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NFL owners awarded Super Bowl XXXIII to the Miami area during their October 31, 1996 meeting in New Orleans.
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NFL and owners
In a special meeting prior to Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans on February 2, 2002, NFL owners voted unanimously to approve the purchase.
These factors – combined with a war for players between the two leagues that raised salaries and ate into owners ' profits – ultimately led to the dissolution of the AAFC and the merger of three of its teams, including the Browns, into the NFL in 1949.
On October 26, 1993, the league announced that the owners had unanimously voted for the Carolinas to receive the 29th franchise, the first new NFL team since 1976 ( Jacksonville was named the 30th team a month later ).
Since NFL expansion needed unanimous approval from team owners at that time, Marshall's position would prevent Murchison from joining the league.
However, in a surprising move, the NFL owners voted 26-2 in favor of awarding the 30th franchise to Jacksonville.
Khan's assumption of ownership was approved a couple of weeks later by the NFL owners, and Khan took over full ownership on January 4, 2012.
The day after the NFL awarded the expansion team to Jacksonville, a triumphant Wayne Weaver held up the Jaguars ' proposed silver helmet and teal jersey at the NFL owners ' meeting in Chicago.
Johnson was unknown amongst the other NFL owners at the time of his $ 635 million purchase of the franchise.
Fearing that bidding wars over players would become the norm, greatly increasing labor costs, NFL owners, led by league Commissioner Pete Rozelle, obtained a merger with the AFL.
As the two leagues had an unequal number of teams ( under the merger agreement, the NFL expanded by one team to 16, and the AFL by one to 10 ), realignment was advocated by some owners, but was opposed.
NFL owners awarded the hosting of Super Bowl XX to New Orleans, Louisiana on December 14, 1982.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XVIII to Tampa on June 3, 1981.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XIX to Stanford University Stadium in Palo Alto, California on December 14, 1982.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXI to Pasadena, California during their May 23 – 25, 1984 meetings.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXII to San Diego during their May 23 – 25, 1984 meetings.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIV to New Orleans, Louisiana during their March 10 – 15, 1985 meetings.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXV to Tampa during a May 20, 1987 meeting.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVI to Minneapolis during their May 24, 1989 meeting.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXVIII to Atlanta, Georgia, during their May 23, 1990, meeting.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIX to Miami, Florida during their May 23, 1991 meeting.
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXX to Tempe, Arizona during their March 23, 1993 meeting.
NFL owners awarded Super Bowl XXXI to New Orleans during their October 26, 1993 meeting in Chicago.
In 1979, the Memphis club owners filed an anti-trust suit against the NFL.
NFL and awarded
The Atlanta expansion franchise became the 15th NFL franchise, and they were awarded the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds.
Rosenbloom was awarded the remains of the Dallas Texans who had a long and winding history starting as the Boston Yanks in 1944 who later merged with the Brooklyn Tigers and were previously known as the Dayton Triangles, an original NFL team established in 1913.
Five months later in January 1960, after significant pressure from the NFL, the ownership group, along with Bernie Ridder, reneged on its agreement with the AFL and then was awarded the National Football League's 14th franchise with play to begin in 1961.
To seal the merger, Rozelle arrived in New Orleans within a week, and announced on November 1, 1966 that the NFL officially had awarded the city of New Orleans an NFL franchise.
In its third season, the team finished with the best record in the league at 11 – 1 – 1 and was awarded the NFL title.
After more than a year of searching for a suitable replacement, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to a syndicate headed by Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the assets of the failed Yellow Jackets organization.
Two years after the loss of more the $ 350 million in major convention business and the 1993 Super Bowl, Arizona became the first and only state to popularly vote for and approve a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, finally opting to create the holiday by ballot in 1992, and on March 23, 1993, the NFL awarded Super Bowl XXX ( 1996 ) to Tempe.
