American Football League

La American Football League (AFL) fue una antigua liga de fútbol americano profesional. Existió entre 1960 y 1969. En 1970 se fusionó con la National Football League.

La conformaban 10 equipos al momento de producirse la fusión con la NFL.

Franquicias de la AFL

División	Equipo	Primera temporada	Estadio sede	Marca en la AFL (G-P-E)^[1]	Títulos en la AFL
Este	Boston Patriots	1960	Nickerson Field (1960–1962), Fenway Park (1963–68), Alumni Stadium (1969)	64-69-9	0
	Buffalo Bills	1960	War Memorial Stadium (1960-1969)	67-71-6	2
	Houston Oilers	1960	Jeppesen Stadium (1960–1964), Rice Stadium (1965–67), Houston Astrodome (1968–1969)	72-69-4	2
	Miami Dolphins	1966	Miami Orange Bowl	15-39-2	0
	New York Titans/Jets	1960	Polo Grounds (1960–1963), Shea Stadium (1964–1969)	71-67-6	1
Oeste	Cincinnati Bengals	1968	Nippert Stadium (1968-1969)	7-20-1	0
	Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs	1960	Cotton Bowl (1960–1962), Municipal Stadium (1963–1969)	92-50-5	3
	Denver Broncos	1960	Bears Stadium/Mile High Stadium (1960–1969)	39-97-4	0
	Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers	1960	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1960), Balboa Stadium (1961–1966), San Diego Stadium (1967–1969)	88-51-6	1
	Oakland Raiders	1960	Kezar Stadium (1960), Candlestick Park (1961), Frank Youell Field (1962–1965), Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (1966–1969)	80-61-5	1

División Este	División Oeste

Temporada	Fecha	Equipo ganador	Marcador	Equipo perdedor	Sede	Asistencia
1960	1 de enero de 1961	Houston Oilers	24–16	Los Angeles Chargers	Jeppesen Stadium	32,183
1961	24 de diciembre de 1961	Houston Oilers (2)	10–3	San Diego Chargers	Balboa Stadium	29,556
1962	23 de diciembre de 1962	Dallas Texans	20–17 (2OT)	Houston Oilers	Jeppesen Stadium (2)	37,981
1963	5 de enero de 1964	San Diego Chargers	51–10	Boston Patriots	Balboa Stadium (2)	30,127
1964	26 de diciembre de 1964	Buffalo Bills	20–7	San Diego Chargers	War Memorial Stadium	40,242
1965	26 de diciembre de 1965	Buffalo Bills (2)	23–0	San Diego Chargers	Balboa Stadium (3)	30,361
1966	1 de enero de 1967	Kansas City Chiefs (2)	31–7	Buffalo Bills	War Memorial Stadium (2)	42,080
1967	31 de diciembre de 1967	Oakland Raiders	40–7	Houston Oilers	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53,330
1968	29 de diciembre de 1968	New York Jets	27–23	Oakland Raiders	Shea Stadium	62,627
1969	4 de enero de 1970	Kansas City Chiefs (3)	17–7	Oakland Raiders	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (2)	53,561

En letra itálica – Llegaron al Super Bowl

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