Talk:1970 NFL season

"Division alignment in 1970 was largely intended to preserve the pre-merger setups, keeping traditional rivals in the same division. Plans were also made to add two expansion teams, but this would not take place until 1976, seven years after the merger." This makes no sense given the fact that the NFC alignment was randomly selected from a vase. there was 5 plans in the vase for the nfc the one selected was the ONLY one had Minnesota in the central and Dallas in the East, so it is hard to say the plans were designed to keep pre 1970 setups — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.116.191.43 (talk) 00:49, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Division races
I'm curious what the asterisks indicate. I did a search for them in hopes of finding some indication, but only found the 21 instances... nothing explaining what they mean. DiamondKnight19 (talk) 11:17, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * They apparently indicate that there was a tie in the standings, and that the team indicated was ahead on tie-breakers. Why it's done for some ties but not all, I don't know. Bmf 051 (talk) 02:39, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 7 February 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: not moved per WP:SNOW and WikiProject National Football League. (closed by non-admin page mover)  Jalen Folf   (talk)  06:12, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

– The seasons started in the fall and they go into next year. For example, in the current 2020 NFL season, the Super Bowl is not until 2021. Interstellarity (talk) 22:43, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 1970 NFL season → 1970–71 NFL season
 * 1971 NFL season → 1971–72 NFL season
 * 1972 NFL season → 1972–73 NFL season
 * 1973 NFL season → 1973–74 NFL season
 * 1974 NFL season → 1974–75 NFL season
 * 1975 NFL season → 1975–76 NFL season
 * 1976 NFL season → 1976–77 NFL season
 * 1977 NFL season → 1977–78 NFL season
 * 1978 NFL season → 1978–79 NFL season
 * 1979 NFL season → 1979–80 NFL season
 * 1980 NFL season → 1980–81 NFL season
 * 1981 NFL season → 1981–82 NFL season
 * 1982 NFL season → 1982–83 NFL season
 * 1983 NFL season → 1983–84 NFL season
 * 1984 NFL season → 1984–85 NFL season
 * 1985 NFL season → 1985–86 NFL season
 * 1986 NFL season → 1986–87 NFL season
 * 1987 NFL season → 1987–88 NFL season
 * 1988 NFL season → 1988–89 NFL season
 * 1989 NFL season → 1989–90 NFL season
 * 1990 NFL season → 1990–91 NFL season
 * 1991 NFL season → 1991–92 NFL season
 * 1992 NFL season → 1992–93 NFL season
 * 1993 NFL season → 1993–94 NFL season
 * 1994 NFL season → 1994–95 NFL season
 * 1995 NFL season → 1995–96 NFL season
 * 1996 NFL season → 1996–97 NFL season
 * 1997 NFL season → 1997–98 NFL season
 * 1998 NFL season → 1998–99 NFL season
 * 1999 NFL season → 1999–2000 NFL season
 * 2000 NFL season → 2000–01 NFL season
 * 2001 NFL season → 2001–02 NFL season
 * 2002 NFL season → 2002–03 NFL season
 * 2003 NFL season → 2003–04 NFL season
 * 2004 NFL season → 2004–05 NFL season
 * 2005 NFL season → 2005–06 NFL season
 * 2006 NFL season → 2006–07 NFL season
 * 2007 NFL season → 2007–08 NFL season
 * 2008 NFL season → 2008–09 NFL season
 * 2009 NFL season → 2009–10 NFL season
 * 2010 NFL season → 2010–11 NFL season
 * 2011 NFL season → 2011–12 NFL season
 * 2012 NFL season → 2012–13 NFL season
 * 2013 NFL season → 2013–14 NFL season
 * 2014 NFL season → 2014–15 NFL season
 * 2015 NFL season → 2015–16 NFL season
 * 2016 NFL season → 2016–17 NFL season
 * 2017 NFL season → 2017–18 NFL season
 * 2018 NFL season → 2018–19 NFL season
 * 2019 NFL season → 2019–20 NFL season
 * 2020 NFL season → 2020–21 NFL season
 * 2021 NFL season → 2021–22 NFL season
 * Oppose. This has already been decided here. Jdavi333 (talk) 23:53, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

How about something like 2020 NFL regular season? This will clarify that the articles are about the regular season and not the whole season including the Super Bowl. Interstellarity (talk) 23:58, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Notwithstanding the current consensus at WikiProject National Football League, all reliable sources covering the NFL historically have primarily used the single date format for the season. The alternative proposal to add "regular season" to the title is problematic because many of the articles provide summary style content for the playoffs (2013 NFL season is one of the lengthy examples). Since there are no good alternatives, best to maintain the status quo. Zzyzx11 (talk) 00:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The standard way of referring to NFL seasons is the current formatting. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:36, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. This has already been decided on Wikiproject:NFL.  Not to mention, it is much more common to refer to the season with a single year. For example a Google search of "2020 NFL season" has 11.8 million hits, while "2020-21 NFL season" has less than 30,000 hits .  Frank Anchor Talk 02:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The single-year convention has long-standing use and even extends beyond the seasons to individual teams with notable seasons. "72 Dolphins" returns over 600 million Google hits, and "85 Bears" has over 700 million. While "1972-73 Dolphins" has 153 thousand and "1985-86 Bears" has just under 600 thousand. --DB1729 (talk) 02:53, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose-and request WP:SNOW close per above.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 04:54, 8 February 2021 (UTC)