This book explains how the NFL determines each team's opponents and how the league's scheduling format has evolved throughout the years. It includes a history on the evolution of the pro football schedule, explores all of the scheduling formulas used in the National Football League, American Football League and the All-America Football Conference, and presents home-and-away opponent charts from 1933 through the 2017 season.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"recommended"-ARBA; "provides great detail regarding the year-to-year schedules for every team from 1933 through 2012...the first publication to explore in detail the historic NFL scheduling process"-Journal of Sport History; "examines the methodologies employed by the National Football league (NFL) and other historical football governing bodies"-Reference & Research Book News.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7351-9 (9780786473519)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ivan Urena graduated with a degree in journalism from New York University. A member of the Professional Football Researchers Association, he lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937-1942
1943
1944
1945
1946 (NFL)
1947-1949 (NFL)
1946-1948 (AAFC)
1949 (AAFC)
1950
1951
1952
1953-1959
1960 (NFL)
1961-1965 (NFL)
1966 (NFL)
1967-1969 (NFL)
1960-1965 (AFL)
1966-1967 (AFL)
1968-1969 (AFL)
1970-1975
1976
1977
1978-1987
1988-1994
1995-1998
1999-2001
2002-2017
Appendix A: Schedule Release Dates (1933-2013)
Appendix B: Number of Teams and Games Played by Season (1933-2012)
Appendix C: Divisional, Conference and Interconference Games Per Team/Season (1933-2012)
Appendix D: Number of Regular Season Games in Pro Football History (1920-2012)
Appendix E: Scheduling Facts and Figures
Appendix F: Site Priorities for Postseason Games (1933-2012)
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