In 2001, quarterback Kurt Warner was awarded his second NFL Most Valuable Player Award after throwing for 4, 830 yards and 36 touchdowns, with 22 interceptions, and earned a league high 101. 4 passer rating.
* Charlotte later hosted the Chargers of the AFA before the Panthers ' NFL franchise was awarded.
The Maroons had a claim to the 1925 NFL championship, but because of a controversial decision by NFL President Joe Carr, the title was instead awarded to the Chicago Cardinals.
There is considerable controversy over whether the Maroons should have been awarded the 1925 NFL Championship instead of the Chicago Cardinals, whom they beat on the field.
Super Bowl XXXVII was originally awarded to San Francisco in 1997 by the NFL owners.
Finally, on July 9, 1933, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to Bert Bell and Lud Wray, and awarded them the remains of the Yellow Jackets organization.
Following the season, the NFL awarded the remains of the Texans operation to a Baltimore-based group headed by Carroll Rosenbloom, who used it to start the Baltimore Colts.
In 1932, a Boston-based group won a new NFL franchise and was awarded the remains of the failed Newark organization.
Rookie end Gus Tebell, who was also the coach, was awarded 1st Team All NFL by the Canton Daily News as well as the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Gus Sonnenberg, Paul Goebel, John Sack, and Bob Rapp were all awarded 1st Team all NFL by the Canton Daily News.
NFL and Super
During its final two years of existence, the AFL teams won upset victories over the NFL teams in Super Bowl III and IV, the former New York Jets victory was considered one of the biggest upsets in American sports history.
The 1981 season saw Walsh lead the 49ers to a Super Bowl championship ; the team rose from the cellar to the top of the NFL in just two seasons.
The Ravens triumphed over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV at the conclusion of the 2000 season, making them one of four NFL teams to win in their lone Super Bowl appearance, along with the New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A 2012 poll on NFL. com rated the 2000 team as the second-greatest NFL team of the Super Bowl Era.
The Bears have won nine ( 9 ) NFL Championships ( eight pre-merger, and one Super Bowl ).
In 1994, the NFL celebrated their 75th Anniversary, and the Dallas Cowboys celebrated their back-to-back Super Bowl titles by unveiling a white " Double-Star " jersey on Thanksgiving Day.
In that same year, Smith became the first player to win the Super Bowl, the NFL rushing title ( i. e. lead the league in rushing ), the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, and the Super Bowl MVP all in one season.
The Lions have not had much success during the Super Bowl era: the Lions are one of four current NFL teams that have yet to qualify for the Super Bowl, and the team is 1-10 in post-season play during that period.
However, in 1968 the Colts returned with the continued leadership of Unitas and Shula and went onto win the Colts ' third NFL Championship and made an appearance in Super Bowl III.
Leading up to the Super Bowl and following the 34 – 0 trouncing of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship, many were calling the 1968 Colts team one of the " greatest pro football teams of all time " and were favored by 18 points against their counterparts from the American Football League, the New York Jets.
The result of the game was surprising to many in the sports media as Joe Namath and Matt Snell led Jets to the Super Bowl victory, under head coach Weeb Ewbank, who won two NFL Championships with the Colts.
The victory gave the Colts their fourth NFL championship and first Super Bowl victory.
In 1972, the Dolphins completed the NFL's only perfect season culminating in a Super Bowl win, winning all 14 of its regular-season games, both of its NFL playoff games, and also Super Bowl VII.
In 1972 the Dolphins completed the only fully undefeated season in the NFL, winning all 14 regular season games, two playoff games and Super Bowl VII, defeating the Washington Redskins 14 – 7.
Albert was also the lead play-by-play voice of the Westwood One radio network's NFL coverage for several years, calling Monday Night Football as well as numerous playoff games and every Super Bowl beginning 2002.
Despite producing some of the best teams in NFL history over the years, the Vikings have not won a Super Bowl.
Minnesota became the first modern NFL expansion team to win an NFL Championship Game, and earned a berth in Super Bowl IV.
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