History of Active NFL Teams Moving and Being Renamed

History of Active NFL Teams Moving and Being Renamed

Bears | Bengals | Bills | Broncos | Browns | Buccaneers | Cardinals | Chargers | Chiefs | Colts | Cowboys | Dolphins | Eagles | Falcons | 49ers | Giants | Jaguars | Jets | Lions | Packers | Panthers | Patriots | Raiders | Rams | Ravens | Redskins | Saints | Seahawks | Steelers | Texans | Titans | Vikings

Bears

Years Name League
1920 Decatur Staleys NFL
1921 Chicago Staleys NFL
1922- Chicago Bears NFL

Bengals

Year Name League
1968-1969 Cincinnati Bengals AFL
1970- Cincinnati Bengals NFL

Bills

Year Name League
1960-1969 Buffalo Bills AFL
1970- Buffalo Bills NFL

Broncos

Year Name League
1960-1969 Denver Broncos AFL
1970- Denver Broncos NFL

Browns

Year Name League
1946-1949 Cleveland Browns AAFC
1950-1995
1999-		 Cleveland Browns NFL

Buccaneers

Year Name League
1976- Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL

Cardinals

Years Name League
1920-1943 Chicago Cardinals NFL
1944 Card-Pitt NFL
1945-1959 Chicago Cardinals NFL
1960-1987 Saint Louis Cardinals NFL
1988-1993 Phoenix Cardinals NFL
1994- Arizona Cardinals NFL

Chargers

Year Name League
1960 Los Angeles Chargers AFL
1961-1969 San Diego Chargers AFL
1970- San Diego Chargers NFL

Chiefs

Year Name League
1960-1962 Dallas Texans AFL
1963-1969 Kansas City Chiefs AFL
1970- Kansas City Chiefs NFL

Colts

Year Name League
1953-1983 Baltimore Colts NFL
1984- Indianapolis Colts NFL

Cowboys

Year Name League
1960- Dallas Cowboys NFL

Dolphins

Year Name League
1966-1969 Miami Dolphins AFL
1970- Miami Dolphins AFL

Eagles

Years Name League
1933-1942 Philadelphia Eagles NFL
1943 Phil-Pitt NFL
1944- Philadelphia Eagles NFL

Falcons

Year Name League
1966- Atlanta Falcons NFL

49ers

Year Name League
1946-1949 San Francisco 49ers AAFC
1950- San Francisco 49ers NFL

Giants

Year Name League
1925- New York Giants NFL

Jaguars

Year Name League
1995- Jacksonville Jaguars NFL

Jets

Year Name League
1960-1962 New York Titans AFL
1963-1969 New York Jets AFL
1970- New York Jets NFL

Lions

Years Name League
1930-1933 Portsmouth Spartans NFL
1934- Detroit Lions NFL

Packers

Year Name League
1921- Green Bay Packers NFL

Panthers

Year Name League
1995- Carolina Panthers NFL

Patriots

Year Name League
1960-1969 Boston Patriots AFL
1970 Boston Patriots NFL
1971- New England Patriots NFL

Raiders

Year Name League
1960-1969 Oakland Raiders AFL
1970-1981 Oakland Raiders NFL
1982-1994 Los Angeles Raiders NFL
1995- Oakland Raiders NFL

Rams

Year Name League
1937-1942
1944-1945		 Cleveland Rams NFL
1946-1994 Los Angeles Rams NFL
1995- Saint Louis Rams NFL

Ravens

Years Name League
1996- Baltimore Ravens NFL

Redskins

Year Name League
1932 Boston Braves NFL
1933-1936 Boston Redskins NFL
1937- Washington Redskins NFL

Saints

Year Name League
1967- New Orleans Saints NFL

Seahawks

Year Name League
1976- Seattle Seahawks NFL

Steelers

Year Name League
1933-1939 Pittsburgh Pirates NFL
1940-1942 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL
1943 Phil-Pitt NFL
1944 Card-Pitt NFL
1945- Pittsburgh Steelers NFL

Texans

Year Name League
2002- Houston Texans NFL

Titans

Year Name League
1960-1969 Houston Oilers AFL
1970-1996 Houston Oilers NFL
1997-1998 Tennessee Oilers NFL
199- Tennessee Titans NFL

Vikings

Year Name League
1961- Minnesota Vikings NFL 
Legend:
AAFC:  All American Football Conference
AFL:   American Football League
NFL:   National Football League
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