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Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders, now the Las Vegas Raiders, AFL/NFL football franchise founded 1960; played Oakland 1960-81 and 1995-2019, Los Angeles 1982-94; won Super Bowls XI, XV, XVIII; relocated to Las Vegas 2020 by 31-1 owner vote.
Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas
Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas: NFL owners approved the move 31-1 in March 2017; the team became the Las Vegas Raiders in 2020, playing at the $2 billion Allegiant Stadium with $750 million in Nevada hotel-tax funding and a $378 million relocation fee.
Pete Rozelle
Pete Rozelle, born Alvin Ray Rozelle, was an American sports executive who served as NFL commissioner from 1960 to 1989, overseeing the Super Bowl's rise.
Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles, NFL team in the NFC East founded July 8, 1933 from the Frankford Yellowjackets; three pre-Super Bowl NFL titles (1948, 1949, 1960) and Super Bowl wins LII and LIX, home at Lincoln Financial Field.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL team founded July 8, 1933 by Art Rooney Sr., also called the Pirates until 1940; six Super Bowls (tied with Patriots), 1970s dynasty under Chuck Noll, Immaculate Reception, Mike McCarthy head coach from 2026.
Pontiac Silverdome
The Pontiac Silverdome, originally Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium, was a domed stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, that housed the NFL's Detroit Lions from 1975 to 2001 and was demolished in 2018.
Potential London NFL franchise
Potential London NFL franchise: proposed expansion or relocation team for London, England. NFL has played regular-season games there since 2007 (45 games, most of any city); Jaguars play annual London home games; Goodell says an overseas team is inevitable, but no franchise exists as of 2026.
Pro Bowl
Pro Bowl: the NFL's annual all-star honor since 1939, long an AFC-NFC exhibition game, rebranded 2023 as the Pro Bowl Games (skills events plus flag football), and from 2026 an 88-player selection with no game.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game: annual NFL preseason opener in Canton, Ohio, first played Aug. 11, 1962 (Giants-Cardinals 21-21 tie); 2026 edition Cardinals vs Panthers, Aug. 6, NBC; canceled 2011, 2016, 2020.
Purple People Eaters
Purple People Eaters: famed Minnesota Vikings defensive line (1967–1977) of Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, and Gary Larsen; motto 'Meet at the quarterback'; four Super Bowl teams.
Ralph Wilson Stadium
Ralph Wilson Stadium, also Rich Stadium, New Era Field, Bills Stadium, and Highmark Stadium, was the Buffalo Bills' open-air home in Orchard Park, NY, opened 1973, capacity about 71,600, replaced in 2026.
Raymond James Stadium
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida: NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers' home since 1998, also USF Bulls football, three Super Bowls (XXXV, XLIII, LV), pirate ship, 65,890 seats expandable to 75,000, Tampa Sports Authority-managed.
RCA Dome
RCA Dome (originally Hoosier Dome) was Indianapolis' air-supported fabric-roof NFL stadium, Colts home 1984-2007, Final Four and Pan Am Games venue, imploded December 20, 2008 for a convention center expansion.
Restricted free agent
Restricted free agent (RFA): NFL player with three accrued seasons and an expired contract whose team can retain him via qualifying tenders with right of first refusal and draft-pick compensation.
Robert Irsay
Robert (Bob) Irsay (1923-1997), Chicago HVAC businessman, traded the Los Angeles Rams to Carroll Rosenbloom in July 1972 for the Baltimore Colts and moved the team to Indianapolis overnight on March 28, 1984.
Robert Kraft
Robert Kenneth Kraft, known as Bob Kraft, is an American businessman who bought the New England Patriots in 1994 and built them into six-time Super Bowl champions; he chairs the Kraft Group.
Rooney Rule
Rooney Rule: NFL diversity hiring policy adopted in 2003, named for Steelers owner Dan Rooney, requiring teams to interview minority candidates for head coach, GM, and coordinator openings; expanded repeatedly, debated in effectiveness studies, and challenged by Florida's attorney general in 2026.
Sam Boyd Stadium
Sam Boyd Stadium was a Las Vegas football stadium, home of UNLV Rebels football 1971-2019 and the Las Vegas Bowl, renamed from Las Vegas Stadium; closed after the 2020 move to Allegiant Stadium and transferred to Clark County in 2025.
San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers, the 1961-2016 name of the Los Angeles Chargers AFL/NFL franchise; 1963 AFL champions, one Super Bowl appearance (XXIX), Qualcomm Stadium home, relocated to Los Angeles in 2017.
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are an NFL team in Santa Clara, California, founded in 1946 by Tony Morabito as an AAFC charter member, with five Super Bowl wins.
Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks: NFL expansion franchise (1976, with Tampa Bay) in the NFC West, based at Lumen Field since 2002. Two-time Super Bowl champions (XLVIII 2013; LX 2025, 29-13 over New England); sold by the Allen estate to the Khosla family for $9.612 billion in 2026.
St. Louis Rams
St. Louis Rams: NFL franchise based in St. Louis 1995-2015 after Georgia Frontiere moved it from Los Angeles; won Super Bowl XXXIV (1999, Greatest Show on Turf); Stan Kroenke returned it to LA in 2016, triggering a $790M settlement.
State Farm Stadium
State Farm Stadium, formerly University of Phoenix Stadium, is the Arizona Cardinals' NFL stadium in Glendale, Arizona, opened 2006, with a retractable roof and roll-out natural grass field; host of Super Bowls XLII, XLIX, LVII and NCAA Final Fours.
Steagles
Steagles: 1943 NFL team formed by the wartime merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers (officially the Phil-Pitt Combine); co-coached by Neale and Kiesling, finished 5-4-1.
Steel Curtain
Steel Curtain: nickname of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers' defensive line (Joe Greene, Ernie Holmes, L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White) and later the whole defense; a play on Iron Curtain, backing four Super Bowl wins.
Super Bowl
Super Bowl: annual NFL championship game, first played 1967 as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game; name coined by Lamar Hunt from the Super Ball toy. Super Bowl LX (2026) averaged 125.6 million viewers, second most-watched U.S. show ever.
Super Bowl 50
Super Bowl 50: NFL championship game, February 7, 2016, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara; Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers 24-10; Von Miller MVP with 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles; Peyton Manning's second title.
Super Bowl commercials
Ads aired during the NFL championship game; the most expensive US television advertising, over $8 million per 30 seconds by 2025, record audiences near 128 million, viewer-judged rankings since 1989.
Super Bowl curse
Super Bowl curse: NFL folklore bundling the losing-team hangover, the host-city absence claim, and MVP injury jinxes. Losers drop from .778 to .633 but regress to the mean; no home team has played an NFL-stadium Super Bowl in 37 tries.
Super Bowl I
Super Bowl I, officially the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, was played January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers beat Lamar Hunt's Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first interleague pro football title game.