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Arizona Cardinals

Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • They play their home games in Glendale, Arizona.
  • The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American Football team based in Tempe, Arizona.
  • The Cardinals are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference NFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional American football club in the United States.
  • Atlanta Falcons

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference NFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • The AFL instead granted a franchise to Miami.
  • They have one Super Bowl appearance, Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999.
  • The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League.
  • In their 43 years of existence, the Falcons have compiled a record of 275-400-6 with division championships in 1980, 1998 and 2004.
  • Baltimore Ravens

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • The Ravens are currently one of only four teams to win in their lone Super Bowl appearance.
  • The team’s name is a reference to the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, who lived and worked in Baltimore at various points during his life and is buried in the city.
  • Its triumph over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV at the conclusion of the 2000 season remains to be their best season.
  • They are a member of the American Football Conference’s North Division in the National Football League NFL.
  • Buffalo Bills

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • They are members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference AFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • The Bills began competitive play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger.
  • The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in Buffalo, New York.
  • They play their home games in the suburb of Orchard Park, and since 2008 have played one home game per season in Toronto.
  • Carolina Panthers

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference NFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • The Carolina Panthers are a Professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, representing North Carolina and South Carolina in the National Football League.
  • In their 15 years of existence, the Panthers have compiled a record of 115-121, and appeared in Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, Texas.
  • The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion teams in 1995.
  • Chicago Bears

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference NFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois.
  • The team is legally and corporately registered as Chicago Bears Football Club, Incorporated.
  • Cincinnati Bengals

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • Their first two seasons, 1968 and 1969, were as an American Football League franchise.
  • They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference AFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • They joined the NFL as part of the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, which had actually been agreed upon in 1966.
  • Cleveland Browns

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • The team began play in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference AAFC and joined the NFL in 1950 after the AAFC folded.
  • They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference AFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • The Cleveland Browns are an American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Dallas Cowboys

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • The Cowboys joined the NFL as a 1960 expansion team.
  • The franchise holds the record for most Super Bowl appearances 8, corresponding to most NFC championships 8.
  • The Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 consecutive winning seasons 1966-1985 which they only missed the playoffs twice 1974 and 1984, an NFL record that remains unbroken and unchallenged.
  • The team’s national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive games in front of sold-out stadiums.
  • It remains one of the longest winning streaks in all of professional sports.
  • The Cowboys’ streak of 160 sold-out regular and post-season games began in 1990, and included 79 straight sellouts at their former home, Texas Stadium, and 81 straight sell-outs on the road.
  • The Dallas Cowboys are an American football team that plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference NFC in the National Football League NFL.
  • They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in suburban Irving, Texas, which lies between Fort Worth and Dallas.
  • The team plays its home games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which finished construction in time for the 2009 season.
  • Denver Broncos

    Friday, January 1st, 2010

  • The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado.
  • The Broncos began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger.
  • They are currently a member of the American Football Conference AFC Western Division in the National Football League NFL.
  • They play at Invesco Field at Mile High, and have three players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: John Elway, Floyd Little and Gary Zimmerman.