Youth Football & Events Releases
 

Date Release
8/16/06 USA Football To Donate 5,000 NFL "Tagliabue" Game Balls To High Schools As Part Of "Play Football Month"
7/31/06 NFL-Flag.com Website Provides Updates From 2006 NFL Flag Football World Championship in Cologne, Germany
2/3/06 NFL and Detroit Community to build NFL Youth Education Town as Super Bowl XL Legacy

12/13/05

NFL Commits Minimum $ 1 Million to Youth & High School Programs Affected By Hurricane Katrina & Rita
8/16/05 USA Football, NFL & NFL Players Association Celebrate Youth Football With "Play Football Month" August 25-September 30
2/3/05 NFL Salutes Youth Football In Coin Toss Ceremony With Four Jacksonville Players, Ages 7-10, And Two Youth Coaches
1/5/05 32 Finalists Chosen Out Of 3.5 Million Youngsters For NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass And Kick National Finals In Pittsburgh
12/29/04 NFL Grassroots Program Commits $2.5 Million To Build 16 Community Football Fields In 2005
12/22/04 William McGregor II Of Maryland's De Matha Catholic High School Named 2004 NFL High School Football Coach Of The Year
11/18/04 Youngsters From Across The Country Compete In NFL Flag National Championships At Disney's Wide World Of Sports Complex In Orlando November 19 & 20
11/12/04 Bledsoe, Donahoe and Mularkey On Hand For Opening Of Buffalo Bills Youth Football Field
8/17/04 USA Football & NFL Salute Youth Football With Inaugural "Play Football Week" August 28-September 4
8/4/04 NFL Selects Five International Youth/High School Football Coaches To Attend Fourth Annual Youth School Football Summit During Hall Of Fame Weekend
3/1/04 One Week Remains For High School Coaches To Be Nominated Or Apply For The 2004 NFL Youth Football Summit
1/13/04 High School Coaches May Now Be Nominated Or Apply For The 2004 NFL Youth Football Summit; A Three-Day Seminar At Pro Football Hall of Fame Weekend
1/13/04 Eight Youngsters Earn Honors At NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass & Kick National Finals
1/7/04 NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass & Kick National Finalists Set To Compete This Weekend
12/3/03 NFL Flag Football Championship Games To Air On ESPN & ESPN2
11/18/03 Youngsters From Around The Country Compete In NFL Flag National Championships Saturday At Walt Disney's Wide World Of Sports Complex
7/21/03 NFL Selects 50 High School Football Coaches To Attend Third Annual Youth Football Summit During Hall Of Fame Weekend
3/25/03 Jack Kemp To Chair USA Football

1/13/03

Eight Youth Earn National Honors At NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass & Kick National Finals

