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The first-ever AFL pre-season game was played on the road against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night, July 30, [1] which Boston won. [2] They hosted the inaugural regular season game, a Friday night 13–10 loss to the Denver Broncos at Boston University Field on September 9. [3] [4] The playing field was aligned along the first-base line. The ...
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.
The Boston Bulldogs were a professional American football team that competed in the first American Football League in 1926. Owned by Robert McKirby, [ 1 ] the Bulldogs lasted only six games into the AFL season, playing one home game in Braves Field and one in Fenway Park . [ 2 ]
The 1969 AFL playoffs were only the second time a U.S. major professional football league allowed teams other than the first place teams (including ties) to compete in post-season playoffs (the first was the seven-team All-America Football Conference's 1949 four-team playoff).
They won the AFL's first game, played on Friday night, September 9, 1960, beating the Boston Patriots 13–10. The Patriots' Gino Cappelletti scored the AFL's first points with a 35-yard field goal. Other results in Week One were the Los Angeles Chargers 21–20 win over the Dallas Texans, the Houston Oilers 37–22 win over the Oakland Raiders ...
Boston University Field: 21,038 Recap: 4 Bye: 5 October 6: at New York Titans: W 43–14 3–1 Polo Grounds: 14,412 Recap: 6 October 12: Dallas Texans: L 7–27 3–2 Boston University Field 23,874 Recap: 7 October 19: San Diego Chargers: W 24–20 4–2 Boston University Field 20,888 Recap: 8 October 26: Oakland Raiders: W 26–16 5–2 Boston ...
The 1969 Boston Patriots season was the franchise's 10th and final season in the American Football League. The Patriots ended the season with a record of four wins and ten losses, and finished tied for third in the AFL's Eastern Division.
In Week Thirteen, Boston was at 7–5–1, and Buffalo and Houston right behind. In the final week, spoiler San Diego took out Houston, 20–14. Buffalo won 19–10 over the Jets, while Boston lost 35–3 at Kansas City, giving the Bills and Pats records of 7–6–1 and forcing a one-game playoff, for a spot in the AFL Championship game.