Take for example a few years ago when Southern California was placed on probation.  Some people were surprised by the severity of the penalties. But in the report released by the NCAA, it was directly noted that the USC football program had previously been placed on probation five times since the early 1950s. I’m sure USC’s repeat violations had some impact on the severity of the penalties they received in 2010.

Listed below are the current FBS schools that have been placed on probation, in which the school’s football team was somehow involved. It’s important to keep in mind that violations in other sports often bring attention to a school’s entire athletic program. Sometimes the football violations paled in comparison to violations in other sports, but if the football program was involved I still listed them (i.e. Baylor’s probation from 2005-09).

Please also note that I didn’t put exact dates down. Instead I simply listed the season(s) in which the violations occurred, or the season(s) in which a school played under probation. If probation was handed down mid-season I listed the month the probation was handed down. In those cases, you can assume the school’s probation ended that same month plus the number of seasons, unless otherwise noted. There have also been instances in which a conference puts a team on probation, and the NCAA doesn’t. I only listed instances of NCAA mandated probation. Although I did list conference enacted bowl bans that were affirmed by the NCAA.

The NCAA started handing out punishments for football violations in 1953.

College Football (FBS) and NCAA Probation

Columns can be sorted by clicking on the titles in the header.

School	Violations Occurred	Probation	Seasons	Bowl Ban	Seasons
Alabama	1989-1990, 1993	1995 - 1996	2	1995	1
Alabama	1995-2000	2002 - 2006	5	2002 - 2003	2
Alabama	2005-2007	2009 - 2011	3	-	0
Arizona	1952-1956	1961	1	-	0
Arizona	1976-1980	1983 - 1984	2	1983 - 1984	2
Arizona St.	1949-1952	1953 (Sep) - 1955	2	1953	1
Arizona St.	1958	1959 (Oct) - 1961	2	1959	1
Arizona St.	1975 - 1979	1980 (Dec) - 1982	2	1981	1
Arizona St.	2002 - 2004	2005 (Nov) - 2007	2	-	0
Arkansas	?	1964 (Dec) - 1965	1	-	0
Arkansas	1994, 1997 - 1999	2003 - 2005	3	-	0
Arkansas St.	2005 - 2006	2011 - 2012	2	-	0
Auburn (AL)	1955	1956 - 1958	3	1956 - 1957	2
Auburn (AL)	1957	1958 - 1960	3	1958 - 1960	3
Auburn (AL)	1974 - 1979	1979 - 1981 (Nov)	3	1979 - 1980	2
Auburn (AL)	1986 - 1992	1993 (Nov) - 1995	2	1993 - 1994	2
Ball St. (IN)	2004 - 2005	2007 (Oct) - 2009	2	-	0
Baylor (TX)	2004	2005 - 2009	5	-	0
Boise St. (ID)	2005 - 2009	2011 (Sep) - 2014	3	-	0
Buffalo (NY)	1969 - 1970	1970	1	-	0
California	1952 - 1955	1956 (Nov) - 1957	1	-	0
California	1970 - 1971	1973 - 1974	2	1973 - 1974	2
California	1997 - 2001	2001 - 2005	5	2002	1
Central Florida	2007 - 2009	2010 - 2011	2	-	0
Cincinnati (OH)	1951 - 1953	1955	1	1955	1
Cincinnati (OH)	1974 - 1977	1978 (Dec) - 1980	2	-	0
Cincinnati (OH)	1984 - 1987	1988 (Nov) - 1991	3	1988	1
Cincinnati (OH)	2009 - 2010	2011 (Sep) - 2013	2	-	0
Clemson (SC)	1985, 1987	1990	1	-	0
Clemson (SC)	1977 - 1982	1982 (Nov) - 1984	2	1982 - 1983	2
Colorado	1972?	1973	1	-	0
Colorado	1959 - 1961	1962 - 1963	2	1962 - 1963	2
Colorado	1971 - 1979	1980 (Dec) - 1982	2	1981	1
Colorado	1996 - 1999	2002 (Oct) - 2004	2	-	0
