Regular season | |
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Duration | September 18 – December 20, 1970 |
Playoffs | |
Start date | December 26, 1970 |
AFC Champions | Baltimore Colts |
NFC Champions | Dallas Cowboys |
Super Bowl V | |
Date | January 17, 1971 |
Site | Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida |
Champions | Baltimore Colts |
Pro Bowl | |
Date | January 24, 1971 |
Site | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
The 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first after the consummation of the AFL–NFL merger. The merged league realigned into two conferences: all ten of the American Football League (AFL) teams joined the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers to form the American Football Conference (AFC); the other thirteen NFL clubs formed the National Football Conference (NFC).
The season concluded in 1971 with Super Bowl V on January 17, as the Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys 16–13 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The Pro Bowl was the following Sunday; the NFC beat the AFC 27–6 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.