How Many Football Player Are A Team - Fun Facts About Football
How Many Football Players Are On a Team?
In a football game, there are eleven players from each team on the field at a time. Teams also have a limited number of players on their roster, depending on the league's rules in which they compete.
At the college level, teams can have 105 players on their roster. Only 53 active players are on the roster in the NFL, with only 47 actually eligible to play on game day.
The reason for the difference in rostered players between the two leagues is that the NFL uses practice teams. Practice squads consist of players under contract with the team who only participate in practices, but they can potentially be called up to the roster.
There are also some 7-on-7 leagues where the teams consist of a Center, a Quarterback, and five other eligible receivers. Also, in flag football—a low contact version of the sport—teams can consist of 5 to 9 players, depending on the league.
How many Professional and College Football Teams Are There?
Currently, in the National Football League, there are 32 teams broken into the following 8 divisions:
AFC East
Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets
AFC North
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC South
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
AFC West
Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
Las Vegas Raiders
Los Angeles Chargers
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Football Team
NFC North
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
NFC South
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFC West
Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks
In college football in the United States, there are currently 130 division one NCAA teams broken into 10 conferences, with a few independent teams and nearly 900 other college teams spanning across five different divisions. The 10 division one conferences are:
Division 1 Conferences:
ACC
American Athletic
Big 12
Big Ten
C-USA
MAC
MWC
PAC -12
SEC
Sun Belt