Colorado	2000 - 2005	2007 - 2008	2	-	0
East Carolina (NC)	1980 - 1984	1986 (Sep) - 1987	1	-	0
Florida	1953 - 1956	1956 - 1957	2	1956 - 1957	2
Florida	1979 - 1983	1985 - 1986	2	1984 - 1985	2
Florida	1986 - 1988	1990 (Sep) - 1992	2	1990	1
Florida Intl	2002 - 2004	2005 - 2007	3	-	0
Florida Intl	2004, 2007	2008 - 2011	4	-	0
Florida St.	1972 - 1973	1974	1	-	0
Florida St.	1992 - 1994	1996	1	-	0
Florida St.	2006 - 2007	2009 - 2012	4	-	0
Fresno St.	1980 - 1982	1983	1	-	0
Georgia	1982	1985	1	-	0
Georgia	1981 - 1982	1982 (Sep) - 1983	1	-	0
Georgia	1993 - 1995	1997 - 1998	2	-	0
Georgia Tech	1998 - 2004	2005 (Nov) - 2007	2	-	0
Georgia Tech	2009 - 2010	2011 - 2014	4	-	0
Hawaii	1974 - 1975	1977 - 1978	2	-	0
Houston (TX)	1962 - 1965	1966 - 1968	3	1966 - 1968	3
Houston (TX)	1977	1977 (Sep) - 1978	1	-	0
Houston (TX)	1978 - 1987	1988 (Dec) - 1991	3	1989 - 1990	2
Illinois	1962 - 1966	1967 - 1968	2	1967 - 1968	2
Illinois	1971 - 1973?	1974 - 1975	2	-	0
Illinois	1980 - 1982	1984 - 1985	2	1984	1
Illinois	1984 - 1985	1988 - 1989	2	-	0
Illinois	2003	2005 (Oct) - 2006	1		0
Indiana	1956 - 1957?	1957 (Oct) - 1958	1	-	0
Indiana	1958 - 1959	1960 - 1963	4	1960 - 1963	4
Iowa St.	1983 - 1985	1986 (Dec) - 1988	2	-	0
Kansas	1968 - 1971	1972	1	1972	1
Kansas	1957, 1959	1960 (Oct) - 1962	2	1960	1
Kansas	1979 - 1982	1983 (Nov) - 1985	2	1984	1
Kansas	2003	2006 (Oct) - 2009	3	-	0
Kansas St.	1947 - 1952	1954	1	-	0
Kansas St.	1997 - 1998	1999	1	-	0
Kansas St.	1968 - 1970	1970 (Oct) - 1973 (Jan)	3	1970 - 1972	3
Kansas St.	1975 - 1978	1978 - 1980	3	1978 - 1979	2
Kentucky	1962 - 1963	1964	1	1964	1
Kentucky	1974 - 1975	1976 (Dec) - 1978	2	1977	1
Kentucky	1999 - 2000	2002 - 2004	3	2002	1
Louisiana St.	2009	2011	1	-	0
Louisiana St.	1981 - 1984	1986 (Sep) - 1987	1	-	0
Louisiana-Lafayette	1966 - 1967	1968 - 1969	2	-	0
Louisiana-Lafayette	2002 - 2005	2007 - 2008	2	-	0
Marshall (WV)	1968 - 1969	1969 (Oct) - 1970	1	1969	1
Marshall (WV)	1996 - 2000	2001 (Dec) - 2005	4	-	0
Maryland	2002 - 2003	2003	1	-	0
Massachusetts	1966 - 1968	1970	1	-	0
Memphis (TN)	1975 - 1978	1979 - 1980	2	1979	1
Memphis (TN)	1983 - 1985	1986 - 1987	2	-	0
Memphis (TN)	1988	1989 - 1991	3	1989	1
Miami (FL)	1950 - 1954	1954 (Oct) - 1957 (Jan)	3	1954 - 1956	3
Miami (FL)	1977 - 1980	1981 (Nov) - 1983	2	1981	1
Miami (FL)	1985 - 1994	1995 (Nov) - 1998	3	1995	1
Michigan	2008 - 2009	2010 (Nov) - 2013	3	-	0
Michigan St.	1957 - 1959	1964 (Nov) - 1967	3	-	0
Michigan St.	1967, 1972 - 1975	1976 - 1978	3	1976 - 1978	3
Michigan St.	1991 - 1995	1995 (Dec) - 1999	4	-	0
Minnesota	1985 - 1986	1988 - 1989	2	-	0
Minnesota	1982 - 1988	1991 - 1992	2	1991	1
Mississippi	1957	1959 (Oct) - 1960	1	-	0
Mississippi	1982 - 1984	1986 (Dec) - 1988	2	1987	1
Mississippi	1991 - 1994	1994 (Sep) - 1998	4	1995 - 1996	2
Mississippi St.	1991 - 1993	1996	1	-	0
Mississippi St.	1974	1975 (Sep) - 1977	2	1975 - 1976	2
Mississippi St.	1998 - 2002	2004 - 2007	4	2004	1
Navy (MD)	1964	1964 (Nov) - 1965	1	-	0
Nebraska	1983, 1986	1986 (Oct) - 1987	1	-	0
New Mexico	2004 - 2005	2008 - 2010	3	-	0
New Mexico St.	1959 - 1960	1962 - 1964	3	1962 - 1963	2
North Carolina	2008 - 2010	2012 - 2014	3	2012	1
North Carolina St.	1952 - 1953	1954	1	-	0
North Carolina St.	1981 - 1982	1983	1	-	0
North Carolina St.	¹ Basketball	1956 (Nov) - 1960	4	1956 - 1959	4
