The following AAFC players and coaches are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio: (Note: Graham and Motley were also named to the NFL's 75th anniversary all-time team in 1994.). Their legacy lived on, however: three years later, a new Baltimore Colts franchise (descended from the Boston Yanks/New York Bulldogs/Yankees team after a year in Dallas, though those teams are officially considered separate from the modern Colts franchise from 1953 on) was established and became one of the NFL’s storied teams. When the franchise debuted under its namesake coach Paul Brown in 1946, it won the All-America Football Conference championship. Without these, the NFL could not verify the authenticity of any AAFC statistics or records and so chose to ignore them. The league initially issued franchises for Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. The game was a major event, as Rose Bowl-sized crowds (more than 105,000 in 1947)[23] watched college football’s best often hold their own with the pros. The quarterbacks of the two outstanding teams, Cleveland’s Otto Graham and San Francisco’s Frank Albert, shared the MVP. The Cleveland Rams had suspended operations for 1943, and on three occasions teams merged for a season. However, the AAFC was ultimately unable to sustain itself in competition with the NFL. However, 1948 featured extremes despite Ingram’s efforts. Cleveland remained near the top of the NFL for years, although in 1951 they were finally denied a league title (by the Rams). The All-America Football Conference and the National Football League battled for supremacy from 1946 through 1949. After the game's contract with the NFL expired with the 1948 game, Ward refused to renew it, and attempted to help the AAFC by putting its champion into the prestigious game. There was tremendous anticipation from fans and the press, which called the game “The World Series of Pro Football”. The league planned to begin play in 1945, but postponed its opening for a year as World War II still raged. There was even a sense that collegians could defeat pros. Other teams would have significant problems, but the Seahawks would become the AAFC’s biggest fiasco. On the field, Cleveland finally showed some vulnerability. It was not until the AFL-NFL merger twenty years later that the "American" and "National" conference names were restored. Many college-eligible players were signable despite longstanding tradition because their original classes had graduated. Herkunftsstaaten der Teams 1946 und ihre Zuordnung Die All-America Football Conference (AAFC) wurde 1944 von dem US-amerikanischen Sportjournalisten Arch Ward der Chicago Tribune ins Leben gerufen. Although "National" and "American" became the names of the league's new conferences, within three years the conferences were renamed Eastern and Western. The Seahawks saw two games postponed by hurricanes, never drew more than 10,000, finished last, ran up $80,000 in unpaid debts, and were ejected from the league after the season. In a classic seesaw game, the Browns prevailed on a last-minute field goal, 30-28, to win their fifth consecutive league title. These and other AAFC innovations and personalities helped lay the groundwork for Professional Football's great success. "[9] At a time when the World Series had long been a national institution, and the Rose Bowl drew crowds of 90,000, the NFL's title game typically drew about 35,000 fans. The Browns played in every NFL title game from 1950 to 1955, winning three of them, for a grand total of seven league titles in ten years. [13], Again acting ambitiously, the AAFC chose stadiums larger than the NFL's in Chicago, New York, and Cleveland.[14]. The Browns’ 1950 season confirmed the quality of their AAFC achievements as nothing else could. Los Angeles followed at 7-7, and Chicago again finished 1-13 and last. [1] Before more than 70,000 fans at Yankee Stadium, the Browns rallied from a 28-0 deficit to tie 28-28. The 49ers finished a heartbreaking second (and out of the postseason) at 12-2. Remarkably, although the NFL absorbed the AAFC, the AAFC actually had better average attendance. He also was the first coach to have his staff film the opposition and have his team break down those game films in a classroom setting. "American" swiftly disappeared from the enlarged league's name. 82 Beziehungen. Playing near the Yankees and the NFL Giants, the Dodgers drew fewer than 12,000 fans per game, least in both leagues. At season's end, Arch Ward (the AAFC founder) opined that both teams were superior to either pro champion.[10]. The Browns and 49ers, as the AAFC's two strongest teams, were obvious choices. To replace the Seahawks, the Baltimore group turned down in 1945 was issued a franchise. The other ex-AAFC teams did not fare nearly as well. The AAFC was the second American professional sports league (the first being the third American Football League) to have its teams play in a double round robin format in the regular season: each team had a home game and an away game with each of its AAFC "brethren.". In the West, San Francisco and Cleveland both remained undefeated far into the season. On November 21, 1944, the AAFC chose Jim Crowley, one of the "Four Horsemen of Notre Dame", as its commissioner. All-America Football Conference By Stan Grosshandler Two days prior to D-Day, 1944 a group described by the A.P. Los Angeles Dons owner Ben Lindheimer was subsidizing the Colts and Hornets. Three of its teams were admitted to the NFL: San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts (not related to the later NFL team that would play in Baltimore from 1953 through 1983, now the Indianapolis Colts). There was no interleague playoff in December 1949. The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in 1943, the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers in 1944, and the Boston Yanks and Brooklyn Tigers (Dodgers) in 1945. With the AAFC Yankees gone, Bulldogs owner Ted Collins was free to rename his team "Yanks" and move into Yankee Stadium. Brooklyn-New York and Buffalo were the other playoff qualifiers, followed by Chicago and Los Angeles. Three Bills players were awarded to the Browns. From 1946 to 1948, the AAFC determined its champion in a title game between the winners of its two divisions. The third choice was the subject of some debate. Nearly every team in both leagues lost money - enough that in December, the NFL officially acknowledged the AAFC as peace talks almost succeeded in ending the war. The Pro Football Hall of Fame recognizes the Browns' latter streak as the longest in the history of professional football.[18]. as "men of millionaire incomes" met in St. Louis to organize a new professional football league. March 12, 2021. no comment No tags. Longtime NFL president Joe Carr had said, "No owner has made money from pro football, but a lot have gone broke thinking they could. With two exceptions,[30] this was the NFL's alignment for the rest of the 1950s. The Browns led both leagues in attendance by a wide margin, the Yankees and Dons outpaced their crosstown NFL rivals on the field and at the gate, and the 49ers and Bills (despite a small stadium) also enjoyed good attendance. While not quite an unofficial interleague playoff, what took place on September 16, 1950, was no ordinary regular season game. For the first time, the division races were close. The new Baltimore Colts would play in Municipal Stadium. [3] Although the game was played in the Eagles’ city, it was not played on their field: because of the huge crowd expected, the game was moved from Shibe Park to Philadelphia Municipal Stadium,[33] site of the Army–Navy Game. Through extensive research, the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) has corrected the statistics and coaching records, selected offensive and defensive All-Pro … There was no official award issued by the league. This historic game would prove a microcosm of much about the league: Other than New York, all of the quality teams were in the Western Division. 1940s. However, the AAFC wanted the NFL to admit four of its teams, while the NFL was willing to admit only the Browns and 49ers. With pro football's second perfect season (after the 1937 Los Angeles Bulldogs of the second American Football League) and an 18-game winning streak and a 29-game unbeaten streak in progress, the Browns were making history. You are responsible for every detail, from drafting and signing players to hiring your coaching staff to setting your depth chart and game plan. Of all the leagues that challenged the NFL, only the American Football League of the 1960s influenced the NFL more than the AAFC. However, the Dodgers, Rockets, and to a lesser extent the Colts were having serious problems. The Chicago Rockets had experienced some disorganization in 1946. In other highlights, a Yankees-Dons game in the Los Angeles Coliseum drew a pro record of more than 82,000, and division leaders New York and Cleveland locked horns on November 23 in the most famous game in AAFC history. Despite the fiasco in Miami, the AAFC had enjoyed a successful debut, establishing a high level of play and doing well at the gate. The Browns won the rematch with the 49ers, 30-28, and Cleveland (9-1-2) and San Francisco (9-3) finished one-two for the fourth consecutive year. As it turned out, “The World Series of Pro Football” resembled Super Bowl III nearly two decades later. Although Buffalo fans petitioned the NFL to admit the Bills as well,[27][28] Buffalo owner Jim Breuil was content to accept a minority share of the Browns and the NFL was not inclined to add a fourth team (despite the fact that admitting only three teams made for an uneven 13 teams in the league). Their opponent was a formidable Los Angeles Rams team that averaged nearly 39 points per game, a record that still stands. The Coffin Corner, Volume 19, 1997, published by the Professional Football Researchers Association. One notable difference between the All-America Football Conference and the American Football League (AFL), which merged with the NFL two decades later, is that the records and statistics of AAFC players and teams are not included in the NFL record book, while those of their AFL counterparts are. Also, for the first time in pro football, playoff home-field advantage would be based on win-loss record rather than rotating between divisions. … The AAFC enjoyed its most successful season in 1947. Admiral Jonas H. Ingram was named to replace him as commissioner. Baseball and college football were substantially more popular. For 1946, the AAFC began play with 8 teams playing a record 14 games (a double round-robin). The Cleveland Browns were the AAFC's most successful club, having won every annual championship in the league's four years of operation. You are responsible for every detail, from drafting and signing players to hiring your coaching staff to setting your depth chart and game plan. In a remarkable move, Commissioner Crowley (a successful former college coach) gave up a five-year contract to become their part-owner and coach. In fact, the classroom setting and chalkboard analysis can also be attributed to him. (Ironically, this was the Rams’ first game in Cleveland since winning the 1945 title as the Cleveland Rams.) New Dodgers' part-owner Branch Rickey (of baseball fame) suggested this experiment, and the Browns were chosen as the guinea pigs. Franchises are ranked by win percentage. [1], Red ink on both sides continued to flow. Yet professional football could offer the public nothing comparable to the compelling rivalries, youthful. Black players were excluded from the NFL from 1934 to 1945. Tittle's pre-1950 statistics with the AAFC Baltimore Colts are not. Dan Topping, owner of the NFL's Brooklyn Tigers,[11] wished to move his team from Ebbets Field to the much larger Yankee Stadium. $45 softcover. All these teams had long histories of futility and had merged or suspended operations during the war. [1] The 49ers obtained the rights to Army’s legendary Heisman-winners Felix Blanchard ("Mr. In 1947, Pro Football Illustrated previewed both leagues in its annual publication and was banned from NFL stadiums.