The Joyce Sports Research Collection, Department of Special Collections, University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries holds numerous football media guides issued by professional North American football teams and leagues. The collection includes more than 1,000 professional football team media guides, 1944 to 2016, representing clubs in the National Football League, the American Football League, and the All-American Football Conference, the Canadian Football League, and the original United States Football League, and the original XFL. The collection also includes a small group of NFL pre-season prospectuses and AFL pre-season prospectuses, mostly from the 1970s.
Holdings of game programs issued for professional North American football teams and leagues. The collection includes more than 3,500 professional football team game programs starting in the 1920s, representing games in the National Football League, the American Football League, the All-American Football Conference, and the Canadian Football League. Holdings include collections of post-season game programs and all-star game programs.