[Ernie Nevers – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Nevers#Jacksonville_football_team)
So apparently, there was an NFL team based in Jacksonville back in 1925 called the Jacksonville All Stars, and they played two exhibition games against the Chicago Cardinals (Arizona Cardinals) and the New York Giants, but the franchise folded quickly because of poor attendance numbers, as well as the fact that the owner couldn’t afford to keep Nevers because of his exorbitant salary at the time. This would also make Ernie Nevers the first Hall of Famer to play for a Jacksonville based NFL franchise, beating out Boselli by 60 years. He also holds the record for the most points scored by 1 player in a single game (40) which still stands to this day.
It’s crazy to think that had the franchise survived, Jacksonville would have already had an NFL team in place for the past 100 years, and how different NFL history would have been because of that.
I know, it blew my mind too reading it for the first time.
EDIT: For some reason the Wikipedia article says that it was Jacksonville, North Carolina but that’s wrong, because it cites a Florida Times Union article from 2000 and all the sources online say that he played for a short-lived team in Jacksonville, Florida back in the 1920’s.
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That says Jacksonville NC, not FL
Jacksonville, North Carolina lol
Jacksonville, NC
Its Florida…Jacksonville nc is a small town
I hate when people don’t take us seriously cause we are an expansion team.
Fixed the Wikipedia article for y’all.
This is why we don’t cite wikipedia
https://www.newspapers.com/article/visalia-times-delta-nevers-jville-team/66885789/
They went 0-2 all time. It fits.
The old NFL was established in 1920. In that era there were around 18 teams at various times, most of them playing in small-ish markets until the 1930s. Jacksonville wasn’t one of them.
That’s not an NFL team. They played against NFL teams in exhibition games which was pretty common practice in the era but were not part of the league