This is a revision of my previous NFL timeline. The first one was a bit of a football wank. So, I thought I've try again. It was previously written as if it was part of the official record. This time I am going with a more informal POV as if the text is from a fan's personal website. As with my original, the POD is that Bert Bell doesn't die in 1959. As with my comic book timeline, I am writing it from an in-universe POV. I'm also going to give a peek to what is happing in other major leagues via the same fan's POV.
On Any Given Sunday (an NFL Timeline)
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As the NFL exited in the 1950s, they finally achieved stability. Commissioner Bell would do his best to insure this would continue. However, the Chicago Cardinals franchise was in trouble. Always a distant second to the Bears, they were financially struggling. The Bidwell family wanted to relocate to new city without paying the fee to do so. Hoping to gain an influx of cash to do, the Violet Bidwell courted people such Lamar Hunt. When it became apparent that she was going only sell a minority stake, the offers dried up. Hunt and the others angered by the rebuff/deception decided to found their own league.
In 1959, they would announce the formation of the American Football League (AFL). The AFL ownership was Lamar Hunt (Dallas), Bud Adams, Jr. (Houston), Max Winter (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), Harry Wismer (New York), Bob Howsam (Denver), Barron Hilton (Los Angeles), Billy Sullivan (Boston), and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. (Cincinnati). [1] These owners would dub their league with the self-deprecating nickname, the "Foolish Club". The AFL would name Joe Foss, former governor of South Dakota, as commissioner.
The members of the "Foolish Club".
In January 1960, Violet Bidwell finally found her minority owner, Seymour H. Knox III. The influx of cash allowed the Cardinals to pay the relocation fee. That spring, the team moved to Buffalo. [2] In an effort to give the team a fresh start and excite the fan base, they decided to take nickname of the beloved AAFC franchise, the "Bills".
Despite Commissioner Bell's welcoming of competition, some NFL owners would see the AFL as a threat. They would be right as the AFL managed to sign college players away from the NFL. This help the AFL sign a contract with ABC. These events would lead some NFL owners to make offers of franchise ownership to different AFL owners. This was done without official approval of the NFL Commissioner, but none would accept. Despite this, the inaugural AFL season went off with a hitch with the Houston Oilers defeating Los Angles Chargers in the AFL Championship Game by a score of 28 to 19.
That spring, Commissioner Bell retired. Despite no longer being Commissioner, Bell did not leave the NFL. By the end of summer, Bell would be the new owner of the Philadelphia Eagles. Bell's replacement would be Los Angeles Times special events director Paul J. Schissler.
Shortly after assuming the Commissioner's job, Schissler reversed the NFL's position on expansion. He agreed to the admission of two teams. The first team is placed in Saint Louis to prevent the AFL from expanded there. This team will use Falcons as its nickname. The second team took a while to establish due to a long arduous struggle with Redskins owner George Marshall over territorial rights, but finally the New Orleans Knights were granted a franchise. Both teams would begin play in 1961. In addition, he would implement two new games. The first was the Playoff Bowl. It based on an idea by Commissioner Bell. The two losing teams in the divisional playoffs would play for third place. The second was the Hall of Fame Game. This game would indicate the start of the NFL's pre-season/exhibition games. The game would be a rematch between the two teams from the previous year championship game.
Makeup of the AFL for the 1960 season.
Despite making the first championship game, Hilton was unhappy with his team's attendance figures. He petitioned and received permission to move the Chargers to San Diego. He also griped about travel costs and demanded a franchise on the west coast. To placate Hilton, an agreement was made to grant a west coast expansion team within four years.
On April 2, 1961, the first in a series of exhibition games between the AFL and the Canadian Football League would be held in Ontario, Canada. The game would be played with a mixture of AFL and CFL rules. The AFL All-Stars would edge out the CFL All-Stars 31-28. It was such a success for all involved, that these games would become known as the Cam-Am Cup.
Makeup of the NFL for the 1961 season.
