Northwest Football League
| Sport | American football |
|---|---|
| First season | 1935 |
| Ceased | 1938 |
| Claim to fame | The first football league to feature an all-Black football team |
| No. of teams | varied (from 4 to 8) |
| Country | United States |
| Last champion(s) | Des Moines Comets |
| Most titles | La Crosse Lagers and Des Moines Comets (2) |
The Northwest Football League (NWFL) was a professional American football minor league that played from 1935 to 1938, in the northern part of Midwestern United States. The league had some relationships with the National Football League (NFL), and scheduled exhibition games against the Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals and Green Bay Packers through it existence.
The last remaining member of the NWFL, the Des Moines Comets, continued as independents through 1940.