12/5/02

USA Football Formed To Represent Sport On Amateur Level; Dave Ogrean Named First Executive Director
3/25/02 High School Football Coaches May Now Apply For High School & Youth Football Summit at NFLHS.com
1/10/02 Field Of 3.5 Million Youngsters Narrowed To 32 For NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass And Kick National Finals
8/29/01 Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Siragusa and Jason Sehorn Among Celebrities Who Teamed Together For Charity In Third Annual NFL Celebrity Golf Shootout
11/13/00 First NFL Flag National Championships To Be Held At Disney’s Wide World Of Sports Complex, Saturday, November 18, 10:00 Am-3:00 Pm; 108 Boys And Girls, Ages 10-14, To Compete In NFL’s 5-On-5 Tourney For National Youth Flag Football Titles
10/31/00 Houston Texans Kick Off 32 NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass And Kick Team Championships, Saturday, November 4
10/26/00 San Diego Hosts NFL Flag Regional Championship On Saturday
10/26/00 Farmingdale, New York Hosts NFL Flag Regional Championship This Saturday; ESPN The Truck on Site
8/22/00 The NFL & CBS Tap MTV to Produce Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Music Extravaganza
8/22/00 "NFL Under the Helmet" Kicks Off Second Season
8/22/00 Boys & Girls, Ages 10-14, Can Sign Up For First NFL Flag National Championships
8/11/00 Pro Football Hall of Famer Lott to Serve as NFL Ambassador to First NFL Flag Football World Championship
7/26/00 Toronto to Host Inaugural NFL Flag Football World Championship, Presented By Adidas
5/30/00 NFLX Begins Tour
5/5/00 New NFL Program Provides Free Academic Counseling
1/26/00 NFL Under the Helmet Super Bowl Show Focuses on the Rams & Titans
1/18/00 Eight Youths Win National Punt, Pass, Kick Honors
1/11/00 NFL Under the Helmet Reporter Brandi Chastain Takes Fans to the Field for Miami’s Playoff Win; Titans Kearse, Rams Carter Featured
1/4/00 NFL Launches PlayFootball.com Giving Kids Their Own Online Sports Destination
1/4/00 NFL Under the Helmet Features Tribute to Marshall Faulk, Cris Carter Receiving Tips & a Fishing Trip with Mike Alstott & Friends
12/27/99 NFL Under the Helmet Features Video Tributes to Emmitt Smith, Bruce Smith & A Trip "Back In the Day" with Tim Couch
12/14/99 NFL Under the Helmet Features Kurt Warner’s Greatest Plays, "Back In the Day" With Baltimore’s Ray Lewis, and Atlanta’s Jamal Anderson Turned Entertainment Reporter
11/29/99 NFL Under the Helmet Captures Cris Carter’s Record Catch & Hosts Noted Rap Artist Warren G.
10/27/99 Kurt Warner, Tim Dwight, Aaron Taylor & Tony Gonzalez On This Week's NFL Under the Helmet