For a time it would look as if former Commissioner Bell's declaration of the AFL as the "new AAFC" was correct. However, the 1962 AFL Championship game would change that. Houston for the third time was headed to the AFL Championship game. As in the two previous seasons, they had dominated the league. It appeared that the Denver Broncos was going to be the yearly sacrifice. As the fourth quarter opened, Houston led 31-3. However, Denver would score 29 unanswered points to win. The game was a ratings bonanza and would eclipse the NFL Championship.
Program for AFL Championship game.
Aware of the AFL promise to expand to west coast in 1963, a group of businessmen in Portland managed to get a ballot initiative for a domed stadium before voters before the opposition could coalesce. A symbolic groundbreaking for the Delta Dome would be held shortly after its narrow approval by voters. [3]
With the AFL popularity on an upswing, a flood of expansion offers arrived. Per their west coast promise, the Portland Trailblazers became the ninth AFL franchise. For the tenth franchise, Miami (Dolphins) would edge out Atlanta, Memphis, and Kansas City. Both franchises would begin play in 1963.
Makeup of the AFL for the 1963 season.
On August 12, 1964, Commissioner Schissler died of a heart attack. This sent the NFL scrambling. The AFL used this chaos to acquire players from the NFL including Paul Hornung and Alex Karras. The NFL had suspended both the year before for gambling. As a stopgap measure, they settled on NFL Treasurer Austin Gunsel was named interim Commissioner. That November, his appointment would be made permanent. In an effort to foster peaceful coexistence between the leagues, Hunt suggests the two league champions play an exhibition game. The NFL pointedly rejected the offer.
Long undercapitalized, the New York Titans attempts to stay solvent finally fell short. With no other options, Harry Wismer was forced to sell his team. The new management had plans to change the team nickname, but poll results showed that fans preferred the Titans name. As a result, they decided to keep the nickname, but changed the team colors. In August, the Titans would move to the newly opened Shea stadium.
The new Titans uniform.
The AFL-NFL player bidding war escalates. The AFL manages to sign five of the top ten players including Gale Sayers and Joe Namath. At this time, Namath's contract makes him the highest paid player. The AFL's success will be noted as one of the turning points that lead to the two leagues merging.
On April 3, the Portland Trailblazers and BC Lions would become the first teams to play in a domed stadium. The Trailblazers would win the Can-Am Cup 24-20. The baseball fans argue that it doesn't count since it was an exhibition game. They claim that the Houston Ravens opening day game against the New York Metropolitans on April 9th was the first. [4]
1965 Gale Sayers rookie card.
In a mark departure from previous years, the some AFL teams began a policy of recruiting signed NFL players. Over the course of a few months, eleven key players jump to the AFL. Owners in both leagues see this escalation as trouble for their leagues. This leads some NFL owners secretly approach a select group of AFL owners about a merger.
By the first day of summer for 1966, the AFL and NFL reach an accord. At a press conference in New York City, they officially announce the two leagues will merge July 1, 1970. The merged league would be known as Major League Football (MLF). The MLF is to consist of two conferences with each conference with each retaining their "league name". The history and records of both leagues will be merged. All existing teams would be retained. No team would be allowed to move outside of its metropolitan area. This would be codified as 15-year ban. This ban was informally known as the "Finley Rule". This rule could only be overridden if the move was approved by 4/5 of all owners. [5] The game rules of the two leagues would be integrated. The core rules would be based on the NFL rules with adoption of some AFL rules such as two-point conversion, official time on the scoreboard clock and players' names on jerseys. Two additional items of note are all teams must play in a stadium with a minimum seating capacity of 50,000 by 1971 and MLF will expand to 26 teams in 1967 and 28 teams in 1970. Until the formal merger occurs, both leagues agree to hold a "common draft" of college players and maintain separate schedules. In addition, an annual championship game will be played between the two leagues. This new game, called the World Bowl, will begin in 1967.
