List of NFL Teams and Cities (2024)

FAQs

Which cities should get an NFL expansion team? ›

Among cities that haven't housed NFL teams in the past, San Antonio is easily the best expansion candidate. Austin: The capital city has rapidly grown in recent years with an influx of tech workers from out of state, leaving the potential for a new team to win the hearts and minds of Austinites.

According to AS.com, Green Bay is the smallest city to have an NFL franchise. It is home to the Green Bay Packers, a franchise known for its consistency and ability to draft superstar-level quarterbacks.

San Antonio has one of the most successful NBA franchises around but does not have a pro football team and is the largest city in America (1.5 million residents) without one.

The NFL could be growing to 40 teams going forward. As per Mike Florio, an insider for NBC's ProFootballTalk, the league is hoping to add eight extra teams in the impending years. Florio is known for having within scoop on everything NFL and is viewed as perhaps one of the most trustworthy insiders around.

The most likely move as of this writing is for the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas next season. The NFL is already making plans to move the Browns to the Toronto, Canada area.

What is the name of the NFL team that has never been an expansion franchise? Only two teams are left from the original NFL, the Chicago Bears and the (now) Arizona Cardinals, which formed in 1920.

San Antonio has a population of 1.5 million people. It's the largest city in America without an NFL franchise.

Miami Dolphins (1972)

The 1972 Miami Dolphins are probably the greatest team to ever play in the NFL, relative to the time in which they were playing. The '72 Dolphins finished the regular season unbeaten at 14-0 before beating the Browns, Steelers and finally Redskins to win Super Bowl VII.

What NFL team has won the most Super Bowls? ›

The AFC's Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots have the most Super Bowl titles at six each. The Patriots also have the most Super Bowl appearances at 11. The Patriots and the Denver Broncos of the AFC hold the record for the most defeats in the Super Bowl at five each.

1972 Dolphins

The Dolphins want recognition as the greatest team of all time simply because they went through the regular season and the playoffs undefeated, ending up with a 17-0 record. We don't deny this is a great accomplishment -- a singular one, in fact.

Largest State Without an NFL Team

Virginia is the most-populous state — with approximately 8.7 million resident — that's not home to an NFL team. That could change, however, if the Washington Commanders' new ownership builds a new stadium in the country's 12th-largest state.

This list includes teams from those four leagues. Among all 32 NFL teams, the Green Bay Packers are based in the smallest U.S. market, ranking 139th in the country. In comparison, the city of New Orleans ranks a spot above Green Bay for 31st in population, having the 51st highest population in the country.

But according to The Rogue Valley Messenger in 2020, there's still a chance for Portland (Oregon in general) to have its own NFL team. Supporting a pricey stadium and team might be possible if it's publicly owned and traded, meaning the franchise's revenue is shared with the city.

Salt Lake City has a population of a little over 200,000, with about 1.2 million in the metro area. So, NFL wise, it would be a very small market, as beyond that, there is not much of a hinterland.

While Little Rock isn't necessarily on the short list of cities where the NFL could expand to, it would be the state's first professional team of the four major leagues in the United States: NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL.

In addition to this quintet of new markets, four teams who had not previously been on the overall program (launched in 2022) have been added for 2024 – the Browns, the Detroit Lions, the Indianapolis Colts, and the New York Giants.