1968 American Football League season
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| 1968 American Football League season | |
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| Regular season | September 6, 1968 - December 15, 1968 |
| Champions | |
| All-Star game | |
The 1968 American Football League season was the ninth regular season of the American Football League, and it's penultimate season prior to the AFL-NFL Merger.
The season ended when the New York Jets defeated the Oakland Raiders in the AFL Championship Game, and the Jets then defeated the National Football League's Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III in one of the biggest sports upsets in history.
[edit] Standings [1]
The Cincinnati Bengals joined the league as an expansion team.
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *New York Jets | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 419 | 280 |
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 303 | 248 |
| Miami Dolphins | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 276 | 355 |
| Boston Patriots | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 229 | 406 |
| Buffalo Bills | 1 | 12 | 1 | .077 | 199 | 367 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Oakland Raiders | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 453 | 233 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 371 | 170 |
| San Diego Chargers | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 382 | 310 |
| Denver Broncos | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 255 | 404 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 215 | 329 |
* — Team qualified for Championship Game.
Italics mean team qualified for the playoffs.
[edit] Playoffs
- Western Division playoff
- Oakland Raiders 41, Kansas City Chiefs 6, December 22, 1968, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
- AFL Championship Game
- New York Jets 27, Oakland Raiders 23, December 29, 1968, Shea Stadium, New York City
- Super Bowl III
- N.Y. Jets (AFL) 16, Baltimore (NFL) 7, at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
[edit] External links
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1968 AFL Season
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| Eastern Division | Western Division |
| Boston | Cincinnati |
| Buffalo | Denver |
| Houston | Kansas City |
| Miami | Oakland |
| New York Jets | San Diego |
| 1969 AFL Draft • AFL Playoffs • 1968 AFL All-Star game • Super Bowl III Related: 1968 NFL Season |
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