Many franchises have come and gone including in locations such as Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Connecticut as well as Quebec, Montreal, and Ontario in Canada.

[1] The league's most dominant team has been the Scranton Eagles who have won a record 11 championships, 10 of those coming between the years 1982 and 1994.

[3] In 1989 Ray Seals transitioned from the EFL's Syracuse Express to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League (NFL).

[4] The league held an emergency meeting when it was left with just the Seaway Valley Venom and the Glens Falls Greenjackets.

Eastern Division included Glens Falls Greenjackets, Plattsburgh North Stars and Tri City Spartans, while the West Division consisted Syracuse Smash, Watertown Red & Black and Northern New York Grizzlies.