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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| NFL Eastern Division | 0 | 3 |
| NFL American Conference (pre-1953 alignment components) | 0 | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Football League conference
→
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
→
surface form:
NFL American Conference (pre-1953 alignment components)
|
| realignedInto |
AFC
→
NFC → |
| reasonForDissolution | league-wide realignment after NFL–AFL merger → |
| replacedBy |
AFC East
→
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 (7)
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 Eastern Division
subject surface form:
1956 NFL Championship Game
subject surface form:
1940 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division
this entity surface form:
NFL American Conference (pre-1953 alignment components)
1940 NFL Championship Game 73–0 win over Washington Redskins
→
teamDivisionOfWashingtonRedskins
→
NFL Eastern Conference
→
this entity surface form:
NFL Eastern Division