Texas E. Schramm, decided that having a castrated bovine as a mascot might subject the team to ridicule, so he ....changed the nickname to Cowboys shortly before the season began." NEW YORK GIANTS - Super bowl Wins: 4 "New York owner Tim Mara borrowed the Giants nickname from John McGraw’s National League baseball team, a common practice by football teams during an era when baseball was the nation’s preeminent team sport." PHILADELPHIA EAGLES - Super bowl Wins: 1 "In 1933, Bert Bell and Lud Wray purchased the bankrupt Frankford Yellowjackets. The new owners renamed the team the Eagles in honor of the symbol of the National Recovery Act, which was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal." WASHINGTON REDSKINS - Super bowl Wins: 3 "One year after he acquired an NFL franchise in Boston, George Preston Marshall changed the team’s nickname from Braves to Redskins. According to most accounts, the nickname was meant to honor head coach and Native American William Henry “Lone Star” Dietz, though some question whether Dietz was a Native American. The Redskins kept their controversial nickname when they relocated to Washington, DC, in 1937."
NFC North CHICAGO BEARS - Super bowl Wins: 1 "In 1921, the Decatur Staleys, a charter member of the American Professional Football Association, moved to Chicago…..played its home games at Wrigley Field, home of baseball’s Cubs, and (owner George) Halas opted to stick with the ursine theme." DETROIT LIONS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "The nickname was likely derived from Detroit’s established baseball team, the Tigers, who won 101 games and the AL pennant that year. As the team explained it, 'The lion is the monarch of the jungle, and we hope to be the monarch of the league'." GREEN BAY PACKERS - Super bowl Wins: 4 "Team founder Earl “Curly” Lambeau’s employer, the Indian Packing Company, sponsored Green Bay’s football team and provided equipment and access to the field. The Indian Packing Company became the Acme Packing Company and later folded, but the nickname stuck." MINNESOTA VIKINGS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "Bert Rose, Minnesota’s general manager when it joined the NFL in 1961, recommended the nickname to the team’s Board of Directors because 'it represented both an aggressive person with the will to win and the Nordic tradition in the northern Midwest.' The expansion franchise also became the first pro sports team to feature its home state, rather than a city, in the team name." http://www.sportslogos.net https://en.wikipedia.org https://sportsteamhistory.com
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Super Bowl Standings
NFC West ARIZONA CARDINALS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "Team owner Chris O’Brien purchased used and faded maroon jerseys from the University of Chicago in 1901 and dubbed the color of his squad’s new outfits 'cardinal red'.” LOS ANGELES RAMS - Super bowl Wins: 1 "Principal owner Homer Marshman and general manager Damon “Buzz” Wetzel chose the nickname because Wetzel’s favorite football team had always been the Fordham Rams. " SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS - Super bowl Wins: 5 "The 49ers, who began play in the All-America Football Conference in 1946, were named after the settlers who ventured to the San Francisco area during the gold rush of 1849." SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Super bowl Wins: 1 "...submitted in a name-the-team contest in 1975...'Our new name suggests aggressiveness, reflects our soaring Northwest heritage, and belongs to no other major league team,' Seattle general manager John Thompson said. The Seahawks’ helmet design is a stylized head of an osprey, a fish-eating hawk of the Northwest."
Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots
6 6
San Francisco 49ers
5
Dallas Cowboys Green Bay Packers New York Giants
5 4 4
NFC SOUTH ATLANTA FALCONS - Super bowl Wins: 0 A "local radio station sponsored a contest to name the team. ...schoolteacher Julia Elliott of nearby Griffin was declared the winner of the contest for the reason she provided. 'The falcon is proud and dignified, with great courage and fight,' Elliott wrote. 'It never drops its prey. It is deadly and has great sporting tradition'." CAROLINA PANTHERS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "Panthers team president Mark Richardson, the son of team owner Jerry Richardson, chose the Panthers nickname because 'it's a name our family thought signifies what we thought a team should be—powerful, sleek and strong'." NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - Super bowl Wins: 1 "New Orleans was awarded an NFL franchise on All Saints’ Day, November 1, 1966. The nickname was a popular choice in a name-the-team contest sponsored by the New Orleans StatesItem, which announced the news of the new franchise with the headline, 'N.O. goes pro!' The nickname, chosen by team owner John Mecom, was a nod to the city’s jazz heritage and taken from the popular song, 'When the Saints Go Marching In'." TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS - Super bowl Wins: 2 "A panel of local sportswriters and representatives from the NFL expansion team, including owner Hugh F. Culverhouse, chose Buccaneers from an original list of more than 400 names in 1975. The nickname, which was a popular choice among fans in a name-the-team contest, was a nod to the pirates who raided Florida’s coasts during the 17th century."
