National Football Conference
The National Football Conference ( NFC ) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL) (alongside the American Football Conference ). It emerged from the independent old NFL, which was founded in Canton , Ohio as the American Professional Football Association in 1920 and renamed the National Football League two years later .
history
When the American Football League (AFL) was founded in 1960 , the fan camps split. In order to determine the true champion , the champions of the two leagues competed against each other in January 1967 for the first Super Bowl, which was not officially known at the time. After the merger to form the new National Football League in 1970, the conference names practically developed by themselves. The American Football League (AFL) became the American Football Conference (AFC) and the former National Football League became the National Football Conference (NFC). In the beginning 13 former NFL teams played in the NFC, ten AFL teams and three NFL teams in the AFC.
This is why the NFL is not divided into the Western Conference and Eastern Conference like the other major US sports (aside from baseball ) and that the teams in both conferences come from all over the United States . For example, the New York Giants play in the NFC and the New York Jets in the AFC as well as the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC and the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC.
Teams
16 teams each, divided into four divisions , play in both conferences . In contrast to the conferences, the division of the divisions is largely due to the geographical location of the teams. Due to new teams or relocations, there have been exceptions here too, which also led to shifts between the divisions. Both conferences are divided into the East , North , South and West divisions.
The NFC teams and their assignment to the divisions: