The
Atlanta Falcons are a professional
American football team based in
Atlanta,
Georgia. They are a member of the
South Division of the
National Football Conference in the
National Football League. The Falcons play their home games at the
Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta and their state of the art headquarters and practice facilities or located at a 50-acre site in Flowery Branch, Ga.
The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965
as an
expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner
Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival
American Football League. The AFL instead granted a franchise to
Miami, Florida. In their 45 years of existence, the Falcons have compiled a record of 298–402–6 with division championships in 1980, 1998, 2004, and 2010. Their only Super Bowl appearance was
Super Bowl XXXIII.
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