Tecmo Bowl for the NES was the original Tecmo football game on the NES. The game itself was released in 1989, but seems to be based on 1988 stats and rosters before the 1988 season. (Tim Brown was a rookie in 1988 and Clint Didier changed teams from the Redskins to the Packers in 1988) The game features 12 teams by name, but not team name like the Colts or Dolphins as they had only purchased the rights to the players names for the game. Every team featured 21 player rosters with 9 offensive players, 9 defensive players, a kicker, a punter, and a kick returner. (technically some teams only had 20 players since they had a kick returner who also was an offensive starter) If anyone is able to get their actual attributes from the rom, I'd be interested in adding them.

One other item of note. There are two versions of this rom that differ by only one player. Some roms have Eric Dickerson for the Colts RB while others have Albert Bentley as the Colts RB. If anyone has any reason why Tecmo did this, let me know. (My guess is either Dickerson was holding out or the NFL Players Association did not have the rights to his name.)