Notre Dame (IN)	1995 - 1999	1999 (Dec) - 2001	2	-	0
Ohio St.	1951 - 1955	1956	1	1956	1
Ohio St.	2004	2006 - 2008	3	-	0
Ohio St.	2008 - 2010	2011 (Dec) - 2014	3	2012	1
Oklahoma	1952, 1954 - 1955	1960	1	1960	1
Oklahoma	1953?	1955 - 1956	2	-	0
Oklahoma	1972	1973 - 1974	2	1973 - 1974	2
Oklahoma	1983 - 1986	1988 (Dec) - 1991	3	1989 - 1990	2
Oklahoma	2005 - 2006	2008 - 2009	2	-	0
Oklahoma St.	1972 - 1978	1978 - 1981	4	1978 - 1979	2
Oklahoma St.	1982 - 1987	1989 - 1992	4	1989 - 1991	3
Oregon	1977 - 1979	1981 (Dec) - 1983	2	1982	1
Oregon	2003	2004 - 2005	2	-	0
Oregon St.	1977, 1979	1981	1	1980	1
Pittsburgh (PA)	1986 - 1989	1993 (Nov) - 1995	2	-	0
Rutgers (NJ)	1967	1967 (Dec) - 1968 (May)	0	-	0
Rutgers (NJ)	1998 - 2000	2003 - 2004	2	-	0
San Diego St. (CA)	1998 - 2002	2004 - 2004	2	-	0
South Carolina	1965 - 1966	1967 - 1968	2	1967 - 1968	2
South Carolina	2001 - 2002	2005 - 2007	3	-	0
South Carolina	2009 - 2010	2012 - 2014	3	-	0
Southern California	1952 - 1956	1956 (Nov) - 1958	2	1956	1
Southern California	1957 - 1958	1959 - 1960	2	1959	1
Southern California	1971 - 1979	1982 - 1984	3	1982 - 1983	2
Southern California	1983 - 1985	1985 (Dec) - 1987	2	-	0
Southern California	1996 - 1998	2001 - 2002	2	-	0
Southern California	2004 - 2005	2010 - 2013	4	2010 - 2011	2
Southern Methodist (TX)	1957	1958	1	-	0
Southern Methodist (TX)	1963	1964 - 1965	2	1964 - 1965	2
Southern Methodist (TX)	1970 - 1975	1974 - 1976	3	1974 - 1975	2
Southern Methodist (TX)	1978 - 1980	1981 - 1982	2	1981	1
Southern Methodist (TX)	1981 - 1984	1985 - 1987	3	1985 - 1986	2
Southern Methodist (TX)	1984 - 1986	1987 - 1990 ²	4	1987 - 1988	2
Southern Methodist (TX)	1995 - 1998	2000 (Dec) - 2002	2	-	0
Southern Mississippi	1983 - 1985	1985	1	-	0
Southern Mississippi	1979 - 1982	1982 (Oct) - 1984	2	1982 - 1983	2
Syracuse (NY)	1986 - 1990	1992 (Oct) - 1994	2	-	0
Tennessee	1976 - 1985	1986 (Oct) - 1987	1	-	0
Tennessee	1989 - 1990	1991 (Sep) - 1993	2	-	0
Texas	1963?	1964	1	-	0
Texas	1980 - 1985	1987	1	-	0
Texas	1978, 1982	1982 (Sep) - 1983	1	-	0
Texas A&M	1955	1956	1	1956	1
Texas A&M	1964 - 1965	1966	1	1966	1
Texas A&M	1983 - 1987	1988 (Sep) - 1990	2	1988	1
Texas A&M	1990 - 1992	1994 - 1998	5	1994	1
Texas Christian	1981 - 1985	1986 - 1988	3	1986	1
Texas St.	1997 - 2001, 2003	2005 - 2007	3	-	0
Texas Tech	1982 - 1984	1987	1	-	0
Texas Tech	1991 - 1997	1998 - 2001	4	1997	1
Texas Tech	2007 - 2010	2011 - 2012	2	-	0
Texas-El Paso	1992 - 1996	1997 - 2001	5	-	0
Tulsa (OK)	?	1960	1	-	0
Tulsa (OK)	1969 - 1970	1970 (Oct) - 1973 (Jan)	3	1970 - 1972	3
UCLA	1952 - 1956	1956 - 1958	3	1956 - 1958	3
UCLA	1970 - 1971	1971 (Oct) - 1972	1	-	0
UCLA	1977	1981 (Dec) - 1983	2	1980	1
Utah	1984 - 1985	1987	1	-	0
Utah	2000 - 2002	2003 - 2005	3	-	0
Utah St.	1967 - 1968	1968 (Oct) - 1970	2	1968 - 1969	2
Virginia	1987 - 1990	1993 - 1994	2	-	0
Virginia Tech	1979 - 1982	1983	1	-	0
Virginia Tech	1983 - 1986	1987 (Nov) - 1989	2	-	0
Washington	1951 - 1956	1956 - 1957	2	1956 - 1957	2
Washington	1980 - 1992	1994 - 1995	2	-	0
Washington	2000 - 2003	2005 - 2006	2	-	0
West Virginia	2005 - 2009	2011 - 2012	2	-	0
Wisconsin	1979 - 1980	1982	1	-	0
Wisconsin	1981, 1983	1983 (Nov) - 1984	1	-	0
Wisconsin	1996	1999 - 2000	2	-	0
Wisconsin	1998 - 2000	2001 (Oct) - 2006	5	-	0
Wyoming	1957	1959 (Oct) - 1960	1	1959	1

