Eastern Conference

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National Football League conference former sports division

The Eastern Conference was a former divisional grouping in the National Football League that organized teams primarily from the eastern United States before the league’s 1970 realignment.

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Label Occurrences
Eastern Conference canonical 6

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Football League conference ⓘ
former sports division ⓘ
category Defunct National Football League divisions ⓘ
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
competitionType regular-season scheduling group ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1970 ⓘ
endTime 1969 ⓘ
geographicFocus eastern United States ⓘ
governingBody NFL Commissioner ⓘ
hasDivision Capitol Division ⓘ
Century Division ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre–NFL–AFL merger era ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
notableTeam Cleveland Browns ⓘ
New York Giants ⓘ
Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ
Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
1970s St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)

Washington Commanders ⓘ
surface form: Washington Redskins
numberOfTeamsAtCreation 6 ⓘ
numberOfTeamsAtDissolution 8 ⓘ
opposedBy Western Conference (NFL) ⓘ
organizer National Football League ⓘ
partOf National Football League structure ⓘ
playoffRole determined Eastern Conference champion for NFL Championship Game berths ⓘ
predecessor American Football Conference ⓘ
surface form: American Conference (NFL)

National Conference (NFL) ⓘ
realignedInto AFC Central ⓘ
AFC East ⓘ
NFC East ⓘ
reasonForDissolution NFL–AFL merger realignment ⓘ
replacedBy American Football Conference ⓘ
National Football Conference ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
startTime 1953 ⓘ
teamLocationCriterion primarily eastern United States franchises ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NFL Eastern Conference → alsoKnownAs → Eastern Conference ⓘ
1962 NFL Championship Game → homeTeamDivision → Eastern Conference ⓘ
1956 NFL season → conference → Eastern Conference ⓘ
1957 NFL Championship Game → divisionOfVisitingTeam → Eastern Conference ⓘ
1970–71 NBA season → conferenceRealignment → Eastern Conference ⓘ
Memphis Express → conference → Eastern Conference ⓘ