All-America Football Conference

The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. The league was ultimately unable to sustain itself in competition with the NFL and folded after the 1949 season. Three of its teams were admitted to the NFL: the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, and the original Baltimore Colts (not to be confused with the later Baltimore Colts team, now the Indianapolis Colts).

The Cleveland Browns were the AAFC's most successful club, winning every annual championship in the league's four years of operation.

Teams

Franchise	Locations	Venues	Years	Fate
Miami Seahawks/Baltimore Colts	Miami, Florida	Burdine Stadium	1946	Joined the NFL in 1949, folded in 1950.
	Baltimore, Maryland	Municipal Stadium	1947-49
Chicago Rockets/Hornets	Chicago, Illinois	Soldier Field	1946-49	Folded in 1949.
Cleveland Browns	Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Stadium	1946-49	Joined the NFL in 1949.
Buffalo Bisons/Buffalo Bills	Buffalo, New York	Civic Stadium	1946-49	Folded in 1949.
Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	1946-49	Folded in 1949.
San Francisco 49ers	San Francisco, California	Kezar Stadium	1946-49	Joined the NFL in 1949.
Brooklyn Dodgers New York Yankees Brooklyn-New York Yankees	Brooklyn, New York	Ebbets Field	1946-48	The Dodgers and Yankees were separate franchises until merging in 1949. The merged team folded after the 1949 season.
	Bronx, New York	Yankee Stadium	1946-48
	Bronx, New York	Yankee Stadium	1949

See also

• AAFC league publications

Seasons

Leagues Portal