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The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when it was merged with the established National Football League (NFL). The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence. Initially viewed as inferior, the AFL began attracting top talent from colleges and the NFL by the mid-1960s,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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Thanksgiving Classic The Detroit and Dallas arrangements were made in spite of the fact that the American Football League played Thanksgiving Day games in each of its ten years of existence, 1960-1969, actually beginning the tradition six years before the NFL Dallas Cowboys.

Thanksgiving Classic The first AFL of 1926 also played two games in its lone season.

July 1960 The American Football League played its first game, an exhibition between the Buffalo Bills and the Boston Patriots, before a crowd of 16,474 in Buffalo.

American Football League The AFL did not play an All-Star game after its first season in 1960, but did stage All-Star games for the 1961 through 1969 seasons.

NFL on television The AFL played its first league championship game on January 1, 1961.

Sacramento Gold Miners The American Football League also played one game in Canada against a CFL team in 1961, with CFL's Hamilton defeating AFL's Buffalo, 38-21.

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American Football League All-League Teams The Sporting News published American Football League All-League Teams for each season played by the American Football League, 1960 through 1969.

American Football League All-Star game The Sporting News published American Football League All-League Teams for each season played by the American Football League, 1960 through 1969.

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List of gridiron football rules The AFL played a 14-game schedule for its entire existence, starting in 1960.

American Football League The AFL played a 14-game schedule for its entire existence, starting in 1960.

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July 1960 The American Football League played its first game, an exhibition between the Buffalo Bills and the Boston Patriots, before a crowd of 16,474 in Buffalo.

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July 1960 The American Football League played its first game, an exhibition between the Buffalo Bills and the Boston Patriots, before a crowd of 16,474 in Buffalo.

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National Football League exhibition season Also, from 1967 to 1969, during the transition period leading up to the formal AFL-NFL merger, the NFL and American Football League played each other in a series of exhibition matches; notably, the 1969 match between the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins was the only time Vince Lombardi ever lost to an AFL team.

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National Football League exhibition season Between 1950 and 1961, the NFL also attempted exhibition matches against the Canadian Football League (mixing NFL and CFL rules); these, too, were abandoned after the 1961 preseason, after the NFL won all six matchups (the CFL finally won a game against American opposition in August 1961, but this was against an American Football League team; as a result of the embarrassment, the AFL opted not to play the CFL again beyond that one game).

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Gene Thomas Eugene "Gene" Warren Thomas (born September 1, 1942 in Barberton, Ohio) is a former American football fullback and halfback in the American Football League and played in Super Bowl I.

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Thanksgiving Classic The American Football League (AFL) also played Thanksgiving Day games during this decade, and the Dallas Cowboys started playing their series in 1966.

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1960 in sports The American Football League (AFL) played its first season

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American Football League on ABC ABC and the AFL also introduced moving, on-field cameras (as opposed to the fixed midfield cameras of CBS and the NFL), and were the first to have players "miked" during broadcast games.

NFL on television ABC and the AFL also introduced moving, on-field cameras (as opposed to the fixed midfield cameras of CBS and the NFL), and were the first to have players "miked" during broadcast games.

Professional football ABC and the AFL also introduced moving, on-field cameras (as opposed to the fixed midfield cameras of CBS and the NFL), and were the first to have players "miked" during broadcast games.

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List of gridiron football rules The AFL also introduced the two-point conversion to professional football thirty-four years before the NFL instituted it in 1994 (college football had adopted the two point conversion in the late 1950s).

American Football League The AFL also introduced the two-point conversion to professional football thirty-four years before the NFL instituted it in 1994 (college football had adopted the two point conversion in the late 1950s).

History of American football The NFL continued to grow, eventually adopting the two-point PAT conversion introduced to Professional Football by the AFL.

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List of gridiron football rules The NFL adopted many ideas introduced by the AFL, including names on player jerseys and revenue sharing of gate and television receipts.

American Football League The NFL adopted many ideas introduced by the AFL, including names on player jerseys and revenue sharing of gate and television receipts.

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2009 NFL season The fields for the regular season games were painted in the innovative designs introduced by the AFL in the 1960s (for instance, the Broncos' end zones are painted in an argyle pattern).

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AFL–NFL merger The AFL introduced many policies and rules to professional football which remain contemporary, including:

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AFL–NFL merger The AFL introduced many policies and rules to professional football which remain contemporary, including:

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National Football League In addition, the USFL also used the two-point conversion, which was first introduced by the American Football League in 1960, and later adopted by the NFL in 1994 (the two point-conversion had previously been used in American college football since 1958).

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Regular season (NFL) In 1960, the American Football League began play and introduced a balanced schedule of 14 games per team over a fifteen week season, in which each of the eight teams played each of the other teams twice, with one bye week.

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    American Football League

    The American Football League (AFL) was a major Professional football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the established National Football League (NFL).
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    Category:American Football League

    This category comprises articles related to the American Football League that played from 1960 to 1969, then merged into the National Football League in 1970.
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    American Football League (1936)

    Sometimes called AFL II, the second American Football League (AFL) was a professional American football league that operated in 1936 and 1937. The AFL operated in direct competition with the more established National Football League (NFL) throughout its existence.
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    American Football League (1940)

    In 1941, the AFL became the first professional football league to play a double round robin schedule. Origin of league
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    American Football League (1926)

    Sometimes called AFL I or AFLG, the first American Football League (AFL) was a professional American football league that operated in 1926. It was the first major competitor to the National Football League.
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    American Football League (disambiguation)

    American Football League is a name shared by several leagues of American football. Major leagues
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    American Football League (1934)

    The 1934 edition of the American Football League was a short-lived minor professional football league with teams based in the American South and Southwest.
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    American Football League (1944)

    The Northwest War Industries League, later renamed the American Football League, was a professional football league based on the West Coast of the United States that played for two nonconsecutive seasons during World War II.
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