American Football League

The American Football League (AFL) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1960 to 1969. The two leagues, who became fierce rivals very early on, agreed to a merger in 1966. The final AFL season took place in 1969, and starting in 1970 all its existing teams began play in the NFL's new American Football Conference.

Teams

Division	Team	City	Venues	Years	AFL Record (W-L-T)	AFL Titles
Eastern	Boston Patriots	Boston, Masachusetts	Nickerson Field	1960-62	64–69–9	0
			Fenway Park	1963-68
		Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	Alumni Stadium	1969
	Buffalo Bills	Buffalo, New York	War Memorial Stadium	1960-69	67–71–6	2
	Houston Oilers	Houston, Texas	Jeppesen Stadium	1960-64	72–69–4	2
			Rice Stadium	1965-67
			Astrodome	1968-69
	Miami Dolphins	Miami, Florida	Orange Bowl	1966-69	15–39–2	0
	New York Titans/Jets	New York City, New York	Polo Grounds	1960-63	71–67–6	1
		Queens, New York	Shea Stadium	1964-69
Western	Cincinnati Bengals	Cincinnati, Ohio	Nippert Stadium	1968-69	7–20–1	0
	Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs	Dallas, Texas	Cotton Bowl	1960-62	92–50–5	3
		Kansas City, Missouri	Municipal Stadium	1963-69
	Denver Broncos	Denver, Colorado	Bears Stadium/Mile High Stadium	1960-69	39–97–4	0
	Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers	Los Angeles, California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	1960	88–51–6	1
		San Diego, California	Balboa Stadium	1961-66
			San Diego Stadiun	1967-69
	Oakland Raiders	San Francisco, California	Kezar Stadium	1960	80–61–5	1
			Candlestick Park	1961
		Oakland, California	Frank Youell Field	1962-65
			Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	1966-69

See also

AFL/NFL league publications