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Did NFL ever have 31 teams?

Did NFL ever have 31 teams?

The return of the Browns increased the number of teams to 31, the first time the league had played with an odd number of teams since 1966. This format would continue until the Houston Texans joined the NFL in 2002, returning the league to an even number of teams.

What is the 31st team in the NFL?

Lists of National Football League team seasons

Team Active since Post-season record
Philadelphia Eagles 1933 23
Pittsburgh Steelers 1933 36
Los Angeles Rams 1937 21
San Francisco 49ers 1950 31

Are there 32 NFL teams?

Teams. The NFL consists of 32 clubs divided into two conferences of sixteen teams in each. Each conference is divided into four divisions of four clubs in each.

When did the NFL get 32 teams?

2002
NFL seasons The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League. The league went back to an even number of teams, expanding to 32 teams with the addition of the Houston Texans; the league has remained static with 32 teams since.

When did the NFL have 30 teams?

Subsequently, the league added two expansion franchises in 1976 (the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) to bring the conferences up to 14 teams each, then went up to 30 teams with the addition of the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995, and finally ended up at the 32 teams that constitute the …

What’s the newest NFL team?

Team History

  • The Texans are the city’s second NFL franchise after the Houston Oilers who played in Houston from 1960-96 before moving to Tennessee, becoming the Tennessee Titans.
  • Founder Bob McNair was granted the Houston expansion team in 1999.

What is the youngest NFL franchise?

Houston Texans
As of roughly 7:35 p.m. on cutdown day, when we finished collecting data from all 32 NFL team website rosters, the New York Jets had the youngest team in the NFL. The Chicago Bears have the oldest roster in the NFL this year, followed by the Houston Texans, as if they didn’t already have enough problems.

When did NFL go to 30 teams?