NFL Empires: 1922

Continuing my "empire" maps (where victors take the territory of the losers) of the NFL. Different than most, instead of gaining all the loser's land from a victory home or away, the victor only gets territory for an away victory, and just two-thirds of it (or one-third for an away tie).

This is the third season of the NFL (the first when they actually called it the NFL), starting where the previous season ended and removing folded teams (distributing their land to their neighbors based on distance to their "capitals") and adding new teams with new territory (taking a 100-mile radius, except only halfway to a "capital" city of the land the new team is taking).

My data was from Pro Football Reference and most of the logos from Sports Ecyclopedia and SportsLogos.net.

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1922 season:

Canton (red) did well this season and actually won the official championship. The Bears (light blue) came in second, but you can barely tell. They didn't play on the road much at all. The bright green on the west coast (and in the Midwest) was the Oorang Indians, a travelling team composed of Native Americans. They won their one and only home game, so they show much better than a 3-6 record would indicate.

Here is the map at the beginning of 1922: