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teams, former AFL teams went 19–39 (two games, Buffalo at
Baltimore in week 9 and St. Louis at Kansas City in week 10, ended in ties). Only Oakland managed to post a winning record against old-line NFL opposition, going 3–2 (defeating Washington, Pittsburgh and Cleveland; losing to Detroit and San Francisco) before losing to the Colts in the AFC championship. Nevertheless, out of the three NFL teams to join the AFC, only the Colts managed to secure a playoff berth.
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the inevitable financial losses of the fledgling league's early years. Therefore, in spite of the bad press, and unlike the NFL's previous rivals, the AFL was able to survive and grow, and began to prosper in the mid-1960s after the relocation of the
Chargers and Texans to non-NFL markets, the sale and rebranding of the New York Titans (to the
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to sign him. This ensured that NFL teams did not become embroiled in costly bidding wars for top free agents. Once the
American Football League commenced operations, NFL teams extended this policy to cover AFL players as well, and the AFL promptly reciprocated the arrangement. This arrangement soon evolved into a
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305:, respectively), the other four teams (Boston, Buffalo, Denver, and Houston) widened the nation's exposure to professional football by serving markets that had no NFL team. In the following years, this additional exposure was widened via the relocation of two of the original eight franchises (the Chargers to
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wrote: "Al Davis taking over as commissioner was the strongest thing the AFL ever did. He thought the AFL–NFL merger was a detriment to the AFL." However, other observers consider those scenarios far-fetched: the NFL had a richer television contract at the time of the merger, in large part because of
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These five combinations were written up on slips of paper, sealed into envelopes and put into a fish bowl (other sources say a flower vase), and the official NFC alignment—Plan 3—was pulled out by
Rozelle's secretary, Thelma Elkjer. Of the five plans considered, the one that was put into effect was
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Football League teams had long adhered to the practice of drafting for and retaining the NFL rights to players who signed with other leagues. This policy ensured, for example, that if a Canadian Football League player developed into a star, only one particular NFL team would have the right
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to form one league with two conferences. The merged league would be known as the
National Football League. The leagues agreed to adopt unified rules by 1970 at the latest. The leagues also agreed to not unilaterally adopt new rules that deviated from the established rules of professional American
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between the two U.S. leagues that extended even beyond the arrangement the NFL observed with respect to the CFL — specifically, once a player signed with a U.S. professional team, be it from the AFL or NFL, teams in both U.S. leagues were expected to honor each other's player contracts in their
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Although the AFC teams quickly decided on a divisional alignment along mostly geographic lines, the 13 NFC owners had trouble deciding which teams would play in which divisions. The 49ers and Rams, both in
California, were guaranteed to be in the same division as the only NFC teams west of the
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in the United States. The merger was announced on the evening of June 8, 1966. Under the merger agreement, the leagues maintained separate regular-season schedules for the next four seasons—from 1966 through 1969 with a final championship game which would become known as the
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The AFL would abolish the office of AFL Commissioner immediately and recognize the NFL Commissioner as the overall chief executive of professional football. This arrangement, which was in keeping with a provision of the NFL's
Constitution dating from 1941 (when the title of
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market exclusivity in such leading population centers as Los
Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Atlanta and the Dallas–Fort Worth area, which were rapidly increasing in population and would emerge as media strongholds in the 1970s.
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when
Rozelle was the general manager of the L.A. Rams and Maule was the team's public relations director; Maule "was certainly an NFL loyalist", and several sports reporters took his deprecatory columns about the AFL as fact. Another example was
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AFL and NFL teams at the time of the 1970 merger. Following the merger, all ten former AFL teams as well as Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Baltimore from the pre-merger NFL joined the AFC. All thirteen remaining NFL teams joined the
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operated at the time. The owners had hoped Davis would continue to serve in that role, but Davis flatly refused to consider serving as a subordinate to Pete Rozelle. After Davis resigned as AFL Commissioner on July 25, 1966,
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written into the standard players' contracts of both leagues would not survive a legal challenge. These fears ultimately proved well-founded in retrospect, as after the merger in football was finalized the
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during the offseason, but reverted to the traditional name of "National Football League" by the time the 1950 season began. The Browns went on to shock NFL loyalists by dominating the older league and
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joined the NFC. The 1976 expansion teams switched conference before their second season in the league, becoming the first NFL teams to change conferences after the merger.
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football in the interim, although the AFL was permitted to retain pre-existing rule variations such as the two point conversion for the remainder of its existence.
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sanctions. When NFL Commissioner Rozelle and other professional football executives appeared before the Congress' Subcommittee on Antitrust, chaired by
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took over as AFL Commissioner in April 1966, and he stepped up the bidding war after the Gogolak transfer, signing notable NFL players, including
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with a mandate to administer the league's day-to-day business in a semi-autonomous manner, much like the way the constituent leagues of
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was introduced in football) that sought to invest the NFL's chief executive with a similar level of authority to that exercised by the
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were already established and set to start play for the 1966 season, before the merger was announced in June. The leagues would add the
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entirety (including the respective reserve clauses) and not sign players who were "under contract" with teams in the rival league.
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Second Place Team" (as it was originally called) would reach the postseason. Fans and media quickly dubbed this team the "
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to contracts with AFL teams. Both leagues spent a combined $ 7 million signing their 1966 draft picks.
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to an unprecedented $ 427,000 contract. The league's financial survival was further buoyed by
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5722:XXVII (1992)
5717:XXIII (1988)
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5164:Freezer Bowl
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5016:Red Right 88
4974:Double Doink
4967:The Comeback
4909:No Punt Game
4840:
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4358:LVIII (2023)
4338:XLVII (2012)
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3839:Crazy on You
3790:Holiday lore
3747:The Ice Bowl
3733:The Fog Bowl
3592:
3573:Black Sunday
3571:
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3527:Playoff Bowl
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3175:Cheerleading
3090:Hall of Fame
3044:wins leaders
3034:Head coaches
2909:Bills Series
2830:NFL records
2826:Playoff Bowl
2813:
2805:(1960–1969)
2792:(1933–1969)
2726:quarterbacks
2664:Kickoff game
2236:Milt Woodard
2126:Broadcasters
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1915:Magee, Jerry
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728:Common Draft
655:
609:Pete Gogolak
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549:quarterback
539:
522:Pete Rozelle
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490:, then with
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406:Babe Parilli
396:, Alabama's
382:Billy Cannon
370:Abner Haynes
331:
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206:oil magnate
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96:Please help
84:
66:Early rivals
33:
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5737:XLIX (2014)
5732:XLVI (2011)
5080:Butt Fumble
4960:Beast Quake
4902:Holy Roller
4348:LIII (2018)
4333:XLIV (2009)
4318:XXXV (2000)
3726:Deflategate
3616:Hail Murray
3107:Suspensions
3006:NFL RedZone
3001:NFL Network
2238:(President)
1701:January 22,
1379:January 22,
1031:Jerry Magee
713:indemnities
658:Tex Schramm
629:John Brodie
606:placekicker
531:Tex Schramm
426:Don Maynard
422:John Tracey
315:Kansas City
5898:Categories
5851:NFL Honors
5747:LVI (2021)
5742:LII (2017)
5727:XXX (1995)
5421:Super Bowl
5304:Faith Hill
5245:John Colby
5171:The Fumble
5052:Heidi Game
4890:Clock Play
4830:Super Bowl
4791:Prime-time
4624:XFL on NBC
4573:Notre Dame
4496:NFL on NBC
4425:NFL Honors
4328:XLI (2006)
4313:XVI (1981)
4308:XIV (1979)
3988:Super Bowl
3860:In My City
3825:Confidence
3780:13 Seconds
3766:Nipplegate
3580:Bottlegate
3503:Super Bowl
3496:Postseason
3446:Prime-time
3232:NFL on CBS
3165:Color Rush
3134:NFL Alumni
3071:Chronology
2996:Television
2991:Valuations
2949:Properties
2916:NFL Europe
2861:Tied games
2844:Super Bowl
2834:individual
2716:Super Bowl
2469:Conference
2314:Conference
2210:Super Bowl
1754:Miami News
1507:Miami News
1330:2013-06-03
1304:January 6,
1157:Miami News
1129:SportsRaid
1093:References
1004:prime time
825:Art Modell
747:Super Bowl
711:would pay
633:Mike Ditka
551:Joe Namath
430:Len Dawson
418:Art Powell
414:Ron McDole
398:Joe Namath
392:, Kansas'
350:Tom Sestak
208:H. L. Hunt
200:Lamar Hunt
61:Background
55:Super Bowl
5883:Website:
5712:XX (1985)
5627:–present)
5287:Joan Jett
5255:John Tesh
5185:Rivalries
5157:The Drive
4953:4th and 2
4353:LV (2020)
4343:50 (2015)
4173:–present)
3719:The Catch
3712:The Block
3485:NFL Today
3180:Conflicts
3170:Rivalries
3155:Nicknames
3061:Officials
3016:In Canada
3011:NFL Films
2721:champions
2642:Preseason
2112:Officials
2082:AFL Draft
1320:"Legends"
1010:Aftermath
952:wild card
839:antitrust
789:President
777:NFL Films
623:co-owner
518:Tex Maule
402:Jack Kemp
394:John Hadl
307:San Diego
216:Bud Adams
202:, son of
198:In 1959,
195:in 1958.
85:does not
5760:Pro Bowl
5707:V (1970)
4372:Pro Bowl
4303:X (1975)
3066:Stadiums
2986:Lockouts
2937:Business
2809:Playoffs
2768:Timeline
2735:Pro Bowl
2701:Droughts
2686:Playoffs
2467:Football
2465:National
2312:Football
2310:American
2231:Al Davis
2226:Joe Foss
2067:Playoffs
1843:June 22,
843:New York
802:Joe Foss
688:and the
676:and the
625:Al Davis
486:through
451:Spalding
338:Bluffton
287:Chargers
239:Patriots
4793:results
4649:history
4190:XXXVIII
3448:results
3424:WFOR-TV
3419:WCBS-TV
3404:KDKA-TV
3399:KCNC-TV
3394:KCBS-TV
3353:history
3150:Mascots
3143:Culture
3114:Combine
3095:members
3083:All-Pro
3039:current
3027:Related
2904:Toronto
2744:History
2696:Streaks
2635:by team
2630:Seasons
2623:Seasons
2107:Players
2062:Seasons
2055:General
1873:Sources
1817:May 21,
1681:NFL.com
1487:May 16,
1444:June 6,
1207:HISTORY
1187:May 21,
1033:of the
939:(NFC).
715:to the
604:signed
380:winner
283:Raiders
279:Oakland
267:Broncos
255:Houston
243:Buffalo
106:removed
91:sources
5582:XXVIII
3414:WJZ-TV
3409:WBZ-TV
3078:Awards
2944:Owners
2899:London
2814:Merger
2291:season
1899:
1885:
1478:"J6-V"
1022:owner
875:, and
860:homes.
823:owner
700:other.
664:since
635:, and
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