As some elements of the merger agreement required an exemption from the antitrust law, the two leagues sought Congressional approval. Shortly after receiving approval, the AFL announces that will add two franchises, the Atlanta Thrashers and Kansas City Scouts. While never officially confirmed, the Kansas City franchise was granted to placate U.S. Senator Stuart Symington (D-Missouri) to ensure passage of the antitrust exemption.
Representatives of the American and National Football Leagues shortly before the merger press conference. (From left: Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell, Los Angeles Rams GM Pete Rozelle, New Orleans Knights GM Tex Schramm, AFL commissioner Milt Woodard, and Dallas Texans owner Lamar Hunt)
On a beautiful January 15, 1967 in Los Angeles, the Green Bay Packers become the first World Bowl Champions by defeating the Dallas Texans 24-14.
A month after his World Bowl victory, Vince Lombardi is injured in a car accident. While hospitalized, doctors discover cancer. Upon the completion of his treatment, Lombardi will become the Packers' General Manager.
A group of NFL owners unhappy with the way the merger talks went, manage to unseat Gunsel as NFL Commissioner. His replacement would be newly retired Judge Samuel A. Weiss.
Makeup of the AFL for the 1967 season.
The next year saw the Detroit Lions meet the Cincinnati Bengals in the World Bowl. The fans in Los Angeles would see the Lions win a decisive victory, 31-21.
Lombardi resigned his position as Packers GM to become head coach of the Portland Trailblazers after their head coach Bowden Wyatt unexpectedly died.
With the day of the merger occurring in little over a year, the AFL and NFL owners met to elect an MLF Commissioner. With the AFL and NFL Commissioners eliminated in first few rounds of voting, the search to find an acceptable candidate began. On the third day, Rams GM Pete Rozelle came close to winning the job, only to fall two votes short. After a week of voting, a commissioner was finally chosen. It was former MLB Commissioner, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler.
Major League Football Commissioner Happy Chandler in 1968.
In the third World Bowl, an AFL team won the World Bowl for the first time, as the Trailblazers defeated the Colts 31-27 at Miami. Lombardi becomes the first and only coach to win a World Bowl title in both leagues.
The NFL spends the 1969 celebrating its fiftieth year.
Vince Lombardi and Joe Namath during their World Bowl Championship run.
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[1] Just as in OTL, Wilson had a list of cities to place a franchise. In TTL, he chooses to go Cincinnati after Miami rebuffed him instead of Buffalo.
[2] In OTL, Bidwell considered moving to Buffalo. Since the AFL Bills don't exist, she finds a more inviting situation and decides to move the team there instead of Saint Louis.
[3] In OTL, the vote took place in 1964 and the ballot failed by about 9000 votes. Here, the ballot passes by about same margin.
[4] In TTL, it is not called the Astrodome, but rather the Superdome.
[5] Just as in OTL, Finley manages tick off Senator Symington, but unlike OTL Symington actually forms a committee on baseball exemption. However, the MLB is able to placate him and the committee ends before any action is taken. The NFL and AFL decide not to take any chances and prevent any owners from acting like Finley.
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PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1960's
NFL logo.
NFL Championship Games (HOME TEAM)
Season __ Date ______________ Winning team _____________ Score _ Losing team
1960 ____ December 26, 1960 _ Green Bay Packers ________ 21-16 _ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
1961 ____ December 31, 1961 _ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 17-16 _ New York Giants
1962 ____ December 30, 1962 _ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 17-10 _ Pittsburgh Steelers
1963 ____ December 29, 1963 _ Cleveland Browns _________ 40-23 _ CHICAGO BEARS
1964 ____ December 27, 1964 _ BUFFALO BILLS ____________ 24-17 _ Baltimore Colts
1965 ____ January 2, 1966 ___ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 35-3 __ Cleveland Browns
1966 ____ January 1, 1967 ___ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 20-14 _ Philadelphia Eagles
1967 ____ December 31, 1967 _ Detroit Lions ____________ 30-6 __ CLEVELAND BROWNS
1968 ____ December 29, 1968 _ CLEVELAND BROWNS _________ 17-13 _ Los Angeles Rams
1969 ____ January 4, 1970 ___ New York Giants __________ 27-7 __ LOS ANGLES RAMS
AFL logo.