¹ The North Carolina St. basketball program brought sanctions upon the entire athletic program.  So although the football team didn’t violate any rules, they were still sanctioned.

² Southern Methodist is the only FBS football program to ever receive the NCAA’s “death penalty”.  SMU was barred from fielding a football team for one year (1987). SMU also decided to cancel the 1988 season.

Below is a list of current FBS football programs that have never been placed under probation. There are 45 FBS schools (36% of the FBS) that have never been placed on probation.

College Football (FBS) Programs That Have Never Been Placed on Probation

Notes

• Every school in the Big 12 has been placed on probation at some point in their histories.

• Missouri and Vanderbilt are the only schools in the Southeastern Conference to have never been placed on probation.

• Stanford and Washington St. are the only schools in the Pac-12 conference to have never been placed on probation.

• Army, Brigham Young, Iowa, and Penn State are the only schools to have won a national title (AP, Coaches’, and FWAA), and to have never been placed on probation.

College Football (FBS) Programs That Have Been Sanctioned the Most

Note: The count includes seasons not yet completed (i.e. USC 2012-2013).

Notes

• Since 1953, the year the NCAA instituted penalties, Southern Methodist has spent 29% of their seasons on probation. By 2013, Southern California will have spent 25% of their seasons on probation.

• The 2012 season, will be Florida International’s first season off of probation since they joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2005.

Schools that are currently from the SEC have been sanctioned 35 times, for a total of 77 seasons; the most by any conference in the FBS.

College Football (FBS) and NCAA Probation by Conference

Note: The count includes seasons not yet completed (i.e. USC 2012-2013).

The bowl ban is one of the most severe penalties the NCAA can hand out.  Since 1953, the NCAA has handed out a total of 80 bowl bans to current FBS schools.

Auburn and Southern Methodist are tied for the most years of bowl bans; nine bowl bans in total.

College Football (FBS) Programs That Have Received the Most Bowl Bans

Rk	School	Years	Bowl Bans
1t	Auburn (AL)	9	4
1t	Southern Methodist (TX)	9	5
3	Southern California	6	4
4t	Florida	5	3
4t	Houston (TX)	5	2
4t	Kansas St.	5	2
4t	Miami (FL)	5	3
4t	Oklahoma	5	3
4t	Oklahoma St.	5	2
10t	Indiana	4	1
10t	North Carolina St.	4	1
10t	Texas A&M	4	4
10t	UCLA	4	2
14t	Alabama	3	2
14t	Arizona St.	3	3
14t	California	3	2
14t	Colorado	3	2
14t	Illinois	3	2
14t	Kansas	3	3
14t	Kentucky	3	3
14t	Michigan St.	3	1
14t	Mississippi	3	2
14t	Mississippi St.	3	2
14t	Tulsa (OK)	3	1

On 21 occasions a bowl ban has kept a current FBS school from winning a conference championship, has prevented them from competing in a conference championship game, or has kept a conference champion out of a bowl game.

