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| < 1968 | 1970 (NFL) > |
The 1969 AFL season was the tenth and final season of the American Football League, made up of 14 regular season games, and 3rd season as part of the merger process with the National Football League (NFL), before officially merging got the 1970 NFL season.
In its final two years of existence, the AFL had ten teams, grouped into two divisions. Each team played a home-and-away game against the other four teams in its division, a home-and-away series against one of the five teams in opposite division, and one game each against the remaining four teams from the opposite division. Using that format, the defending World Champion New York Jets went 10–0 against the five teams they played twice, but were 0–4 against the top four teams in the West.
In anticipation of the merger, there was a 4-team playoff that the NFL had introduced for its 1967 season.
After six seasons at Fenway Park, the Boston Patriots moved to Alumni Stadium at Boston College in 1969.
| REGULAR SEASON | September 14 – December 14, 1969 |
| playoffs | December 20-21, 1969 |
| 1969 afl championship game | January 4, 1970 |
| AFL Eastern Division | |||||
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| RK | TEAM | W | L | T | |
| 1 |  |
New York Jets | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 |  |
Houston Oilers | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 |  |
boston patriots | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 |  |
Buffalo Bills | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 |  |
Miami Dolphins | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| AFL Western Division | |||||
| RK | TEAM | W | L | T | |
| 1 |  |
Oakland Raiders | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 |  |
San Diego Chargers | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 |  |
Denver Broncos | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 |  |
Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 9 | 1 |
This was the first and only AFL Playoffs.
| Divisional Playoff Games | |||||
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| DEC 20 |  KC |
13 @ 6 | NYJ |
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| DEC 21 | HOU |
7 @ 56 | OAK |
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| 1969 AFL Championship Game | |||||
| Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland,CA | |||||
| JAN 04 1969 |
KC |
17 @ 7 | OAK |
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The 1969 AFL Championship Game featured the Kansas City Chiefs (2nd appearance and 3rd overall appearance since relocating from the Dallas Texans) beating the Oakland Raiders (3rd consecutive appearance) to win their 3rd AFL title.
The fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Games, now known as Super Bowl IV (NFL) featured the Kansas City Chiefs (1st appearance) becoming the second and final AFL team to beat an NFL team Minnesota Vikings (NFL), and win their 1st Super Bowl title and last appearance and title until the 2019 NFL Season with Super Bowl LIV in 2020.