AFL Championship Games (HOME TEAM)
Season __ Date ______________ Winning team _____________ Score _ Losing team
1960 ____ January 1, 1961 ___ Houston Oilers ___________ 28-19 _ LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
1961 ____ December 24, 1961 _ HOUSTON OILERS ___________ 47-27 _ San Diego Chargers
1962 ____ December 23, 1962 _ Denver Broncos ___________ 32-31 _ HOUSTON OILERS
1963 ____ January 5, 1964 ___ CINCINNATI BENGALS _______ 27-24 _ Minnesota Marines
1964 ____ December 26, 1964 _ DALLAS TEXANS ____________ 38-14 _ Cincinnati Bengals
1965 ____ December 26, 1965 _ NEW YORK TITANS __________ 30-19 _ Minnesota Marines
1966 ____ January 1, 1967 ___ DALLAS TEXANS ____________ 25-24 _ Boston Patriots
1967 ____ December 31, 1967 _ CINCINNATI BENGALS _______ 30-23 _ Minnesota Marines
1968 ____ December 29, 1968 _ PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS ____ 38-25 _ Miami Dolphins
1969 ____ January 4, 1970 ___ MINNESOTA MARINES ________ 26-3 __ New York Titans
The logo for the first WORLD BOWL.
WORLD BOWLS
Game ____ Date ______________ Winning team _____________ Score _ Losing team ________________ Venue/City
1st _____ January 15, 1967 __ Green Bay Packers ________ 24-14 _ Dallas Texans ______________ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum/Los Angeles
2nd _____ January 14, 1968 __ Detroit Lions ____________ 31-21 _ Cincinnati Bengals__________ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum/Los Angeles
3rd _____ January 12, 1969 __ Portland Trailblazers_____ 31-27 _ Cleveland Browns____________ Orange Bowl/Miami
On Any Given Sunday (an NFL Timeline)
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As the NFL exited in the 1950s, they finally achieved stability. Commissioner Bell would do his best to insure this would continue. However, the Chicago Cardinals franchise was in trouble. Always a distant second to the Bears, they were financially struggling. The Bidwell family wanted to relocate to new city without paying the fee to do so. Hoping to gain an influx of cash to do, the Violet Bidwell courted people such Lamar Hunt. When it became apparent that she was going only sell a minority stake, the offers dried up. Hunt and the others angered by the rebuff/deception decided to found their own league.
In 1959, they would announce the formation of the American Football League (AFL). The AFL ownership was Lamar Hunt (Dallas), Bud Adams, Jr. (Houston), Max Winter (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), Harry Wismer (New York), Bob Howsam (Denver), Barron Hilton (Los Angeles), Billy Sullivan (Boston), and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. (Cincinnati). [1] These owners would dub their league with the self-deprecating nickname, the "Foolish Club". The AFL would name Joe Foss, former governor of South Dakota, as commissioner.
The members of the "Foolish Club".
In January 1960, Violet Bidwell finally found her minority owner, Seymour H. Knox III. The influx of cash allowed the Cardinals to pay the relocation fee. That spring, the team moved to Buffalo. [2] In an effort to give the team a fresh start and excite the fan base, they decided to take nickname of the beloved AAFC franchise, the "Bills".
Despite Commissioner Bell's welcoming of competition, some NFL owners would see the AFL as a threat. They would be right as the AFL managed to sign college players away from the NFL. This help the AFL sign a contract with ABC. These events would lead some NFL owners to make offers of franchise ownership to different AFL owners. This was done without official approval of the NFL Commissioner, but none would accept. Despite this, the inaugural AFL season went off with a hitch with the Houston Oilers defeating Los Angles Chargers in the AFL Championship Game by a score of 28 to 19.
