Even though I grew up in St. Louis a Cardinals football fan, I remember watching NBC for their AFL games enjoying their passing offense. I remember matching big games between the Chiefs and the Raiders. The AFL sure did well growing in their 10 year history.
Looks like a 1970 wrap-up of the league to familiarize the NFL fans with the 10 new teams the league is acquiring. At 10:48 there's a great screencap of Pats at KC with a wonderful background of stands and trees in the sunlight (for those who're really really into Pats history)
The early league was like watching the Canadian football 🏈 league. Where many guys had their experience, and the AFL easily broke the colour bar because there were good qualified guys who wanted to play.
This being the history of the American Football League and there's no mention of Joe Foss, Commissioner from its inception in 1959 until 2 months before the merger?
Even though the Packers won the first 2 Super Bowls the AFL had teams which were better than most NFL teams. The Jets beat the Colts in Super Bowl III and the Chiefs beat the crap out of the Vikings in Super Bowl IV.
What makes this show even more interesting IMO is that narrator Lindsey Nelson had absolutely zero connection, from what I've read, including his autobiography, with the AFL. Lindsey was a HOF broadcaster, not taking away from his credentials to narrate this, it's exclusively with the NFL teams that his pro football lineage lies.
Technically, the answer to the inartfully phrased question is "NO AFL Team" ever won the "NFL" Championship. Super Bowls I & II (won by the NFL Green Bay Packers), and Super Bowls III and IV (won respectively by the AFL NY Jets and KC Chiefs) were all billed as "World Championship" games between TWO DIFFERENT LEAGUES. So, technically, "AFL" teams NEVER competed for an "NFL" Championship because they were NOT members of that league. Nor could NFL teams ever compete for an "AFL" Champ[ionship! Super Bowl V following the 1970 season was the first "World Championship" that also could correctly be called an "NFL" Championship as well because it was the first year of the operational merger; i.e., there WAS NO "AFL" ANY LONGER in the 1970 season. The Colts from the new "AFC" OF THE NFL won that Super Bowl, but the Colts were NEVER an "AFL team." The Cowboys, an NFL team always, won Super Bowl VI. I think what you meant to ask was: "Which was the first team FORMERLY of the AFL to win the NFL Championship?" The answer to the latter correctly phrased Q would be the then-NFL Miami Dolphins (their status for their perfect 1972 season was NO LONGER AS an "AFL" team but instead as an NFL team in the AFC) in Super Bowl VII against the Washington Redskins.
Its the Baltimore Colts who switched to the AFL or the AFC but won the NFL title in '58 and '59. But wait, did the Browns not win a championship before that? In '50, '54, '55 and '64. Answer, Cleveland Browns.
@@gtrhoppe Wrong answer -- on BOTH counts. NEITHER the Baltimore Colts NOR the Cleveland Browns EVER belonged to the "American Football League" (AFL). They became members of the new "American Football Conference" (AFC) which is NOT and never was the "AFL" (which ceased to exist in January of 1970 following Super Bowl IV and the completion of the AFL-NFL Merger) Thus, NEITHER the Colts nor Browns could EVER be an "AFL team (let alone the first) to win the NFL Championship" even if they later became partof the newly formed AFRC within the newly merged "NFL." Also, the reason it's NOT the "Jets" is because the Jets won the AFL Championship for the 1968 season -- NOT the "NFL Championship" for 1968 (which was won by the Baltimore Colts) -- and then the Jets went on to win Super Bowl III in January 1969 for the undisputed "World Championship" of Professional Football ... again, NOT the "NFL" Championship. The "NFL" Championship only became SYNONOMNOUS with the winner of the Super Bowl following the complete merger of the AFL and old NFL beginning with the 1970 football season (i.e., Super Bowl V in January of 1971). Super Bowl V involved TWO old "NFL" teams (Dallas and Baltimore), hence Baltimore is an incorrect answer because, although it was the "AFC" representative in the Super Bowl, it was NEVER an "AFL" team as discussed above. Super Bowl VI the following season (1971) saw a genuine match-up between an old NFL team (Dallas) and an old expansion AFL team (Miami) in January 1972 -- but the Dolphins lost that game. However, at the end of the next season -- Super Bowl VII played in January 1973 -- the old AFL MIami Dolphins completed their "perfect 1972 season" by winning the Suyper Bowl (and NFL Championship) over the Washington Redskins. Thus the answer to the supposed "trick" question (which isn't really a trick Q at all) is the Miami Dolphins. An even better Q would be: which ORIGINAL AFL team was the first to win the "NFL Championship?" That answer would be Al Davis' OAKLAND RAIDERS (one of the original 8 AFL franchises -- which was created because of the absolute TREACHERY of the old NFL and the expansion Minnesota Vikings' ownership). Ironically, the team the Raiders CRUSHED in Super Bowl XI was none other than the said treacherous Minnesota Vikings !!! :) :) :)
Growing up in so cal in late 60s quickly fell in love with the chargers
Even though I grew up in St. Louis a Cardinals football fan, I remember watching NBC for their AFL games enjoying their passing offense. I remember matching big games between the Chiefs and the Raiders. The AFL sure did well growing in their 10 year history.
Long live the AFL.
Thanks for posting never seen this one.
