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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]
[5] [6] The 1969 contest remains the last All-Star Game to date to be played earlier than prime time in the Eastern United States. President Richard Nixon originally planned to attend the Tuesday night game and throw out the first ball , and then depart for the splashdown of Apollo 11 in the Pacific Ocean. [ 5 ]
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The 1969 Ohio State vs. Michigan football game is considered to be one of the best-known games of the series, as well as one of the biggest upsets in college football history. The Buckeyes went into the game as the top-ranked team in the country, with a 22-game winning streak under the direction of head coach Woody Hayes.