That spring, Commissioner Bell retired. Despite no longer being Commissioner, Bell did not leave the NFL. By the end of summer, Bell would be the new owner of the Philadelphia Eagles. Bell's replacement would be Los Angeles Times special events director Paul J. Schissler.
Shortly after assuming the Commissioner's job, Schissler reversed the NFL's position on expansion. He agreed to the admission of two teams. The first team is placed in Saint Louis to prevent the AFL from expanded there. This team will use Falcons as its nickname. The second team took a while to establish due to a long arduous struggle with Redskins owner George Marshall over territorial rights, but finally the New Orleans Knights were granted a franchise. Both teams would begin play in 1961. In addition, he would implement two new games. The first was the Playoff Bowl. It based on an idea by Commissioner Bell. The two losing teams in the divisional playoffs would play for third place. The second was the Hall of Fame Game. This game would indicate the start of the NFL's pre-season/exhibition games. The game would be a rematch between the two teams from the previous year championship game.
Makeup of the AFL for the 1960 season.
Despite making the first championship game, Hilton was unhappy with his team's attendance figures. He petitioned and received permission to move the Chargers to San Diego. He also griped about travel costs and demanded a franchise on the west coast. To placate Hilton, an agreement was made to grant a west coast expansion team within four years.
On April 2, 1961, the first in a series of exhibition games between the AFL and the Canadian Football League would be held in Ontario, Canada. The game would be played with a mixture of AFL and CFL rules. The AFL All-Stars would edge out the CFL All-Stars 31-28. It was such a success for all involved, that these games would become known as the Cam-Am Cup.
Makeup of the NFL for the 1961 season.
For a time it would look as if former Commissioner Bell's declaration of the AFL as the "new AAFC" was correct. However, the 1962 AFL Championship game would change that. Houston for the third time was headed to the AFL Championship game. As in the two previous seasons, they had dominated the league. It appeared that the Denver Broncos was going to be the yearly sacrifice. As the fourth quarter opened, Houston led 31-3. However, Denver would score 29 unanswered points to win. The game was a ratings bonanza and would eclipse the NFL Championship.
Program for AFL Championship game.
Aware of the AFL promise to expand to west coast in 1963, a group of businessmen in Portland managed to get a ballot initiative for a domed stadium before voters before the opposition could coalesce. A symbolic groundbreaking for the Delta Dome would be held shortly after its narrow approval by voters. [3]
With the AFL popularity on an upswing, a flood of expansion offers arrived. Per their west coast promise, the Portland Trailblazers became the ninth AFL franchise. For the tenth franchise, Miami (Dolphins) would edge out Atlanta, Memphis, and Kansas City. Both franchises would begin play in 1963.
Makeup of the AFL for the 1963 season.
On August 12, 1964, Commissioner Schissler died of a heart attack. This sent the NFL scrambling. The AFL used this chaos to acquire players from the NFL including Paul Hornung and Alex Karras. The NFL had suspended both the year before for gambling. As a stopgap measure, they settled on NFL Treasurer Austin Gunsel was named interim Commissioner. That November, his appointment would be made permanent. In an effort to foster peaceful coexistence between the leagues, Hunt suggests the two league champions play an exhibition game. The NFL pointedly rejected the offer.
Long undercapitalized, the New York Titans attempts to stay solvent finally fell short. With no other options, Harry Wismer was forced to sell his team. The new management had plans to change the team nickname, but poll results showed that fans preferred the Titans name. As a result, they decided to keep the nickname, but changed the team colors. In August, the Titans would move to the newly opened Shea stadium.
The new Titans uniform.
The AFL-NFL player bidding war escalates. The AFL manages to sign five of the top ten players including Gale Sayers and Joe Namath. At this time, Namath's contract makes him the highest paid player. The AFL's success will be noted as one of the turning points that lead to the two leagues merging.
