The NFL was established in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association consisting of 14 teams, one of them the Racine Cardinals, who were founded in 1901. After the 1920 season, they were re-named the Chicago Cardinals. The league changed its name to the National Football League in 1922. In 1960, the team moved to St. Louis, and in 1994 they again moved, this time to Arizona. Of today's existing NFL teams, the Arizona Cardinals are the oldest franchise.
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Kansas City Chiefs wre established in 1960 and played in first Super Bowl in 1967.
The first NFL team in Indianapolis is the Colts.
The Dallas Cowboys were the first team known as "America's Team". The nickname for the Cowboys was first coined in 1978, in an NFL Films highlight show.
The Baltimore Colts had the first cheerleading squad in the NFL.
The Chicago Bears, who were founded in 1919 and joined the NFL in 1920. The only remaining team from the NFL's first season in 1920 are the Cardinals (the oldest team; founded in 1898)