 Chiefs running back Robert Holmes (center) rushing against the Raiders in the championship game. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 4, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oakland by 4 to 5½ points[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 54,544 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1969 AFL Championship Game was the tenth and final championship game of the American Football League, and the league's final game prior to its merger with the National Football League on February 1, 1970.
The game was held on January 4, 1970, at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum between the Western Division champion Oakland Raiders (12–1–1) and the division's second-place team, the Kansas City Chiefs (11–3). The two teams had the best records in the AFL regular season and both had won divisional playoff games two weeks earlier to advance to the championship. Oakland had swept the two hard-fought regular season games between the two teams,[5][6][7] were favored by 4 to 5½ points,[1][2][3] and had taken seven of the last eight meetings.[8]
Tied at halftime, the Chiefs won 17–7 on the strength of seventeen unanswered points in the last three quarters and represented the AFL in Super Bowl IV the following week.[9][10][11][12] This was the 616th and final AFL game.[8]
- ^ a b "AFL title game facts and figures". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. January 3, 1970. p. 1B.
- ^ a b Rapoport, Ron (January 4, 1970). "Raiders picked over Chiefs for AFL crown". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 58.
- ^ a b "Raiders slight favorites". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. January 4, 1970. p. 1, sports.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
1969 NFL-AFL Commentator Crewswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Raiders recapture first place". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 24, 1969. p. 1C.
- ^ Bob, Kearney. "Oakland thievery chills KC, 27-24". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 20.
- ^ "Oakland wins West title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 14, 1969. p. 1, sports.
- ^ a b "AFL soon to be history". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 3, 1970. p. 1B.
- ^ Markus, Robert (January 5, 1970). "Chiefs, Vikings roll into Super Bowl". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, section 3A.
- ^ "Vikings, Chiefs gain Super Bowl". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. January 5, 1970. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ Rathet, Mike (January 5, 1970). "Viks, Chiefs storm to Super Bowl showdown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
- ^ Jones, Robert F. (January 12, 1970). "Lamonica's moveable feast: he was the main dish". Sports Illustrated. p. 17.