American football’s 17-week season is one of the shortest of all professional team sports.

The most career points scored by an NFL player are the 2,673 points made by Adam Vinatieri between 1996 and 2020. Vinatieri also scored more than 100 points in a record 21 seasons.

The biggest attendance at a game of American football in history was in 2016, when more than 130,000 people watched a game between the University of Tennessee Volunteers and Virginia Tech Hokies.

In 1929, Chicago Cardinals player Ernie Nevers scored 40 points in a single game against the Chicago Bears. His score remains the most points scored for a single player in American football history.

Helmets did not become mandatory in NFL until 1979.

Companies typically pay around $7 million to broadcast a television commercial during the Super Bowl.

The first televised NFL game was on October 22, 1939.

The longest field goal ever scored was 66 yards, made by the Baltimore Ravens’ Justin Tucker in 2021.