league. The most serious challenge to its leading role came from theAmerican Football League(AFL) in the 1960s. The NFL and AFL completed a merger in 1970, creating a 26-team circuit under the name of the older NFL. Since then the league has expanded four times, adding six new ...
winning six Super Bowl titles and appearing in three more. The Patriots have a long and storied history of success, beginning in 1960 when they joined the American Football League (AFL) and became one of the most dominant teams in the league. ...
The Lions are technically linked to the NFL's first playoff game way back in 1929. However, they are also linked to the first NFL Playoff after the NFL-AFL merger. In fact, the Lions were the NFL's first Wild Card team after shutting out the Green Bay Packers for the second time d...
teams were hesitant to take ground against them for fear of turning the ball over and being punished. In the five games where their opponent kickedlowerthan the AFL average for long kicks (42.1%), the Saints went 5-0. In the two games where their...
Training Camp Opens for Sharks; Four Fewer Teams in AFL This Year; All Teams Will Make PlayoffsByline: Vito Stellino The Jacksonville Sharks started preparing for their seventh season...Stellino, Vito
American Football League (AFL), American major professional gridiron football league that was founded in 1959 and began play in 1960 as a rival of the National Football League (NFL). The American Football League (AFL) competed for the attention of fans a
NFL champs in the 1969 season, unfortunately. Equivalent to today's NFC championship and just as meaningful, not one bit more. 2011/2/7下午9:50 StarrToDowlerMember Yup. The "NFL Championship" was the "World Championship" until January of 1967 when they played the first "A...
TheAFC and NFC have been formed after the merger of the NFL with the American Football League. The AFL started its play in 1960 with a total of 8 teams and after expansion, 2 more teams were added but before the merger. After the merger there were 5 more teams which joined the AFC ...
) The defense drove victories over the Rams and Browns in the playoffs to set up Super Bowl IV against the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs.Bud Grant coached the Vikings for 18 years, winning 158 regular-season games and going 10-12 in the playoffs. Billy Robin McFarland/Getty Images What...
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