All-America Football Conference

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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
Anaheim Amigos
Los Angeles Stars
Utah Stars
Anaheim California Anaheim Convention Center 1967-68 Dissolved by the league in December 1975.
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 1968-1970
Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Palace 1970-1975
Dallas Chaparrals
Texas Chaparrals
San Antonio Spurs
Dallas Texas Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Moody Coliseum
1967-1970 Joined the NBA in 1976.
Fort Worth, Texas Tarrant County Convention Center 1970-1971
Dallas, Texas Moody Coliseum 1971-1973
San Antonio, Texas HemisFair Arena 1973-1976
Houston Mavericks
Carolina Cougars
Spirits of St. Louis
Houtson, Texas Sam Houston Coliseum 1967-1969 Folded in 1976 after a merger with the NBA failed.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Greensboro Coliseum
Charlotte Coliseum
Dorton Arena
1969-1974
St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Arena 1974-1976
Indiana Pacers Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana State Fair Coliseum
Market Square Arena
1967-1976 Joined the NBA in 1976.
Denver Rockets
Denver Nuggets
Denver, Colorado Denver Auditorium Arena
McNichols Sports Arena
1967-76 Joined the NBA in 1976.
Kentucky Colonels Louisville, Kentucky Louisville Convention Center
Freedom Hall
1967-1976 Folded in 1976.
Minnesota Muskies
Miami Floridians/The Floridians
Bloomington, Minnesota Metropolitan Sports Center 1967-68 Folded in June 1972.
Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach Convention Hall 1968-72
St. Petersburg, Florida Bayfront Arena 1970-72
New Orleans Buccaneers
Memphis Pros/Tams/Sounds
New Orleans, Louisiana Loyola Field House
Tulane Gym
Municipal Auditorium
1967-70 Relocated to Baltimore in 1975 but folded without playing a game there.
Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum 1970-75
New Jersey Americans
New York Nets
Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck Armory 1967-68 Joined the NBA in 1976.
Commack, New York Long Island Arena 1968-69
West Hempstead, New York Island Garden 1969-72
Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1972-76
Oakland Oaks
Washington Caps
Virginia Squires
Oakland, California Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena 1967-69 Dissolved by the league in May 1976.
Washington, D.C. Washington Coliseum 1969-70
Norfolk, Virginia
Hampton, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Norfolk Scope
Hampton Coliseum
Richmond Coliseum
Roanoke Civic Center
Old Dominion University Fieldhouse
Richmond Arena
1970-76
Pittsburgh Pipers
Minnesota Pipers
Pittsburgh Pipers
Pittsburgh Condors
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Civic Arena 1967-68 Folded in 1972.
Bloomington, Minnesota Metropolitan Sports Center 1968-69
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Civic Arena 1969-72
San Diego Conquistadors
San Diego Sails
San Diego, California Peterson Gym
Golden Hall
San Diego Sports Arena
1972-75 Folded in November 1975.

Seasons

1940s 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949


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