NFL Empires: 1947

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).

There were no changes from the 1946 season.

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

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1947 season:

The Chicago Cardinals (magenta) took their strong land holdings from the previous year and added to it with a good season on the gridiron. They won the championship game over Philadelphia (dark green). Meanwhile, Boston (cyan) had their best season in franchise history, a 4-7-1 record, including two road wins. Los Angeles (red), also prominent on the map, came in fourth place in the West.

Here is the map before the season started:

The map sure is a lot brighter these days.