10/20/99

NFL Under the Helmet Features Women’s World Cup Sensation Brandi Chastain & a Live Musical Performance from Hot New Band Lit
10/7/99 DLs D’Marco Farr, Michael Strahan featured on NFL Under the Helmet
9/30/99 Brandi Chastain Reporter for NFL Under the Helmet
9/23/99 NFL Under the Helmet Features Favre, Harbaugh and Thomas
9/22/99 Football Greats Gather to Celebrate 100 Years of the Best Photography In the NFL
9/15/99 Vice President Al Gore Salutes NFL Youth Football Programs on Play Football Day
9/15/99 NFL Under The Helmet Features Vice President Al Gore, Eddie George & Live Performance By Techno-Metal Band Static-X
9/10/99 Play Football with Vice President Al Gore and NFL Stars
8/30/99 First-Ever NFL/Comic Relief Celebrity Golf Shootout
8/2/99 NFL Readies "Play Football Month" For September
5/03/99 NFL Players Spend Mother's Day on the Road at Komen Race For The CureŽ Events
4/19/99 NFL & Redskins Hit Capitol Hill to Help Komen National Race for the CureŽ
4/6/99 Junior Player Development Targets Youth Football
3/12/99 NFL Opens Junior Player Development and Youth Coaches Training Programs
1/11/99 Eight Youths Win National Honors at NFL Gatorade PPK National Finals
1/05/99 32 Boys & Girls Compete in NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass and Kick National Finals
10/15/98 NFL Commits More than 1 Million Dollars to Rebuilding Football Fields
10/02/98 October is Flag Football Month in E. Canada
9/10/98 NFL Yet Centers Are Back To School
9/01/98 More Than 2 Million Kids Learn How to Punt, Pass and Kick in School
7/29/98 Former New England Patriots Lead Final Ford-Sponsored Football Clinics For Inner-City Boys
7/29/98 Ford Sponsors Football Clinics For Inner-City Boys
7/17/98 NFL Players Compete Against Children In NFL Starter Play Football Craze Contest
7/17/98 NFL And Kmart Provide Families With Authentic NFL Gameday Experience
7/13/98 One Lucky Child To Win Ultimate Flag Football Game With NFL Rookies
12/29/97 Four Winners will be Named at Punt, Pass & Kick National Finals
11/19/97 Top 100 Youth Flag Football Players in New York City Championships
11/19/97 Bull Market for Jets and Giants
11/12/97 150 Chicago Children To Compete In Chicago Bears NFL C.I.T.Y. Flag Football Championship
11/7/97 Kordell Stewart Participates with 40 Local Pittsburgh Children in NFL's Punt, Pass & Kick
11/4/97 Emmitt Smith and Curtis Martin Go Head-To-Head with Kids
10/21/97 Kmart and New York Jets Host 900 Children at Jets/NFL "Family Days" at Hofstra University
10/14/97 Women Football Fans Go Back To School For NFL Football 101 Classes
10/8/97 Oakland Raiders and KMart to Host 900 Children at Raiders NFL "Family Day" at Team Practice Facility
10/8/97 Pro Bowl Fan Balloting Attracts New Partners; America Online Continues as Exclusive Online Partner
10/2/97 CAROLINA PANTHERS AND KMART TO HOST 900 CHILDREN AT PANTHERS NFL "FAMILY DAY" AT ERICSSON STADIUM
9/25/97 FANS CAN "FEEL THE POWER" WITH NFL TRADING CARDS Fans Have Chance to Win One of 140,000 Prizes
9/23/97 MORE THAN 3,000 FANS ENJOY AUTHENTIC NFL GAMEDAY EXPERIENCE
  DURING 1997 KMART NFL FAMILY DAYS PROGRAM
9/18/97 WASHINGTON REDSKINS AND KMART TO HOST 900 CHILDREN AT REDSKINS NFL "FAMILY DAY" AT REDSKINS PARK
9/18/97 DALLAS COWBOYS AND KMART TO HOST 900 CHILDREN AT COWBOYS NFL "FAMILY DAY" AT TEXAS STADIUM
9/9/97 NFL SCHOLASTIC SPORTS PROGRAMS OFFER NEW WAYSTO MAKE PHYSICAL EDUCATION FUN
9/8/97 Jacksonville Jaguars and Kmart Host 900 Children on Family Day at AllTel Stadium
8/26/97 Over 600,000 Boys and Girls In Free 1997 NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass & Kick Competition
8/25/97 NFL Experience Kicks Off at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex Near Near Orlando
8/21/97 NFL Youth Football LeaguesApproximately 25,000 Boys and Girls Ready to Play Football
8/21/97 NFL C.I.T.Y. Football Provides Inner-City Children With Free Competitive and Instructional Youth Football Programs
8/20/97 NFL AIR-IT-OUT National Finals on TV on August 24
8/19/97 NFL New Artist Tour Starts with Singing Sensation Samantha Cole
8/7/97 New York Jets Provide Free Tickets To 300 New York Children
7/12/97 NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass & Kick Dreams Begin at Sears; Thousands of Kids Sign Up to Compete
7/1/97 Brett Favre and Drew Bledsoe in 8th Annual FOOTACTION NFL QB Challenge
Airs July 26-27 on NBC Sports
4/12/97 Top HS Senior QB Captures National Championship in FINALS of First-Ever FOOTACTION NFL HS QB Challenge
4/2/97 Top HS Senior QBs Compete for National Championship of FOOTACTION NFL HS QB Challenge
3/19/97 Top NFL QBs in FOOTACTION USA NFL QB Challenge
  Happy Flag Day!-- NFL Flag Pledges New Allegiance With The P.A.L.
  NFL and Detroit Police Athletic League Seek Adult Volunteers to Coach Youth Flag Football This Fall
  Chicago Bears Launch Flag Football Leagues for Children in September
  New Orleans Saints Provide Free Flag Football for Local Children in June and July
  Darnell Autry to Instruct Local City Children on July 7
  Philadelphia Eagles on July 19
  Chicago Bears on July 12
  Pittsburgh Steelers on June 28
  San Diego Chargers on June 28
  Green Bay Packers on June 21
  Minnesota Vikings on June 21
  New England Patriots on June 21
  New York Jets on June 14
  San Francisco 49ers on June 14
  Washington Redskins on June 14
  Baltimore Ravens on June 7
  Miami Dolphins on June 7