Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Sep. 15, 2011
1 - 1Bill Belichick - Part 1 Sep. 15, 2011- 1 - 2Bill Belichick - Part 2 Sep. 22, 2011
- 1 - 3Reggie White & Jerome Brown Sep. 29, 2011
- 1 - 4Kurt Warner Oct. 06, 2011
- 1 - 5Walter Payton Oct. 13, 2011
- 1 - 6Ed Sabol Oct. 20, 2011
- 1 - 7Mike Ditka Oct. 27, 2011
- 1 - 8Tom Landry Nov. 03, 2011
- 1 - 9Al Davis Nov. 11, 2011
2Season 2 Sep. 12, 2012
- 2 - 1The Faces of Tebow Sep. 12, 2012
- 2 - 2Ray Lewis Sep. 19, 2012
- 2 - 3Tom Coughlin Sep. 26, 2012
- 2 - 4Cleveland '95 Oct. 03, 2012
- 2 - 5Fearsome Foursome Oct. 10, 2012
- 2 - 6Steve McNair: A Football Life Oct. 17, 2012
- 2 - 7Eddie DeBartolo, Jr. Oct. 24, 2012
- 2 - 8Chris Spielman Oct. 31, 2012
- 2 - 9Jimmy Johnson Nov. 07, 2012
- 2 - 10John Riggins Nov. 21, 2012
- 2 - 11Barry Sanders Dec. 05, 2012
- 2 - 12Marcus Allen Dec. 12, 2012
- 2 - 13The Immaculate Reception Dec. 19, 2012
3Season 3 Sep. 03, 2013
- 3 - 1LaDainian Tomlinson Sep. 03, 2013
- 3 - 2Don Shula Sep. 10, 2013
- 3 - 3Darrelle Revis Sep. 17, 2013
- 3 - 4Derrick Thomas Sep. 24, 2013
- 3 - 5Steve Sabol Oct. 01, 2013
- 3 - 6Matt Millen Oct. 08, 2013
- 3 - 7Michael Strahan Oct. 15, 2013
- 3 - 8Pat Summerall Oct. 22, 2013
- 3 - 9Warren Sapp Oct. 29, 2013
3 - 10Randall Cunningham Nov. 05, 2013
3 - 11Cris Carter Nov. 12, 2013
3 - 12The Forward Pass Nov. 19, 2013
3 - 13Steve Gleason Nov. 26, 2013
3 - 14The Great Wall of Dallas Dec. 03, 2013
3 - 15Houston '93 Dec. 10, 2013- 3 - 16Marty Schottenheimer Dec. 17, 2013
- 3 - 17Vince Lombardi (1) Dec. 24, 2013
- 3 - 18Vince Lombardi (2) Dec. 31, 2013
- 3 - 19Tiki & Ronde Barber Jan. 07, 2014
3 - 20Bill Parcells Jan. 14, 2014- 3 - 21Jerry Smith Jan. 21, 2014
- 3 - 22Jerry Rice Jan. 28, 2014
4Season 4 Sep. 12, 2014
- 4 - 1"Mean Joe" Greene Sep. 12, 2014
- 4 - 2Brandon Marshall Sep. 19, 2014
- 4 - 3Sean Taylor Sep. 26, 2014
- 4 - 4Warren Moon Oct. 03, 2014
- 4 - 5Eric Dickerson Oct. 10, 2014
- 4 - 6Doug Flutie Oct. 17, 2014
- 4 - 7Terrell Davis Oct. 24, 2014
- 4 - 8Ricky Williams Oct. 31, 2014
- 4 - 9Earl Campbell Nov. 07, 2014
- 4 - 10The Perfect Backfield Nov. 14, 2014
- 4 - 11Lyle Alzado Nov. 21, 2014
- 4 - 12Dick Butkus & Gale Sayers Nov. 28, 2014
- 4 - 13Roger Staubach Dec. 05, 2014
- 4 - 14Keenan McCardell & Jimmy Smith Dec. 19, 2014
- 4 - 152006 Rose Bowl Jan. 02, 2015
- 4 - 16Bill Walsh Jan. 23, 2014
- 4 - 17Joe Namath, part 1 Jan. 30, 2015
- 4 - 18Joe Namath, part 2 Jan. 30, 2015
5Season 5 Sep. 18, 2015
- 5 - 1Christian Okoye Sep. 18, 2015
- 5 - 2Dexter Manley Sep. 25, 2015
- 5 - 3Jerome Bettis Oct. 02, 2015
- 5 - 4Terrell Owens Oct. 09, 2015
- 5 - 5Alan Page Oct. 16, 2015
- 5 - 6Steve Largent Oct. 23, 2015
- 5 - 7Dick Vermeil Oct. 30, 2015
- 5 - 8Paul Brown Nov. 06, 2015
5 - 9Mike Singletary Nov. 13, 2015- 5 - 10Charles Haley Nov. 20, 2015
5 - 11Bruce Arians Dec. 11, 2015
5 - 12Marshall Faulk Dec. 18, 2015- 5 - 13Ken Stabler Dec. 25, 2015
Synopsis
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.
Original title A Football Life
TMDb Rating 8.7
First air date Sep. 15, 2011
Last air date Nov. 17, 2023
Average Duration 45 minutes
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