Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western...

conferences. Divisions (1933–1949): Eastern and Western Conferences (1950–1952): American and National Conferences (1953–1966): Eastern and Western Conferences...

conclusion of the season. NFL Eastern Conference divided into Capitol and Century Divisions NFL Western Conference divided into Coastal and Central Divisions...

competed between teams from each conference. NFL postseason history can be traced to the first NFL Championship Game in 1933, though in the early years, qualification...

Football Conference (AAFC), then the Eastern and Western conferences in 1953. The two division/conference regular season champions then played in the NFL Championship...

Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout...

out the conferences by adding the expansion New Orleans Saints to the seven-member Western Conference, the NFL realigned the conferences and split each...

1917–1934, 2005– Northern Football Conference, 1954– Eastern Football League, 1961– Empire Football League, 1969– Mason-Dixon Football League, 1978–...

League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different...

Conference – Eastern Division or AFC East is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL)...