References

Thanks to Robert Bradley for the idea.

The NCAA has made available a database of every major infraction they have dealt with.  You can access their Legislative Services Database to conduct your own research on the topic.  I would have liked to have been able to provide a link to every document I accessed, but unfortunately the links change with every user session.  Most of the information posted was found using the NCAA database.

The NCAA database was a great resource, but there were some errors and omissions.  Check out this document for a list of newspaper resources I used to fill in some of the gaps.

Around mid-summer NFL fans eagerly anticipate the start of a new season, and the excitement begins with training camps. My first training camp experience was in Platteville, WI, where I watched the Chicago Bears prepare for the 1992 season. I remember Ron Rivera, current Carolina Panthers head coach, talking to me about cartoons and youth football; I was only nine years old.

Living in Wisconsin I had the opportunity to attend, or at least watch news clips (before internet) on various training camps around the state. At the time Wisconsin was known as the “Cheese League”. In 1995 the Badger State hosted five NFL training camps (Bears, Chiefs, Jaguars, Packers, & Saints). It’s no surprise that NFL training camp locations have always been a niche interest of mine.

A couple of years ago I looked through various books, media guides, and newspaper archives to develop a historical list on training camp locations. At times it was difficult determining what a NFL training camp actually was. Sometimes teams would hold a series of practice sessions and call it a camp, but were those practice sessions a training camp? I usually considered it a training camp if the team started preseason workouts at the location, and/or held the majority of their preseason workouts there.

I’m still looking for training camp locations, especially ones from the 1920s to 1930s. If anybody has a sourced addition please contact me.

Sources: Click here to view the sources I used to compile this list. It’s a lengthy document but it’s organized by franchise.

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Dallas Cowboys | New York Giants | Philadelphia Eagles | Washington Redskins

Chicago Bears | Detroit Lions | Green Bay Packers | Minnesota Vikings

Atlanta Falcons | Carolina Panthers | New Orleans Saints | Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Arizona Cardinals | St. Louis Rams | San Francisco 49ers | Seattle Seahawks

Merged Teams

Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers | Card-Pitt | Phil-Pitt

Defunct Teams

Baltimore (AAFC/NFL) | Boston Yanks | Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers | Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)

Buffalo Bisons/Bills (AAFC) | Chicago Rockets/Hornets (AAFC) | Cincinnati Reds

Cleveland Indians | Dallas Texans | Duluth Eskimos | Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)

Miami Seahawks | New York Bulldogs/Yanks | New York Yankees (AAFC)

List of Historical NFL Training Camp Locations

Championships at Dual-Purpose Stadiums

Note: The list only includes championships that were won when the stadium was a dual-purpose stadium. For example, none of the New York Yankees titles at Yankee Stadium were counted after the New York Giants moved out.

For a complete listing of the NFL and MLB teams that shared a stadium click here.

Stadium names have changed often throughout history. To be consistent, stadiums are listed with their most current/recognizable names.

Legend:

FB: Number of major pro football league championships. Counts league championships from 1920-1965, and Super Bowl titles from 1966-2011. FB Team:The major pro football team that won the league championships.

BB: Number of World Series titles. BB Team: The Major League Baseball team that won the World Series titles.

Total Champs: The sum of FB and BB championships.

Years: Number of years the stadium was the home stadium of a NFL and MLB team(s).

Columns can be sorted by clicking on the titles in the header.

¹ Due to cancelled games from the NFL strike in 1982, the Green Bay Packers played the majority of their home games at Milwaukee County Stadium.

In 1979, Three Rivers Stadium was the home to both the NFL and MLB champion. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl, and the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series. It’s the last time a stadium was the home to both the NFL and MLB champion in the same season.

Home Stadium to the Football and Baseball World Champions in the Same Season

Year	Stadium	Pro Football Champion	Major League Baseball Champion
1948	Cleveland Municipal	Cleveland Browns (AAFC)	Cleveland Indians
1956	Yankee Stadium I	New York Giants	New York Yankees
1970	Baltimore Memorial	Baltimore Colts	Baltimore Orioles
1979	Three Rivers Stadium	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pittsburgh Pirates

Additional Info

• For 35 years, Qualcomm/Jack Murphy Stadium was the home to the NFL’s San Diego Chargers and MLB’s San Diego Padres. Neither of those teams won world championships. It’s the longest a dual-purpose stadium has gone without seeing either of its home teams win championships. Followed by the Astrodome (29 years), and Fulton County Stadium (26 years).

