The Rams moved east to St. Louis, Missouri after being in Los Angeles for 49 years, while the Raiders left after twelve seasons to return to their previous home in Oakland, California.

A package of changes were adopted to increase offensive production and scoring: A series of four pre-season games that were held at sites outside the United States.

The 1994 Hall of Fame Class included Tony Dorsett, Bud Grant, Jimmy Johnson, Leroy Kelly, Jackie Smith and Randy White.

Recent upgrades to Lambeau Field started to make it more lucrative for the team to play full-time in Green Bay, while Milwaukee County Stadium, built with baseball in mind, was becoming outdated for football.

They proved to be so popular that the New York Giants followed the lead of the Jets (who went back to their 1960s logo in 1998) and eventually returned to wearing them full-time, with very slight modifications, in 2000.

After the NFL modified its rules to allow teams to wear alternate jerseys in 2002, the San Diego Chargers selected their throwbacks as their third uniforms.

This was the first season that the then-eight-year old Fox network televised NFL games, taking over the NFC package from CBS.

The then-recently retired player Howie Long and head coach Jimmy Johnson also joined Fox NFL Sunday.

NBC also hired Greg Gumbel from CBS to become the new host of NFL Live!, replacing Jim Lampley.