Fútbol Americano
"Fútbol Americano" was the marketing name used for the first National Football League (NFL) regular season game held outside the United States. Played on October 2, 2005, at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, the Arizona Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31–14. The game drew an NFL regular season record of 103,467 paid fans. The name "Fútbol Americano" is Spanish for "American football," a term used to distinguish it from ''fútbol'', which is Spanish for association football ( soccer in American English). ''Fútbol'' is an approximation of the English word "football" in Spanish phonology; a more literal translation of "foot ball" is ''balompié'', a calque term that is not used in Spanish-speaking countries other than for stylistic purposes in media. Background Beginning in 1986, the league held a series of annual preseason exhibition games, called American Bowls, that were held at international sites outside the United States. Several years later in his annual news ...
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2005 San Francisco 49ers Season
The 2005 San Francisco 49ers season was the 60th year for the team overall, and their 56th season in the NFL. They improved their two-win 2004 season by two games. Former head coach Dennis Erickson had been fired just after the end of the 2004 season, and Mike Nolan (son of former Niners head coach Dick Nolan) took the helm. Despite having a better record than the 2–14 Texans and 3–13 Saints, statistics site Football Outsiders calculated that the 49ers were actually, play-for-play, not only the worst team in the NFL in 2005, but the worst team they have ever tracked.Football Outsiders – DVOA 7.0: Worst