• From 1920-1970, the Chicago Cubs shared Wrigley Field with three different NFL teams; Chicago Bears (1921-1970), Chicago Cardinals (1931-1939), and the Chicago Tigers (1920). Within that period of time, the Bears won eight world championships, and the Cubs didn’t win any. It’s the most titles a dual-purpose stadium was the home to, without one of them coming from baseball.

• From 1970-1999, the Cincinnati Bengals shared Riverfront Stadium with the Cincinnati Reds. Within that period of time, the Reds won three world championships, and the Bengals didn’t win any. It’s the most titles a dual-purpose stadium was the home to, without one of them coming from football.

Sources: The Pro Football Archives, Baseball-Reference.com, Arizona Cardinals Media Guide, St. Louis Rams Media Guide, Official Detroit Tigers Website, Chicago Tribune (4/21/1941 ProQuest ID 176312281)

Posted below is a line chart, which shows by season, the number of pro football teams that have shared a stadium with a Major League Baseball team(s).

Following the line chart, there is a list of every instance of when a pro football and Major League Baseball team shared a stadium.

Number of Pro Football Teams That Shared a Stadium with a Major League Baseball Team

Every Instance of  a Pro Football and Major League Baseball Team Sharing a Stadium

Note: In order for it to be counted as an instance of a shared stadium, both the pro football and Major League Baseball team needed to play the majority of their home games at the same stadium.

Stadium names have changed often throughout history. To be consistent, stadiums are listed with their most current/recognizable names.

Columns can be sorted by clicking on the titles in the header.

