Who played in the 1969 AFL Championship Game?
1969 American Football League Championship Game
| Kansas City Chiefs (Western runner-up) (11-3-0) | Oakland Raiders (Western Champion) (12-1-1) |
|---|---|
| 17 | 7 |
| Head coach: Hank Stram | Head coach: John Madden |
Who won the 1969 championship?
Minnesota Vikings
1969 NFL Championship Game/Champion
Super Bowl The Kansas City Chiefs, league champion of the 1969 American Football League season, defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 23–7, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, on January 11, 1970.
Who won the American Football League Championship 1968?
New York Jets
| 1968 American Football League season | |
|---|---|
| Regular season | |
| Western Champion | Oakland Raiders |
| Site | Shea Stadium, New York City |
| Champion | New York Jets |
How many teams were in the AFL in 1967?
nine teams
The AFL’s nine teams, grouped into two divisions (5 teams in the Eastern Division), faced each other at least once, and each team would play six others twice.
Did the Vikings win the championship in 1969?
The 1969 season was the Minnesota Vikings’ ninth season in the National Football League and their third under head coach Bud Grant. With a 12–2 record, the best in the league, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title, to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row.
Who did the Vikings play in 1969?
Cleveland Browns
The Vikings defeated the Los Angeles Rams 23–20 in the Western Conference championship a week earlier at Met Stadium….1969 NFL Championship Game.
| Cleveland Browns (Century, Eastern) (10–3–1) | Minnesota Vikings (Central, Western) (12–2–0) |
|---|---|
| 7 | 27 |
| Head coach: Blanton Collier | Head coach: Bud Grant |
Who are the original 8 AFL teams?
The AFL began regular-season play (a night game on Friday, September 9, 1960) with eight teams in the league – the Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Texans, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Chargers, New York Titans, and Oakland Raiders.
Who has won the most AFL championships?
Essendon and Carlton have won the most VFL/AFL premierships, with a total of 16 each.
Did the Vikings win an NFL championship?
1969
The Vikings have a long and storied past, despite having won only one NFL championship, in 1969, the year before the NFL–American Football League merger. The Vikings’ most prominent period of success dates from the hiring of head coach Bud Grant in 1967.
How many NFL teams were there in 1971?
16 NFL teams
Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new conferences at 13 teams each….1970 NFL season.
| 1970 National Football League season | |
|---|---|
| AFC Champions | Baltimore Colts |
| NFC Champions | Dallas Cowboys |
| Super Bowl V | |
| Date | January 17, 1971 |
How many AFL teams were there in 1966?
Division races. The AFL now had nine teams, grouped into two divisions (the new Miami team was in the Eastern Division, now with five teams), and still played a 14-game schedule. In previous seasons (with eight clubs), each played a home-and-away game against the other seven.
Who was the winner of the 1969 NFL Championship?
The winner of the game earned a berth in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans against the champion of the American Football League. The Minnesota Vikings of the Western Conference hosted the Cleveland Browns of the Eastern Conference.
What was the playoff system for the 1969 season?
For the 1969 season, a provision was made for a four team playoff to determine the AFL Champion, the league’s representative in the Super Bowl, with the #1 team in the division to play against the #2 team in the opposite division.
Where was the last AFL championship game played?
The 1969 AFL Championship Game was the tenth and final AFL championship game, held at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, on January 4, 1970. It matched the Kansas City Chiefs (11–3) and the Oakland Raiders (12–1–1), both of the Western Division. Both won their divisional playoff games, held two weeks earlier.
Who was the 1962 American Football League champion?
AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (AFL) CHAMPIONSHIPS by Team. (Click here for year-by-year winners) (3) DALLAS TEXANS/KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. 1962 Texans 17, Oilers 14 (Double OT) 1966 Chiefs 31, Bills 7.
