NFL Empires: 1951

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).

Before the season, Baltimore folded. Their tiny scrap of land was given to the neighbor with the closest capital.

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 1951 season:

Land was slow to change hands between the two conferences. Los Angeles (red) won the National Conference and then the championship game (at home), but a late home loss to Detroit (purple) meant their empire shrunk over the season. Cleveland (brown) won the American Conference and managed to expand their massive empire. Most teams lost land this year, but Detroit and San Francisco (burgundy) made significant gains by tying for second place in the National Conference.

Here is the map before the season started:

Light colors, goodbye.