Year	Stadium	Pro Football Team(s)	Major League Baseball Team(s)
1980-1994	Anaheim Stadium	Los Angeles Rams	California Angels
1968-1996	Astrodome	Houston Oilers	Houston Astros
1931	Baker Bowl	Frankford Yellow Jackets	Philadelphia Phillies
1933-1935	Baker Bowl	Philadelphia Eagles	Philadelphia Phillies
1954-1983	Baltimore Memorial	Baltimore Colts	Baltimore Orioles
1932	Braves Field	Boston Braves (Redskins)	Boston Braves
1929	Braves Field	Boston Bulldogs	Boston Braves
1966-1987	Busch Memorial	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals
1995	Busch Memorial ¹	St. Louis Rams	St. Louis Cardinals
1971-1999	Candlestick Park	San Francisco 49ers	San Francisco Giants
1961	Candlestick Park	Oakland Raiders	San Francisco Giants
1946-1993	Cleveland Municipal	Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Indians
1940	Cleveland Municipal	Cleveland Rams	Cleveland Indians
1945-1958	Comiskey Park	Chicago Cardinals	Chicago White Sox
1929-1930	Comiskey Park	Chicago Cardinals	Chicago White Sox
1922-1925	Comiskey Park	Chicago Cardinals	Chicago White Sox
1940-1943	Comiskey Park	Chicago Cardinals	Chicago White Sox
1933-1934	Crosley Field	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati Reds
1946-1948	Ebbets Field	Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)	Brooklyn Dodgers
1926	Ebbets Field	Brooklyn Lions	Brooklyn Dodgers
1930-1944	Ebbets Field	Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers	Brooklyn Dodgers
1944	Fenway Park	Boston Yanks	Boston Red Sox
1945	Fenway Park	Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers	Boston Red Sox
1946-1948	Fenway Park	Boston Yanks	Boston Red Sox
1963-1968	Fenway Park	Boston Patriots	Boston Red Sox
1933-1936	Fenway Park	Boston Redskins	Boston Red Sox
1959-1963	Forbes Field	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pittsburgh Pirates
1944	Forbes Field	Card-Pitt	Pittsburgh Pirates
1945-1957	Forbes Field	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pittsburgh Pirates
1933-1942	Forbes Field	Pittsburgh Steelers/Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates
1966-1991	Fulton Co. Stadium	Atlanta Falcons	Atlanta Braves
1921	Griffith Stadium	Washington Senators	Washington Senators
1937-1960	Griffith Stadium	Washington Redskins	Washington Senators
1963-1971	Kansas City Municipal	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Athletics
1977-1998	Kingdome	Seattle Seahawks	Seattle Mariners
1958-1961	L.A. Coliseum	Los Angeles Rams	Los Angeles Dodgers
1923-1925	League Park	Cleveland Indians/Bulldogs	Cleveland Indians
1920-1921	League Park	Cleveland Tigers/Indians	Cleveland Indians
1937-1938	League Park ²	Cleveland Rams	Cleveland Indians
1982-2009	Metrodome	Minnesota Vikings	Minnesota Twins
1961-1981	Metropolitan Stadium	Minnesota Vikings	Minnesota Twins
1993-1994	Mile High Stadium	Denver Broncos	Colorado Rockies
1982	Milwaukee Co. Stadium ³	Green Bay Packers	Milwaukee Brewers
1968-1981	O.co Coliseum	Oakland Raiders	Oakland Athletics
1995-2012	O.co Coliseum	Oakland Raiders	Oakland Athletics
1925-1955	Polo Grounds	New York Giants	New York Giants
1949	Polo Grounds	New York Bulldogs	New York Giants
1962-1963	Polo Grounds	New York Jets/Titans	New York Mets
1921	Polo Grounds	NY Brickley Giants	New York Yankees & New York Giants
1969-2003	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego Chargers	San Diego Padres
1962-1971	RFK Stadium	Washington Redskins	Washington Senators
1970-1999	Riverfront Stadium	Cincinnati Bengals	Cincinnati Reds
1964-1973	Shea Stadium	New York Jets	New York Mets
1974-1975	Shea Stadium	New York Jets	New York Mets & New York Yankees
1976-1983	Shea Stadium	New York Jets	New York Mets
1975	Shea Stadium	New York Giants	New York Mets & New York Yankees
1943	Shibe Park	Phil-Pitt	Philadelphia Athletics & Phi. Phillies
1944-1954	Shibe Park	Philadelphia Eagles	Philadelphia Athletics & Phi. Phillies
1955-1957	Shibe Park	Philadelphia Eagles	Philadelphia Phillies
1940-1942	Shibe Park	Philadelphia Eagles	Philadelphia Athletics & Phi. Phillies
1960-1965	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals
1934	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis Gunners	St. Louis Browns & St. Louis Cardinals
1923	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis All-Stars	St. Louis Browns & St. Louis Cardinals
1993-2011	Sun Life Stadium	Miami Dolphins	Florida Marlins
1971-2000	Three Rivers Stadium	Pittsburgh Steelers	Pittsburgh Pirates
1938-1939	Tiger Stadium	Detroit Lions	Detroit Tigers
1925-1926	Tiger Stadium	Detroit Panthers	Detroit Tigers
1941-1974	Tiger Stadium	Detroit Lions	Detroit Tigers
1921	Tiger Stadium	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers
1971-2002	Veterans Stadium	Philadelphia Eagles	Philadelphia Phillies
1921-1970	Wrigley Field	Chicago Bears/Staleys	Chicago Cubs
1931-1939	Wrigley Field	Chicago Cardinals	Chicago Cubs
1920	Wrigley Field	Chicago Tigers	Chicago Cubs
1946-1948	Yankee Stadium I	New York Yankees II (AAFC)	New York Yankees
1927-1928	Yankee Stadium I	New York Yankees I	New York Yankees
1949	Yankee Stadium I	Bkn-NY Yankees (AAFC)	New York Yankees
1950-1951	Yankee Stadium I	New York Yanks	New York Yankees
1956-1972	Yankee Stadium I	New York Giants	New York Yankees

¹ In 1995, the St. Louis Rams split their eight home games at Busch Memorial Stadium and TWA Dome (Edward Jones Dome).

² In 1938, the Cleveland Rams split their four home games at League Park and Shaw Stadium.

³ Due to cancelled games from the NFL strike in 1982, the Green Bay Packers played the majority of their home games at Milwaukee County Stadium.

Additional Info

• Greatest Number of NFL Teams Sharing a Stadium with a MLB Team: In 1971, 17 of the NFL’s 26 teams shared a stadium with a MLB team.

• Highest Percentage of NFL Teams Sharing a Stadium with a MLB Team: In 1944, 7 of the NFL’s 8 teams (88%) shared a stadium with a MLB team.

• Greatest Number of Seasons a NFL Team Shared a Stadium with MLB: For 62 seasons the Cardinals franchise shared a stadium with a MLB team.

¹ For all but one of the seasons listed, the Steelers shared a stadium with MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s the most seasons that a NFL and MLB team shared stadiums. Note: In 1943, the Steelers merged with the Philadelphia Eagles. The majority of their home games were played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, but two home games were played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

² For all of the seasons listed, the Bears shared Wrigley Field with MLB’s Chicago Cubs. It’s the most seasons that a NFL and MLB team shared the same stadium.

