All Professional Football Teams that have played in New York City and Vicinity



League      Team                         Years    W - L - T (Reg. Season)          
APFA (NFL)  (Brickley's) NY Giants       1921       0-2-0    Folded. Would have played 1919 but  Sunday Blue Laws were upheld
NFL         New York Giants            1925-     692-596-33  Through 2019.
NFL         Brooklyn Lions               1926       3-8-0    Folded.
NFL         Hartford Blues               1926       3-7-0    
AFL (#1)    Brooklyn Horsemen            1926       1-3-0    Folded & merged into NFL Bklyn. Lions.
AFL (#1)    Newark Bears                 1926       0-4-2    9th,last. AFL#1 folded post-season.
AFL (#1)    New York Yankees             1926       9-5-0    2nd Taken into NFL in 1927.
NFL         New York Yankees           1927-1928  11-16-2    Moved from AFL; moved to Staten Island 1929
NFL         Staten Island Stapletons   1929-1932  14-22-9    Folded. There was an independent SI Stapletons before 1929. Named Stapes & Staples in 1932.
NFL         Orange Tornadoes             1930       3-4-4    Moved to Newark 1930. Played as Orange Athletic Club team on joining NFL.
NFL         Newark Tornadoes             1930      1-10-1    Folded.
NFL         Brooklyn Dodgers           1930-1943  60-90-9    Changed name to Tigers in 1944.
NFL         Brooklyn Tigers              1944      0-10-0    Left NFL, joined AAFC for 1946
AFL (#2)    Brooklyn Tigers              1936       0-6-1    6th,last. Folded. Played in Rochester early in year.
AFL (#2)    New York Yankees           1936-1937    7-6-3    3rd both seasons. League folded after 1937.
AFL (#3)    New York Yanks               1940       4-5-0    4th Change name to Americans in 1941.
AFL (#3)    New York Americans           1941       5-2-1    2nd Name changed from Yanks.
AAFC        Brooklyn Dodgers           1946-1948   8-32-2    Merged with Yankees in 1949. AAFC folded after 1949.
AAFC        New York Yankees           1946-1949  35-17-2    Lost title to Cleveland 1948. Bklyn/NY team 8-4-0 in 1949
NFL         New York Bulldogs            1949      1-10-1    Moved from Boston Yanks, Changed name to Yanks for 1950.
NFL         New York Yanks             1950-1951   8-14-2    Folded; team moved to Dallas Texans in 1952.
AFL (#4)    New York Titans            1960-1962  19-23-0    Name change to Jets in 1963.
AFL (#4)    New York Jets              1963-1969  52-43-6    AFL and Jets merged into NFL.
NFL         New York Jets              1970-     330-425-2   Through 2018.
CFL         Brooklyn Dodgers             1966       5-9-0    5th,last Continental FL was an independent minor league. Folded.
WFL         New York Stars               1975                Franchise began as Boston Bulldogs. Started season in NY, moved to Charlotte Hornets mid-season.
USFL        Jersey Generals            1983-1985  31-23-0    League disbanded before 1986 season.

Independent teams:
                  Bayonne Vikings
                  Long Island Bulldogs
                  Orange Athletic Club
                  Staten Island Stapletons

Pro football New York Rivalries


NFL    NY Giants vs. Brooklyn Lions (1926)              2-0-0
       NY Giants vs. NY Yankees   (1927-1928)           3-2-0
       NY Giants vs, Staten Island Stapletons (1929-32) 5-2-1  For exhibition games when Stapes were an independent team, see below.
       NY Giants vs. Orange Tornadoes   (1929)          1-0-1
       NY Giants vs, Newark Tornadoes   (1930)          2-0-0
       NY Giants vs. Hartford Blues     (1926)          1-0-0
       Stapletons vs. Orange Tornadoes  (1929)          0-1-1
       Stapletons vs. Newark Tornadoes  (1930)          1-0-1
       Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Newark Tornadoes  (1930)    2-0-0
       Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Stapletons  (1929-1932)     2-4-0
       Brooklyn Dodgers vs, Hartford Blues    (1926)    1-1-0
       Brooklyn Dodgers vs. NY Giants (1930-1944)      5-22-3
       NY Giants vs. NY Bulldogs        (1949)          1-1-0
       NY Giants vs, NY Yanks         (1950-1951)       3-0-0
       NY Giants vs. NY Jets          (1970 thru 2019)  8-5-0  For preseason exhibition games, see below
AFL#1  Brooklyn Horsemen vs. NY Yankees  (1926)         0-1-0
AFL#2  Brooklyn Tigers vs. NY Yankees    (1936)         0-1-1
AAFC   Brooklyn Dodgers vs. NY Yankees (1946-1948)      0-6-0


Games involving independent teams:
S.I. Stapletons vs. NY Giants (non-NFL) (1925,27,28,33) 1-4-0
S.I. Stapletons vs. Long Island Bulldogs  (1930)        1-0-0

Preseason Exhibition Games:
NY Jets v. NY Giants (1969-2018)                       25-24-1

Playoffs:

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