On April 3, the Portland Trailblazers and BC Lions would become the first teams to play in a domed stadium. The Trailblazers would win the Can-Am Cup 24-20. The baseball fans argue that it doesn't count since it was an exhibition game. They claim that the Houston Ravens opening day game against the New York Metropolitans on April 9th was the first. [4]
1965 Gale Sayers rookie card.
In a mark departure from previous years, the some AFL teams began a policy of recruiting signed NFL players. Over the course of a few months, eleven key players jump to the AFL. Owners in both leagues see this escalation as trouble for their leagues. This leads some NFL owners secretly approach a select group of AFL owners about a merger.
By the first day of summer for 1966, the AFL and NFL reach an accord. At a press conference in New York City, they officially announce the two leagues will merge July 1, 1970. The merged league would be known as Major League Football (MLF). The MLF is to consist of two conferences with each conference with each retaining their "league name". The history and records of both leagues will be merged. All existing teams would be retained. No team would be allowed to move outside of its metropolitan area. This would be codified as 15-year ban. This ban was informally known as the "Finley Rule". This rule could only be overridden if the move was approved by 4/5 of all owners. [5] The game rules of the two leagues would be integrated. The core rules would be based on the NFL rules with adoption of some AFL rules such as two-point conversion, official time on the scoreboard clock and players' names on jerseys. Two additional items of note are all teams must play in a stadium with a minimum seating capacity of 50,000 by 1971 and MLF will expand to 26 teams in 1967 and 28 teams in 1970. Until the formal merger occurs, both leagues agree to hold a "common draft" of college players and maintain separate schedules. In addition, an annual championship game will be played between the two leagues. This new game, called the World Bowl, will begin in 1967.
As some elements of the merger agreement required an exemption from the antitrust law, the two leagues sought Congressional approval. Shortly after receiving approval, the AFL announces that will add two franchises, the Atlanta Thrashers and Kansas City Scouts. While never officially confirmed, the Kansas City franchise was granted to placate U.S. Senator Stuart Symington (D-Missouri) to ensure passage of the antitrust exemption.
Representatives of the American and National Football Leagues shortly before the merger press conference. (From left: Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell, Los Angeles Rams GM Pete Rozelle, New Orleans Knights GM Tex Schramm, AFL commissioner Milt Woodard, and Dallas Texans owner Lamar Hunt)
On a beautiful January 15, 1967 in Los Angeles, the Green Bay Packers become the first World Bowl Champions by defeating the Dallas Texans 24-14.
A month after his World Bowl victory, Vince Lombardi is injured in a car accident. While hospitalized, doctors discover cancer. Upon the completion of his treatment, Lombardi will become the Packers' General Manager.
A group of NFL owners unhappy with the way the merger talks went, manage to unseat Gunsel as NFL Commissioner. His replacement would be newly retired Judge Samuel A. Weiss.
Makeup of the AFL for the 1967 season.
The next year saw the Detroit Lions meet the Cincinnati Bengals in the World Bowl. The fans in Los Angeles would see the Lions win a decisive victory, 31-21.
Lombardi resigned his position as Packers GM to become head coach of the Portland Trailblazers after their head coach Bowden Wyatt unexpectedly died.
With the day of the merger occurring in little over a year, the AFL and NFL owners met to elect an MLF Commissioner. With the AFL and NFL Commissioners eliminated in first few rounds of voting, the search to find an acceptable candidate began. On the third day, Rams GM Pete Rozelle came close to winning the job, only to fall two votes short. After a week of voting, a commissioner was finally chosen. It was former MLB Commissioner, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler.
Major League Football Commissioner Happy Chandler in 1968.
In the third World Bowl, an AFL team won the World Bowl for the first time, as the Trailblazers defeated the Colts 31-27 at Miami. Lombardi becomes the first and only coach to win a World Bowl title in both leagues.
The NFL spends the 1969 celebrating its fiftieth year.