[4]. They had been called together by Arch Ward, the innovative sports editor of … Three AAFC teams were admitted to the NFL: the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts. Brooklyn and Buffalo were seven games behind, followed by Miami. Officially, the NFL considers the "expansion" Browns (1999 on) to be one continuous entity from the original 1946 AAFC team, with it having suspended operations from 1996–1998, while the Ravens unofficially consider the pre-1984 history of the Colts as their own. Finally, this game marked the end of pro football’s color line. Re: All America Football Conference by slaphappy » Sun Nov 24, 2019 12:52 am Well, if anyone could hook me up with some USFL helmets, logos and graphics you would instantly be my hero. Last updated: March 12, 2021 at 8:58 am. Community » Conferences. However, the AAFC was ultimately unable to sustain itself in … To counter this, Commissioner Ingram attempted to get the strongest teams to distribute some players to the weakest. (This figure also surpasses Super Bowl I and nearly matches Super Bowls II and III.) This would not recur, as now the top four teams would qualify for the playoffs. All of these teams were at the bottom of the standings and all were sold after the 1947 season, the Rockets for the second time. The first-year Colts did reasonably well at the gate but finished last. In the NFL, the champion Philadelphia Eagles lost money and were sold. The score, however, was the first sign of the AAFC’s greatest problem. Although the AAFC played only four years, it had a major, lasting impact on pro football. Eight first team honorees hold a 3.95 or better cumulative GPA. Attendance was more than 71,000: more than any previous NFL or AAFC championship game and one of the largest pro football crowds to that date. With the AAFC now down to 7 teams, it realigned into one division, reduced its schedule to 12 games (still a double round-robin), and changed its postseason to a Shaughnessy playoff. [8] No competitor had endured for more than two years. However, Buffalo's size (only Green Bay was smaller) and climate were seen as problems. A group representing Baltimore was considered for admission, but could not secure a stadium. The Rockets (renamed the Hornets) and Colts continued their streaks of annual ownership changes. For example, Joe Namath's pre-1970 statistics with the AFL New York Jets are considered official NFL statistics, while Y.A. New York won the East with an 11-2-1 record, 2½ games ahead of Buffalo, with Brooklyn and Baltimore far back. All Content Copyright © 2021 American Athletic Conference 545 East John Carpenter Freeway, Third Floor, Irving, TX 75062 (469) 284-5167 info@theamerican.org Privacy Policy Bell appreciated that the Browns were now an important asset to the NFL, and scheduled a special Saturday night game between them and the NFL’s two-time champion Philadelphia Eagles to open the 1950 season. The Dons and Rams had already consolidated operations shortly after the 1949 season. As might be expected, the NFL did not welcome its new rival. Buffalo won a playoff and the dubious privilege of meeting Cleveland for the title. Plagued by league-low attendance, the Boston Yanks moved to New York in a curious move. [5] The Boston Yanks had played only one season as an independent entity. At last the Browns would have the chance to prove themselves, and by extension the AAFC, against the NFL. A replacement team, also named the Colts, joined the league as an expansion team in 1953. There were 11 franchises in 1944-45, but only 10 teams actually played. However, starting the next year they emerged as one of the better teams in the NFL’s Western Conference, reaching the postseason in 1957 after some near-misses. In playoff action, Cleveland defeated Buffalo 31-21 and San Francisco defeated Brooklyn-New York 17-7. The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was an American football league which challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. In the AAFC's first game, on September 6, 1946, the Cleveland Browns hosted the Miami Seahawks, winning 44-0 before a pro record crowd of more than 60,000 fans. The All-America Football Conference, or AAFC, was founded in 1945 by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward in 1944 to challenge the established National Football League. It was in this landscape that the AAFC prepared to compete with the NFL. Cleveland, led by MVP quarterback Otto Graham, won the West with a 12-1-1 record, 3½ games ahead of San Francisco. After a decent start in 1946, the Rockets collapsed on the field and found themselves playing before tens of thousands of empty seats in huge Soldier Field. The AAFC put the first pro football teams in Baltimore, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami. Index. [32] Officially, however, commissioner Bert Bell maintained that the NFL constitution barred such a game. His renamed New York Yankees were rewarded with $100,000 from each of the other seven AAFC teams while the AAFC's initial New York investor withdrew. However, the choice was Baltimore after Marshall, deciding that Redskins-Colts could be an excellent rivalry, agreed to accept a $150,000 fee to waive his territorial rights.