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📺 Series

A Football Life

📅 2011 ⭐ 6.8 🕐 45 min US US

A Football Life is a documentary series developed by NFL Films and aired on NFL Network that documents the lives of select National Football League players, coaches, owners, and teams. Friends, teammates, family members and other players and coaches associated with the subjects are interviewed. The name of the series originated in a quote from Steve Sabol of NFL Films: Originating as an NFL Network special on the career of Bill Parcells in November 2010, it premiered as an episodic series on September 15, 2011, with the first part of Bill Belichick's documentary. The documentary was viewed by about 657,000 viewers, the most-watched documentary in NFL Network's history, and was the second-most watched program in Boston at the time with 151,000 viewers, trailing behind a Boston Red Sox game. Season One was eventually released on DVD. Season Two began on September 12, 2012, with The Faces of Tebow. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology" and "Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Episodic" for Belichick's episode in 2012.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 9 episodes
E1
Bill Belichick - Part 1 2011-09-15
E2
Bill Belichick - Part 2 2011-09-22
E3
Reggie White & Jerome Brown 2011-09-29
E4
Kurt Warner 2011-10-06
E5
Walter Payton 2011-10-13
E6
Ed Sabol 2011-10-20
E7
Mike Ditka 2011-10-27
E8
Tom Landry 2011-11-03
E9
Al Davis 2011-11-11
Season 2 13 episodes
E1
The Faces of Tebow 2012-09-12
E2
Ray Lewis 2012-09-19
E3
Tom Coughlin 2012-09-26
E4
Cleveland '95 2012-10-03
E5
Fearsome Foursome 2012-10-10
E6
Steve McNair: A Football Life 2012-10-17
E7
Eddie DeBartolo, Jr. 2012-10-24
E8
Chris Spielman 2012-10-31
E9
Jimmy Johnson 2012-11-07
E10
John Riggins 2012-11-21
E11
Barry Sanders 2012-12-05
E12
Marcus Allen 2012-12-12
E13
The Immaculate Reception 2012-12-19
Season 3 22 episodes
E1
LaDainian Tomlinson 2013-09-03
E2
Don Shula 2013-09-10
E3
Darrelle Revis 2013-09-17
E4
Derrick Thomas 2013-09-24
E5
Steve Sabol 2013-10-01
E6
Matt Millen 2013-10-08
E7
Michael Strahan 2013-10-15
E8
Pat Summerall 2013-10-22
E9
Warren Sapp 2013-10-29
E10
Randall Cunningham 2013-11-05
E11
Cris Carter 2013-11-12
E12
The Forward Pass 2013-11-19
E13
Steve Gleason 2013-11-26
E14
The Great Wall of Dallas 2013-12-03
E15
Houston '93 2013-12-10
E16
Marty Schottenheimer 2013-12-17
E17
Vince Lombardi (1) 2013-12-24
E18
Vince Lombardi (2) 2013-12-31
E19
Tiki & Ronde Barber 2014-01-07
E20
Bill Parcells 2014-01-14
E21
Jerry Smith 2014-01-21
E22
Jerry Rice 2014-01-28
Season 4 18 episodes
E1
"Mean Joe" Greene 2014-09-12
E2
Brandon Marshall 2014-09-19
E3
Sean Taylor 2014-09-26
E4
Warren Moon 2014-10-03
E5
Eric Dickerson 2014-10-10
E6
Doug Flutie 2014-10-17
E7
Terrell Davis 2014-10-24
E8
Ricky Williams 2014-10-31
E9
Earl Campbell 2014-11-07
E10
The Perfect Backfield 2014-11-14
E11
Lyle Alzado 2014-11-21
E12
Dick Butkus & Gale Sayers 2014-11-28
E13
Roger Staubach 2014-12-05
E14
Keenan McCardell & Jimmy Smith 2014-12-19
E15
2006 Rose Bowl 2015-01-02
E16
Bill Walsh 2014-01-23
E17
Joe Namath, part 1 2015-01-30
E18
Joe Namath, part 2 2015-01-30
Season 5 12 episodes
E1
Christian Okoye 2015-09-18
E2
Dexter Manley 2015-09-25
E3
Jerome Bettis 2015-10-02
E4
Terrell Owens 2015-10-09
E5
Alan Page 2015-10-16
E6
Steve Largent 2015-10-23
E7
Dick Vermeil 2015-10-30
E8
Paul Brown 2015-11-06
E9
Mike Singletary 2015-11-13
E10
Charles Haley 2015-11-20
E11
Bruce Arians 2015-12-11
E12
Marshall Faulk 2015-12-18
Season 6 13 episodes
E1
Curtis Martin 2016-09-16
E2
Rodney Harrison 2016-09-23
E3
Chad Johnson 2016-09-30
E4
Steve Young 2016-10-07
E5
Brett Favre 2016-09-03
E6
Pat Tillman 2016-10-28
E7
Michael Vick 2016-11-03
E8
Jim Brown 2016-11-10
E9
Steve Smith Sr. 2016-11-18
E10
Chuck Noll 2016-11-24
E11
Troy Aikman 2016-12-02
E12
Charles Woodson 2016-12-09
E13
Kevin Greene 2016-12-16
Season 7 13 episodes
E1
Dan Marino 2017-09-15
E2
Emmitt Smith 2017-09-22
E3
John Madden 2017-09-29
E4
Wes Welker 2017-10-06
E5
Sam Mills 2017-10-13
E6
Jim Kelly 2017-10-20
E7
Larry Fitzgerald 2017-10-27
E8
Eddie George 2017-11-03
E9
Joe Gibbs 2017-11-10
E10
Jerry Jones 2017-11-17
E11
Aeneas Williams 2017-11-24
E12
John Randle 2017-12-01
E13
Lynn Swann & John Stallworth 2017-12-08
Season 8 11 episodes
E1
Carson Palmer 2018-09-14
E2
Lawrence Taylor 2018-09-21
E3
Tony Romo 2018-09-28
E4
Willie McGinest 2018-10-05
E5
Brian Dawkins 2018-10-12
E6
Dwight Clark 2018-10-19
E7
Bill Cowher 2018-10-26
E8
Mike Holmgren 2018-11-02
E9
Cris Collinsworth 2018-11-09
E10
Doug Williams 2018-11-16
E11
Thurman Thomas 2018-11-23
Season 9 2 episodes
E1
Terry Bradshaw 2019-09-13
E2
Tony Gonzalez 2019-09-20
Season 10 5 episodes
E1
Nick Saban 2021-09-17
E2
James Harrison 2021-09-24
E3
Calvin Johnson 2021-10-01
E4
Drew Pearson 2021-12-03
E5
John Lynch 2021-12-24
Season 11 6 episodes
E1
Joe Theismann 2022-09-16
E2
Rod Woodson 2022-09-23
E3
Edgerrin James 2022-11-18
E4
Julian Edelman 2022-11-25
E5
Franco Harris 2022-12-23
E6
The 1972 Miami Dolphins 2023-01-13
Season 12 1 episode
E1
DeMarcus Ware 2023-11-17
Production
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