The New Orleans Saints joined the NFL in 1967.
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There were 28 teams from 1976 (when the Seahawks and Bucs joined) until 1995 (when Carolina and Jacksonville joined).
The Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Cleveland Browns entered the NFL in 1950 after having been in the AAFC since 1946.
It was founded in 1946 in the old AAFC. It joined the NFL in 1950 when the AAFC folded.
1946 in the AAFc and 1950 in the NFl
The New Orleans Saints joined the NFL in 1967.
Click on the 'Chronology of NFL Teams' link on this page to see when every team that has participated in the NFL joined and when those that folded left.
There were 28 teams from 1976 (when the Seahawks and Bucs joined) until 1995 (when Carolina and Jacksonville joined).
The Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars.
The teams of the former American Football League joined in 1970. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks joined in 1976. The Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars joined in 1995. The Houston Texans (replacing the Houston Oilers who moved to Tennessee in 1997 and were renamed the Titans in 1999) joined in 2002. All other teams joined before 1961.
The very first Auburn head coach to coach in the NFL was John Francis "Jack" Meagher. He coached at Auburn from 1934-1942, compiling a 48-37-10 overall record. In 1946 Meagher became the head coach of the Miami Seahawks where he went 1-6 before being replaced by Hamp Pool for the remaining 7 games. The team, ah==having accrued over $350,000 in debt in their inaugural season were folded y the AAFC in 1947 after just one season of play. The Seahawks were a member team of the All American Football Conference (AAFC). Technically the Seahawks were not part of the NFL, but since the NFL eventually accepted three AAFC teams into the league, all AAFC records and statistics have been included in the history of the NFL. in 1948 another former Auburn head coach, Carl Voyles also joined the AAFC as the head coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers (not affiliated with either the former NFL Dodgers {1930-1943} or the MLB team). His Dodgers finished 2-11, placing last in their division. The team folded after the 1948 season and merged with the AAFC NY Yankees and became known as the Brooklyn-New York Dodgers (AAFC 1948-1949), No other Auburn Head Coach has become a head coach in the NFL.
No one ... there were 31 NFL teams when the Houston Texans joined in 2002. The 31st team, the Cleveland Browns, joined in 1999 and were placed in the AFC making 16 teams in the AFC and 15 in the NFC. When the Texans joined in 2002, they were placed in the AFC and the Seatte Seahawks moved to the NFC to even the conferences out at 16 teams each.
1970; they entered the AFL in 1960.
The Cleveland Browns entered the NFL in 1950 after having been in the AAFC since 1946.
No NFL team has missed the playoffs with a 12-4 record or better; however, the San Francisco 49ers missed the playoffs at 12-2 in 1948, when they were a member of the AAFC. The Baltimore Colts in 1967 missed the playoffs at 11-1-2.