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Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September . It honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength , prosperity , laws and well - being of the country . It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day Weekend and it is considered the unofficial end of ___MASK72___ . The holiday is also a federal holiday . The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football , there ___MASK84___ a total of 303 members of the Hall of Fame . History . ___MASK44___ after the emergence of the professional National Football League ( NFL ), college football remained extremely popular throughout the ___MASK42___ ___MASK47___ Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart , the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game , with Division I programs  the highest level  playing in huge stadiums , six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100 , 000 . In ___MASK80___ cases , college stadiums employ bench - style seating , as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests . This allows them to seat more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium , which tends to have more features and comforts for fans . ( Only two stadiums owned by ___MASK42___ ___MASK47___ colleges or universities  ___MASK45___ ___MASK24___ ' s Cardinal Stadium at the University of Louisville and FAU Stadium at Florida Atlantic University  consist entirely of chairback seating .) The offensive backfield is the area of ___MASK76___ American football field behind the line of scrimmage . The offensive backfield can also refer to members of offense who begin plays behind the line , typically including any backs on the field , such as the quarterback , halfbacks and fullback . ___MASK6___ is the capital of the Commonwealth of ___MASK95___ in the United States . It is the center of the ___MASK6___ Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) and the Greater ___MASK6___ Region . It was incorporated in 1742 , and has been ___MASK76___ independent city since 1871 . The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North ___MASK73___ , and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL ' s 17 - week regular season runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single - elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , played between the champions of the NFC and AFC . Nashville is the capital of the ___MASK42___ ___MASK47___ state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County . It is located on the Cumberland River in the north central part of the state . The city is a center for the music , healthcare , publishing , banking and transportation industries , and ___MASK53___ to numerous colleges and universities . Reflecting the city ' s position in state government , Nashville is ___MASK53___ to the Tennessee Supreme Court ' s courthouse for Middle Tennessee . It is known as a center of the country music industry , earning it the nickname " Music City ___MASK42___ ___MASK47___ A ." ___MASK45___ ___MASK24___ ' s Cardinal Stadium is a football stadium located in Louisville , Kentucky , United States , on the southern end of the campus of the University of Louisville . Debuting in 1998 , it serves as the ___MASK53___ of the Louisville Cardinals football program . The official seating capacity in the quasi - horseshoe shaped facility was 42 , 000 through the 2008 season . An expansion project that started after the 2008 season was completed in time for the 2010 season has brought the official capacity to 55 , 000 . An additional expansion project aiming to close the open end of the horseshoe to add 10 , 000 additional seats was announced on August 28 , 2015 , with the goal of opening within 2 years . American football , referred to as football in the United States and Canada , and also known as gridiron , is a sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with control of the oval - shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball , while the team without control of the ball , the defense , aims to stop their advance and take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs , or plays , or ___MASK25___ they turn over the football to the opposing team ; if they succeed , they are given a new ___MASK16___ of four downs . Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team ' s end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent ' s goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . A quarterback ( commonly abbreviated to QB ) is a position in American and Canadian football . Quarterbacks ___MASK84___ members of the offensive team and ___MASK48___ up directly behind the offensive ___MASK48___ . In modern American football , the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offensive team , and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle . Vanderbilt University ( also known informally as Vandy ) is a private research university founded in 1873 and located in Nashville , Tennessee . It was named in ___MASK4___ of shipping and rail magnate ___MASK81___ Vanderbilt , who provided the school its initial $ 1 million endowment despite having never been to the South . Vanderbilt hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War . Landover is ___MASK76___ unincorporated community and census - designated place in Prince George ' s County , Maryland , United States . As of the 2010 census it had a population of 23 , 078 . The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League ( NFL ), the highest level of professional American football in the world . The game is the culmination to a season that begins in the late ___MASK72___ of the previous calendar year . Normally , ___MASK60___ numerals are used to identify each game , rather than the year in which it is held . For example , Super Bowl I was played on January 15 , 1967 , following the 1966 regular season . The single exception to this rule is Super Bowl 50 , which was played on February 7 , 2016 , following the 2015 regular season . The next game , Super Bowl LI , scheduled for February 5 , 2017 , will follow the 2016 regular season . The American Football Conference ( AFC ) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League ( NFL ), the highest professional level of American football in the United States . This conference and its counterpart , the National Football Conference ( NFC ), currently contain 16 teams each , making up the 32 teams of the NFL . Both conferences were created as part of the 1970 merger with the rival American Football League ( AFL ), with all ten of the former AFL teams and three NFL teams forming the AFC , and the remaining thirteen NFL clubs forming the NFC . A series of league expansions and division realignments have occurred since the merger , thus making the current total 16 clubs ___MASK12___ each conference . A research university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure - track faculty to continuously engage in research , as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of ___MASK76___ initial appointment or tenure . Such universities can be recognized by their strong focus on innovative research and the prestige of their brand names . On the one hand , research universities strive to recruit faculty who are the most brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world , and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts . On the other hand , new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at research universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate " real world " applications ; but many employers value degrees from research universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking . A running back ( RB ) is ___MASK76___ American and Canadian football position , a member of the offensive backfield . The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play , to catch passes from out of the backfield , and to block . There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play , depending on the offensive formation . A running back ___MASK63___ be a halfback ( in certain contexts also referred to as a tailback ) or a fullback . A running back will sometimes be called a " feature back " if he is the team ' s starting running back . A single - elimination tournament  also called ___MASK76___ Olympic system tournament , a knockout ( or , knock - out ), single penetration , or sudden death tournament  is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event . FedExField ( originally ___MASK57___ Kent Cooke Stadium ) is a football stadium located in Landover , Maryland near the Capital Beltway ( I - 495 ) in Prince George ' s County , Maryland , United States , near the site of the old Capital Centre ( later called USAir Arena in 1993 and US Airways Arena in 1996 ). FedExField is the home of the Washington Redskins football team . From 2004 until 2010 , it had the largest stadium capacity in the National Football League ( NFL ), at over 91 , 000 . Currently , the capacity is 82 , 000 . " Hail to the Redskins " is the fight song for the National Football League team the ___MASK92___ Redskins . It was written sometime between 1937 and 1938 and was performed for the first time on August 17 , 1938 . The music was composed by The Redskins Band leader , Barnee Breeskin , and the lyrics were written by Corinne Griffith , the wife of Redskins founder and owner George Preston Marshall . FAU Stadium is a college football stadium located at the north end of the main campus of ___MASK29___ Atlantic University ( FAU ) in Boca Raton , ___MASK29___ . Opened in 2011 , it is ___MASK53___ to the ___MASK29___ Atlantic Owls football team and is intended to be the first part of FAU ' s multi - use development project , " Innovation Village ". ___MASK29___ ( Spanish for " land of flowers ") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico , to the north by Alabama and Georgia , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits of ___MASK29___ and Cuba . ___MASK29___ is the 22nd most extensive , the 3rd most populous , and the 8th most densely populated of the ___MASK42___ ___MASK47___ states . Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States . The Miami metropolitan area is ___MASK29___ ' s most populous urban area . The city of Tallahassee is the state capital . ___MASK85___ or ___MASK85___ Day ( meaning " Christ ' s Mass ") is ___MASK76___ annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ , observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world . A feast central to the Christian liturgical year , it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide , which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night ; in some traditions , Christmastide includes ___MASK76___ Octave . The traditional ___MASK85___ narrative , the Nativity of Jesus , delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem , in accordance with messianic prophecies ; when Joseph and Mary arrived in the city , the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born , with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then disseminated the message furthermore . ___MASK85___ Day is a public holiday in many of the world ' s nations , is celebrated religiously by the vast majority of Christians , as well as culturally by a number of non - Christian people , and is ___MASK76___ integral part of the holiday season , while some Christian groups reject the celebration . In several countries , celebrating ___MASK85___ Eve on December 24 has the main focus rather than December 25 , with gift - giving and sharing a traditional meal with the family . Jacque Sumpter Jenkins ( ___MASK63___ 6 , 1921 -- April 30 , 1982 ) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins . He played college football at Vanderbilt University where he was an All - SEC blocking back , and was drafted in the first round ( tenth overall ) of the 1943 NFL Draft . The 1943 National Football League Draft was held on ___MASK18___ 8 , 1943 , at the ___MASK61___ House Hotel in Chicago , Illinois . This draft is the first NFL draft not to produce a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame . ___MASK81___ Vanderbilt ( ___MASK63___ 27 , 1794  January 4 , 1877 ), also known informally as " Commodore Vanderbilt ", was an American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping . Born poor and having but a mediocre education , he used perseverance , intelligence and luck to work into leadership positions in the inland water trade , and invest in the rapidly growing railroad industry . He is best known for building the New York Central Railroad . Ashburn is a census - designated place ( CDP ) in Loudoun County , ___MASK95___ . As of the 2010 United States Census , its population was 43 , 511 . It is northwest of ___MASK92___ , D . C . and part of the ___MASK92___ metropolitan area . The ___MASK92___ Redskins are a professional American football team based in the ___MASK92___ , D . C . metropolitan area . The Redskins compete in the National Football League ( NFL ), as a member of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) East division . The team plays its home games at FedExField in Landover , Maryland ; its headquarters and training facility are at Inova Sports Performance Center at Redskins Park in Ashburn , Virginia , and the Redskins Complex in Richmond , Virginia , respectively . The Redskins have played more than 1 , 000 games since 1932 , and are one of only five franchises in the NFL to record over 600 regular season and postseason wins , reaching that mark in 2015 . The Redskins have won five NFL Championships ( two pre - 1966 merger announcement , and three Super Bowls ). The franchise has captured 14 NFL divisional titles and six NFL conference championships . The Redskins were the first team in the NFL with an official marching band , and also the first team to have a fight song , " Hail to the Redskins ". The National Football Conference ( NFC ) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League ( NFL ), the highest professional level of American football in the United States . This conference and its counterpart , the American Football Conference ( AFC ), currently contain 16 teams each , making up the 32 teams of the NFL . Both conferences were created as part of the 1970 merger with the rival American Football League ( AFL ), with all ten of the former AFL teams and three NFL teams forming the AFC while the remaining thirteen NFL clubs formed the NFC . A series of league expansions and division realignments have occurred since the merger , thus making the current total 16 clubs ___MASK12___ each conference . ___MASK95___ (, officially the Commonwealth of ___MASK95___ ) is a state located in the Mid - Atlantic region of the United States , as well as in the historic Southeast . ___MASK95___ is nicknamed the " Old Dominion " due to its status as the first colonial possession established in mainland British ___MASK73___ , and " Mother of Presidents " because eight U . S . presidents were born there , more than any other state . The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay , which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna . The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond ; ___MASK95___ Beach is the most populous city , and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision . The Commonwealth ' s estimated population is over 8 . 3 million , which is slightly less than New York City .