[1]. (In fact, the Cardinals were winless from mid-1942 to mid-1945, including an 0-10 merged season with the Steelers.). Things soon reverted to the AAFC norm, however. American football league which challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. The NFL-AAFC war differed in several respects. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations to the game. The Browns, Yankees, 49ers, Dons, and Bills all had stable ownership and at least one winning season. The Browns went 10-2 to finish in a first-place tie with the New York Giants, then won a playoff 8-3 to qualify for the 1950 NFL championship game. Los Angeles followed, and Chicago was last at 1-13. All would not be lost for fans, however. Accordingly, Reeves proposed to move the Rams to Los Angeles. In the East, Buffalo and Baltimore tied at a mediocre 7-7, just ahead of 6-8 New York. In most interleague sports wars, the established league has major advantages over the challenger in prestige, finance, size, and public awareness. The 25 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II football first team members hold a composite 3.85 GPA. Finally, the Browns' NFL Championship in their first year in the NFL and their domination of that league for the next decade, in retrospect, seem to have been harbingers of another upstart league that like the AAFC was ridiculed and reviled by the NFL and its supporters, but would eventually be recognized as the genesis of modern Professional Football: the American Football League of 1960–1969. The AAFC owners (dubbed "the millionaires' coffee klatch"). On the other hand, the NFL would now face the AAFC as a national rather than regional league, and the AAFC would not have a West Coast monopoly. Although the Colts would controversially move to Indianapolis, on March 29, 1984, the NFL would return to Baltimore for the 1996 NFL season in the form of the Baltimore Ravens--ironically, descended from the original Browns franchise that played in the AAFC after their own controversial move. Despite Brooklyn's record, its tailback Glenn Dobbs led the league in passing and was named the MVP. [20] Although the survival of its Brooklyn and Chicago teams was now in doubt,[21] the AAFC decided to continue the fight. In the end, the players from the AAFC, as well as three teams, were brought into the NFL, including many future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the nation's best players, and introduced many lasting innovations to the game. Although Pittsburgh's Art Rooney, whose Steelers were among the shakiest NFL franchises, publicly advocated such a game, most of the NFL was unwilling to risk defeat at the hands of their vanquished, supposedly inferior rival. All-America Football Conference All-Star Game, https://americanfootball.fandom.com/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference?oldid=119079. Largely thanks to Paul Brown's innovations in organization and coaching. Meanwhile, the Dodgers, the AAFC's least-drawing team, merged with the Yankees. The result was just as shocking: the Eagles underestimated the highly motivated Browns (coach Greasy Neale did not even scout the Browns’ preseason games),[34] while Paul Brown found some previously unknown weaknesses in the widely imitated “Eagle Defense”. [25] Now facing two cross-town rivals, the Bulldogs predictably had even lower attendance in New York than in Boston. In 1948, there was a tie for first place in the Eastern Division. See Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts (1947–50), and Indianapolis Colts for further details of these teams' subsequent histories. [31] (Of course, by playing such a game the NFL would legitimize the AAFC and risk more prestige.). history of American football In gridiron football: Birth and early growth of professional football Finally, the All-America Football Conference (1946–1949) seriously challenged the existing league and contributed the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and a first version of the Baltimore Colts to an expanded NFL in … All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) All-American Association (2001) All-American … The AFL, on the other hand, was able to force the NFL to admit all of its teams and to play a Super Bowl on a neutral field. Add to My List Edit this Entry Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote) Translation Find a translation for All-America Football Conference in other languages: Select another language: - Select - 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified) In 1946, there would be 18 teams, including three in Chicago, three in New York, and two in Los Angeles. The Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and original Baltimore Colts began in the AAFC. Held in late August at Soldier Field, the game was sponsored by the Chicago Tribune and directed by sports editor Arch Ward. Compounding his problems, the local AAFC competition already looked strong: Arthur McBride was aggressively marketing the Browns, and coach Paul Brown was an Ohio icon. The Browns'. Last Place Laments Crew, who debuts jerseys representing the American Football League New York Yankees, 1926 Rock Island Independents and the All-America Football Conference Brooklyn Dodgers in its Tribeca-based men's shop The Liquor Store beginning Nov. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. The title game was a tight affair, with the Browns coming from behind late in the fourth quarter to defeat the Yankees 14-9. 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