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Originally Posted by GaryV1188
See team data from the FIRST site. For example, https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....info&team=1498
Just change the team number at the end of the line, and you'll get any team you want.
I knew 1999/2000 wasn't the current split, and thought the 1500/1501 was a little too "convenient", if you know what I mean, so I went looking. |
Huh... if only that had existed when I was making and addending that list over the years (or even when I spent all that time searching for the list last night)... Anyhow, thanks for the source (though I still could've sworn they cut off the 2004 teams at 1500 intentionally, but thenagain, I could possibly be crazy). So this should be all 100% accurate now:
- Teams #1-#208 were rookies in or before 1998 (this is due to FIRST giving teams new numbers every year previously).
- Teams #209-#335 were rookies in 1999.
- Teams #336-#491 were rookies in 2000.
- Teams #492-#716 were rookies in 2001.
- Teams #717-#999 were rookies in 2002 (semi-pointless fact: the reason they stopped at 999 was because the IFI controllers then weren't configured to display more than three digits; if any numbers were ever reissued, it would've happened in this year).
- Teams #1000-#1238 were rookies in 2003.
- Teams #1239-#1497 were rookies in 2004.
- Teams #1498-#1709 were rookies in 2005.
- Teams #1710-#1980 were rookies in 2006.
- Teams #1981-#2287 were rookies in 2007.
Also, keep in mind that there were times if a team switched sponsors, FIRST would issue a new number. There were also teams that took a year off getting a new number on their return. Finally, there were teams that disbanded, returned, or merged with another team either getting a brand new number, of one of their old numbers. But for the most part, this is how FIRST's numbering is.
At least I'll have more sleep tonight...
