Football (American) & Rugby

Games that involve kicking and throwing an oblong ball so as to cause it to touch the ground at the far end of the playing area.

Resources in this category:

Canadian Football League Home Page
http://www.cfl.ca/

The "official source for news and information about the Canadian Football League." Includes results and standings and statistics plus a host of other information."

Football-Reference.com
http://www.football-reference.com/

NFL data and statistics. Includes: "Player pages containing career statistics for almost every QB, RB, WR, or TE who played anytime after 1984; For more recent players, there is a game-by-game log of their stats, going back to 1995; Standings for each season back to 1970; For each current franchise, a page listing its records since 1970 and individual pages for each season."

Matthew's World of Rugby League
http://www.rleague.com/

This site contains news, opinions, and links to other sites concerning Rugby League worldwide. Browsable by topic.

National Football League
http://www.nfl.com/

This is the official NFL web site, with full news and statistics. Browsable by topic.

Pro Football Hall of Fame
http://www.profootballhof.com/

Find out about the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. You can read about the Hall of Fame itself, find out who has been inducted into it, or learn the history of professional football and of all the current NFL teams.

Rugby Football Union
http://www.rfu.com/

The official web site of England's Rugby Football Union, the governing body for Rugby Union in the country. Contains information on Rugby clubs, history, the laws of the game and international competition. Browsable by topic.

The Helmet Project: An "atlas" of football helmets
http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/index.htm

Features illustration and commentary about helmets worn by all professional (NFL, AFL, CFL, NFL Europe) and college football teams--including many historical helmets--as well as for defunct teams and leagues (such as the USFL and XFL).

United States Football League
http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/

"Welcome to the online home of the United States Football League. The ultimate league from the 1980s, the USFL provided fans across the country with professional football in the spring and summer... On this site you can check out some of the most exciting players in the league, coaches, teams and even team uniforms. To find out more about the league, read the USFL's history, including standings and game results and a recap of their antitrust suit against the NFL. You can also view videos of some of your favorite players in the USFL multimedia archive. The Collectors' Corner features several USFL collections, and we even have a page of items for sale from the USFL and WFL."

Women's Professional Football League
http://www.womensprofootball.com/

This official site for America's football league for women features scores and schedules, game recaps, team information, and more.

The World's Biggest Rugby Club
http://www.planet-rugby.com/

This site provides rugby news, tournament information, articles on rules, referees, coaching, and current stats, as well as live coverage including scores!

Yahoo! Sports: NCAA Football
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/

Offers news, scores, polls, statistics and standings for Division I American College Football. Browsable and searchable.