• There are only eight current NFL franchises that have never shared a stadium with MLB. The Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

• Greatest Number of Seasons a Stadium Hosted Both the NFL and MLB: For 51 (60 combined NFL) seasons, Wrigley Field was the home stadium of the Chicago Cubs, and three NFL teams; the Chicago Tigers (1920), Chicago Bears (1921-1970), and Chicago Cardinals (1931-1939).
  • For 49 seasons, Cleveland Municipal Stadium was the home stadium of the Cleveland Indians, and two NFL/AAFC teams; the Cleveland Rams (1940), and Cleveland Browns (1946-1993).

• Greatest Number of Different Stadiums Shared with MLB: The Rams franchise has shared five different stadiums with MLB teams; Anaheim Stadium, Busch Memorial, Cleveland Municipal, L.A. Coliseum, and League Park.

• Four stadiums have been the home to two pro football teams, while they were also the home to a MLB team(s).

• Wrigley Field (then known as Cubs Park) was the first MLB stadium to host an official NFL game. On October 10, 1920, the Chicago Tigers hosted the Chicago Cardinals, in a game that ended in a scoreless tie. On the same date the Detroit Heralds played a non-NFL opponent, the Cleveland Panthers, in Tiger Stadium (then known as Navin Field).

Sources: The Pro Football Archives, Baseball-Reference.com, Arizona Cardinals Media Guide, St. Louis Rams Media Guide, Official Detroit Tigers Website, Chicago Tribune (4/21/1941 ProQuest ID 176312281)

NFL Head Coaches Who Were Hired From Nearby Schools

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¹ In 1921, Charles Brickley remained with Fordham, but as an assistant coach.

² Marquette is located in Milwaukee, WI. The second “home” to the Green Bay Packers.

³ Jim Lee Howell was also an assistant coach with the New York Giants.

Listed below are the coaches that were a NFL head coach and college/prep coach during the same season.

NFL Head Coach and Local College/Prep Coach During the Same Season

Coach	Year	College Position	NFL Head Coach of
Bud Talbott	1920-21	Head Coach at Dayton (OH) ¹	Dayton Triangles
Charles Brickley	1921	Assistant at Fordham (NY)	New York Brickley Giants
Harry Mehre	1923	Head Coach at St. Thomas (MN)	Minneapolis Marines
Joe Brandy	1924	Head Coach at St. Thomas (MN)	Minneapolis Marines
Archie Golembeski	1925	Head Coach at Providence (RI)	Providence Steam Roller
Lenny Sachs	1926	Head Coach at Loyola Academy H.S. (IL)	Louisville Colonels ²
Marty Brill	1931	Assistant at Columbia (NY)	Staten Island Stapletons ³
Aldo Donelli	1941	Head Coach at Duquesne (PA) ⁴	Pittsburgh Steelers

¹ In 1921, Bud Talbott was the head coach at the University of Dayton for only one game; the last game of their season.

² The Louisville Colonels were a “traveling team” based out of Chicago, IL.

³ Marty Brill was the Staten Island Stapletons head coach for the last seven games of the season.

⁴ Aldo Donelli was the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach for games 3-7. After that he officially returned to Duquesne. The NFL didn’t like the idea of Donelli coaching two teams, so he was forced to take a “leave of absence” from Duquesne. Although Donelli attended every Duquesne game from the field.

Sources: List of NFL Head Coaches at Pro-Football-Reference.com, List of College Football Coaches at College Football Data Warehouse, Newspaper Sources

NFL Franchise Moves

Note: The distance between a team’s former home and new home was calculated from where their stadiums are/were located. Miles were calculated by using an Excel formula developed by BlueMM, which finds the distance between two locations using great-circle distance. Stadium coordinates were retrieved from GeoHack.

X = A defunct franchise.

The lists include franchises from the AAFC and AFL.

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Franchise Moves to Different Metro Areas

Listed below are franchises that have “permanently” moved to different metro areas.

¹ In 1997, the Houston Oilers moved to Memphis, TN. This was only a temporary move. In 1998, they permanently moved to Nashville, TN.

Franchise Moves to Cities Within Their Metro Areas

Listed below are franchises that have “permanently” moved to a different city within their metro area.

¹ In 1973-74, the New York Giants moved to New Haven, CT, and in 1975 they moved to Shea Stadium in Queens, NYC, NY. These were only temporary moves. In 1976, they permanently moved to East Rutherford, NJ.

Moves That  Created New Franchises

Listed below are the franchise moves that have created new franchises, and have suspended or terminated a franchise (i.e. Cleveland Browns to the Baltimore Ravens).

Sources: NFL.com League Chronology, HickokSports.com

List of NFL Draft Sites