Looks like a 1970 wrap-up of the league to familiarize the NFL fans with the 10 new teams the league is acquiring. At 10:48 there's a great screencap of Pats at KC with a wonderful background of stands and trees in the sunlight (for those who're really really into Pats history)
Shula was never part of the stand alone AFL. He started coaching the Dolphins in the 1970 AFC.
Not to mention that Shula's brand of football was old school NFL......until a guy named Marino came on board.
Shula was one of the rudest people I ever met.
The early league was like watching the Canadian football 🏈 league. Where many guys had their experience, and the AFL easily broke the colour bar because there were good qualified guys who wanted to play.
This being the history of the American Football League and there's no mention of Joe Foss, Commissioner from its inception in 1959 until 2 months before the merger?
Nice one!
Even though the Packers won the first 2 Super Bowls the AFL had teams which were better than most NFL teams. The Jets beat the Colts in Super Bowl III and the Chiefs beat the crap out of the Vikings in Super Bowl IV.
Vince Lombardi was an arrogant jerk with his comment after Super Bowl I. The Jets and then the Chiefs made him eat his words all the way to his grave.
What makes this show even more interesting IMO is that narrator Lindsey Nelson had absolutely zero connection, from what I've read, including his autobiography, with the AFL. Lindsey was a HOF broadcaster, not taking away from his credentials to narrate this, it's exclusively with the NFL teams that his pro football lineage lies.
Otis Taylor is STILL NOT in the Pro Football HOF. It's ridiculous.
Here is a trick question. Who was the first AFL team to win the NFL Championship. Hint It's NOT the JETS
Technically, the answer to the inartfully phrased question is "NO AFL Team" ever won the "NFL" Championship. Super Bowls I & II (won by the NFL Green Bay Packers), and Super Bowls III and IV (won respectively by the AFL NY Jets and KC Chiefs) were all billed as "World Championship" games between TWO DIFFERENT LEAGUES. So, technically, "AFL" teams NEVER competed for an "NFL" Championship because they were NOT members of that league. Nor could NFL teams ever compete for an "AFL" Champ[ionship!
Super Bowl V following the 1970 season was the first "World Championship" that also could correctly be called an "NFL" Championship as well because it was the first year of the operational merger; i.e., there WAS NO "AFL" ANY LONGER in the 1970 season. The Colts from the new "AFC" OF THE NFL won that Super Bowl, but the Colts were NEVER an "AFL team." The Cowboys, an NFL team always, won Super Bowl VI.
I think what you meant to ask was: "Which was the first team FORMERLY of the AFL to win the NFL Championship?" The answer to the latter correctly phrased Q would be the then-NFL Miami Dolphins (their status for their perfect 1972 season was NO LONGER AS an "AFL" team but instead as an NFL team in the AFC) in Super Bowl VII against the Washington Redskins.
Its the Baltimore Colts who switched to the AFL or the AFC but won the NFL title in '58 and '59. But wait, did the Browns not win a championship before that? In '50, '54, '55 and '64. Answer, Cleveland Browns.
@@gtrhoppe Wrong answer -- on BOTH counts. NEITHER the Baltimore Colts NOR the Cleveland Browns EVER belonged to the "American Football League" (AFL). They became members of the new "American Football Conference" (AFC) which is NOT and never was the "AFL" (which ceased to exist in January of 1970 following Super Bowl IV and the completion of the AFL-NFL Merger) Thus, NEITHER the Colts nor Browns could EVER be an "AFL team (let alone the first) to win the NFL Championship" even if they later became partof the newly formed AFRC within the newly merged "NFL."
Also, the reason it's NOT the "Jets" is because the Jets won the AFL Championship for the 1968 season -- NOT the "NFL Championship" for 1968 (which was won by the Baltimore Colts) -- and then the Jets went on to win Super Bowl III in January 1969 for the undisputed "World Championship" of Professional Football ... again, NOT the "NFL" Championship.
The "NFL" Championship only became SYNONOMNOUS with the winner of the Super Bowl following the complete merger of the AFL and old NFL beginning with the 1970 football season (i.e., Super Bowl V in January of 1971). Super Bowl V involved TWO old "NFL" teams (Dallas and Baltimore), hence Baltimore is an incorrect answer because, although it was the "AFC" representative in the Super Bowl, it was NEVER an "AFL" team as discussed above. Super Bowl VI the following season (1971) saw a genuine match-up between an old NFL team (Dallas) and an old expansion AFL team (Miami) in January 1972 -- but the Dolphins lost that game.
However, at the end of the next season -- Super Bowl VII played in January 1973 -- the old AFL MIami Dolphins completed their "perfect 1972 season" by winning the Suyper Bowl (and NFL Championship) over the Washington Redskins.
Thus the answer to the supposed "trick" question (which isn't really a trick Q at all) is the Miami Dolphins.
An even better Q would be: which ORIGINAL AFL team was the first to win the "NFL Championship?" That answer would be Al Davis' OAKLAND RAIDERS (one of the original 8 AFL franchises -- which was created because of the absolute TREACHERY of the old NFL and the expansion Minnesota Vikings' ownership). Ironically, the team the Raiders CRUSHED in Super Bowl XI was none other than the said treacherous Minnesota Vikings !!! :) :) :)
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