The American Football Conference and the National Football Conference. They were created in 1970, when the NFL merged with the rival American Football League. Thirteen of the 16 teams from the pre-merger NFL established the NFC, while the Steelers, Colts, and Browns left the old NFL to join the 10 AFL teams to establish the AFC.
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The NFL has two conferences: American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC). As of 2010, each conference consists of four division: North, South, East, West. The divisions are identified with conference name and division name, such as AFC North, NFC East, etc. Each division consists of four teams. Although, the teams are not necessarily geographically accurate. For instance, Miami is in the AFC East with New York, New England, and Buffalo, while Baltimore is in the AFC North, and Indianapolis is in the AFC South.
2 Conferences, divided each into 4 divisions.
NFC (National Football Conference) North, South, East, West AFC (American Football Conference) North, South, East, West
The American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).