NFL Eastern Conference
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The NFL Eastern Conference was a former conference of the National Football League that grouped together teams primarily from the eastern and midwestern United States before the league’s 1970 merger realignment.
All labels observed (7)
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Football League conference
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defunct sports conference ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eastern Conference
ⓘ
Eastern Division ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Division (informal historical usage)
|
| competitionFormat | regular-season round-robin within conference (varied by era) ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | professional ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedFollowing | 1970 NFL–AFL merger realignment ⓘ |
| endTime | 1969 ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Football League ⓘ |
| hadChampionshipGame | NFL Eastern Conference Championship Game ⓘ |
| hadDivision |
Capitol Division
ⓘ
Century Division ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-merger NFL ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| location |
eastern United States
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
midwestern United States
|
| memberTeamAtVariousTimes |
Atlanta Falcons
ⓘ
Indianapolis Colts ⓘ
surface form:
Baltimore Colts
Cleveland Browns ⓘ Dallas Cowboys ⓘ New Orleans Saints ⓘ New York Giants ⓘ Philadelphia Eagles ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ Washington Commanders ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Redskins
|
| notableFranchiseSuccess |
Cleveland Browns multiple conference titles
ⓘ
New York Giants multiple conference titles ⓘ |
| partOf | National Football League ⓘ |
| playoffRole | determined NFL Championship Game participant from Eastern side ⓘ |
| precededBy |
NFL Eastern Conference
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NFL American Conference (pre-1953 alignment components)
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| realignedInto |
AFC
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NFC ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | league-wide realignment after NFL–AFL merger ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
AFC East
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surface form:
AFC East (for some former member clubs)
NFC East (for some former member clubs) ⓘ National Football Conference ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| startTime | 1953 ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
1950s in American football
ⓘ
1960s in American football ⓘ |
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)
this entity surface form:
NFL American Conference (pre-1953 alignment components)
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division
subject surface form:
1956 NFL Championship Game
subject surface form:
1940 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division
1940 NFL Championship Game 73–0 win over Washington Redskins
→
teamDivisionOfWashingtonRedskins
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NFL Eastern Conference
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Conference Capitol Division
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Conference champion
this entity surface form:
National Football League Eastern Conference
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division
subject surface form:
1967 NFL Championship Game
subject surface form:
1967 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form:
NFL Capitol Division
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division