Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and its last before the AFL–NFL merger.To honor the NFL's fiftieth season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.
The NFL playoffs following the 1969 NFL season determined the league's representative in Super Bowl IV. This was the last NFL playoff tournament before the AFL–NFL merger and the last awarding of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy to the NFL champion, which was introduced in 1934.
Following an agreement to merge the NFL with AFL, the Super Bowl was first held at the conclusion of the 1966 season to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues. The NFL then established a four-team postseason tournament in 1967, and the AFL did the same in 1969. [49]
The 1969 NFL Championship Game was the 37th and final championship game prior to the AFL–NFL merger, played January 4, 1970, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb south of Minneapolis. The winner of the game earned a berth in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans against the champion of the American Football League. [1] [2]
The 1969 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 50th season the team was in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 9–4–1, winning only four games. [1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 21st consecutive season.
The NFL Championship Game was ended after the 1969 season, succeeded by the NFC Championship Game. [2] [6] The champions of that game play the champions of the AFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL champion. [2] The Green Bay Packers won the most NFL championships before the merger, winning eleven of the fifty ...
Pages in category "1969 National Football League season" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 1969 Chicago Bears season was their 50th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a franchise-worst 1–13 record. [ 1 ] This occurred despite the exploits of Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers , who had torn the ligaments in his right knee in November 1968 .