Vince Lombardi and Joe Namath during their World Bowl Championship run.
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[1] Just as in OTL, Wilson had a list of cities to place a franchise. In TTL, he chooses to go Cincinnati after Miami rebuffed him instead of Buffalo.
[2] In OTL, Bidwell considered moving to Buffalo. Since the AFL Bills don't exist, she finds a more inviting situation and decides to move the team there instead of Saint Louis.
[3] In OTL, the vote took place in 1964 and the ballot failed by about 9000 votes. Here, the ballot passes by about same margin.
[4] In TTL, it is not called the Astrodome, but rather the Superdome.
[5] Just as in OTL, Finley manages tick off Senator Symington, but unlike OTL Symington actually forms a committee on baseball exemption. However, the MLB is able to placate him and the committee ends before any action is taken. The NFL and AFL decide not to take any chances and prevent any owners from acting like Finley.
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PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1960's
NFL logo.
NFL Championship Games (HOME TEAM)
Season __ Date ______________ Winning team _____________ Score _ Losing team
1960 ____ December 26, 1960 _ Green Bay Packers ________ 21-16 _ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
1961 ____ December 31, 1961 _ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 17-16 _ New York Giants
1962 ____ December 30, 1962 _ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 17-10 _ Pittsburgh Steelers
1963 ____ December 29, 1963 _ Cleveland Browns _________ 40-23 _ CHICAGO BEARS
1964 ____ December 27, 1964 _ BUFFALO BILLS ____________ 24-17 _ Baltimore Colts
1965 ____ January 2, 1966 ___ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 35-3 __ Cleveland Browns
1966 ____ January 1, 1967 ___ GREEN BAY PACKERS ________ 20-14 _ Philadelphia Eagles
1967 ____ December 31, 1967 _ Detroit Lions ____________ 30-6 __ CLEVELAND BROWNS
1968 ____ December 29, 1968 _ CLEVELAND BROWNS _________ 17-13 _ Los Angeles Rams
1969 ____ January 4, 1970 ___ New York Giants __________ 27-7 __ LOS ANGLES RAMS
AFL logo.
AFL Championship Games (HOME TEAM)
Season __ Date ______________ Winning team _____________ Score _ Losing team
1960 ____ January 1, 1961 ___ Houston Oilers ___________ 28-19 _ LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
1961 ____ December 24, 1961 _ HOUSTON OILERS ___________ 47-27 _ San Diego Chargers
1962 ____ December 23, 1962 _ Denver Broncos ___________ 32-31 _ HOUSTON OILERS
1963 ____ January 5, 1964 ___ CINCINNATI BENGALS _______ 27-24 _ Minnesota Marines
1964 ____ December 26, 1964 _ DALLAS TEXANS ____________ 38-14 _ Cincinnati Bengals
1965 ____ December 26, 1965 _ NEW YORK TITANS __________ 30-19 _ Minnesota Marines
1966 ____ January 1, 1967 ___ DALLAS TEXANS ____________ 25-24 _ Boston Patriots
1967 ____ December 31, 1967 _ CINCINNATI BENGALS _______ 30-23 _ Minnesota Marines
1968 ____ December 29, 1968 _ PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS ____ 38-25 _ Miami Dolphins
1969 ____ January 4, 1970 ___ MINNESOTA MARINES ________ 26-3 __ New York Titans
The logo for the first WORLD BOWL.
WORLD BOWLS
Game ____ Date ______________ Winning team _____________ Score _ Losing team ________________ Venue/City
1st _____ January 15, 1967 __ Green Bay Packers ________ 24-14 _ Dallas Texans ______________ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum/Los Angeles
2nd _____ January 14, 1968 __ Detroit Lions ____________ 31-21 _ Cincinnati Bengals__________ Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum/Los Angeles
3rd _____ January 12, 1969 __ Portland Trailblazers_____ 31-27 _ Cleveland Browns____________ Orange Bowl/Miami