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https://www.miamidolphins.com https://www.neworleanssaints.com https://www.newyorkjets.com
AFC North BALTIMORE RAVENS - Super bowl Wins: 2 "Ravens, a
1933
Pittsburgh Steelers
nickname was suggested as part of a fan contest in 1947 to rename Buffalo’s All-America Football Conference team, which was originally known as the Bisons." MIAMI DOLPHINS - Super bowl Wins: 2 "A namethe-team contest drew nearly 20,000 entries and resulted in the nickname for the Miami franchise that entered the AFL as an expansion team in 1966." NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Super bowl Wins: 5 "Seventy-four fans suggested Patriots in the name-the-team contest that was conducted by the management group of Boston’s original AFL franchise in 1960. ….While the first part of the team’s name changed from Boston to New England in 1971, Patriots remained." NEW YORK JETS - Super bowl Wins: 1 "...the team became the Jets since it was going to play in Shea Stadium, which is close to LaGuardia Airport. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the name was supposed to reflect the 'modern approach of his team'."
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https://www.patriots.com https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com https://www.profootballarchives.com
https://www.profootballhof.com/teams https://www.vikings.com https://www.raiders.com
https://www.redskins.com https://www.seahawks.com https://www.steelers.com
NFL teams that moved the most Rams – 1936, 1946, 1995, 2016 Raiders – 1960, 1982, 1995, 2020
NFL team that moved the farthest Rams – From Cleveland, OH to Los Angeles, CA 2,344 miles
a charter member of the AFL in 1960 and Broncos, which was submitted along with a 25-word essay by Ward M. Vining, was the winning entry among 162 fans who responded in a name-the-team contest." KANSAS CITY CHIEF - Super bowl Wins: 2 "Lamar Hunt changed the team’s name to the Chiefs ….said the name was locally important because Native Americans had once lived in the area. Hunt may have also been swayed by Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle, whose nickname was The Chief. " LOS ANGELES CHARGERS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "Team owner Barron Hilton sponsored a name-the-team contest and promised a trip to Mexico City to the winner in 1960. Gerald Courtney submitted “Chargers” and Hilton reportedly liked the name so much that he didn’t open another letter." OAKLAND RAIDERS - Super bowl Wins: 3 "Chet Soda, Oakland’s first general manager, sponsored a name-the-team contest in 1960. Helen A. Davis, an Oakland policewoman, submitted the winning entry, Señors, …..Soda and the team’s other investors decided to change the team’s nickname to Raiders, which was a finalist in the contest along with Lakers."
AFC South HOUSTON TEXANS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "Houston owner Bob McNair chose Texans over Apollos and Stallions." INDIANAPOLIS COLTS - Super bowl Wins: 2 "The Baltimore Colts, a member of the All-America Football Conference from 1947-1950, were named in honor of the region’s history of horse breeding. The name remained when a new franchise began play in 1953 and after the team relocated to Indianapolis in 1984." JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "The Jaguars nickname was selected through a fan contest in 1991, 2 years before the city was officially awarded an expansion team and 4 years before the team would begin play…..the oldest living jaguar in North America was housed in the Jacksonville Zoo." TENNESSEE TITANS - Super bowl Wins: 0 "After relocating from Houston to Tennessee in 1995, the team played two seasons as the Oilers before owner Bud Adams held a statewide contest to rename the team. "
NFL team in the same place the longest Green Bay Packers – Since 1919 (over 100 years!)
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http://mentalfloss.com/article/25650/whats-nickname-origins-all-32-nfl-team-names https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2009/6/11/906146/origins-of-football-1890s-to-1933 Updated April 2021