Friday, May 03, 2019

NFL Empires: 1936

This is a continuation of my "empire" maps (where victors take the territory of the losers) of the NFL. Different than most such imperialism sports maps, 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).

1936 was the first year in the NFL's history that no teams were added and no teams folded before the season. It was also the first year that the teams all played a balanced schedule, so losing teams could no longer hold onto territory on my map by never playing at home.

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 1936 season:

Green Bay (green) were the champions, beating Boston (gold) in the championship game. The Eastern Division ended the season with ridiculously little land. The Chicago Bears (light blue) came in second in the West.

Here is the map before the season started, exactly the same as 1935 ended:

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