American Football League (1960-1969)

AFL

 

]AFL Playoff/Championship Games

Year Event Winner, score Runner-up, score
1960 AFL Championship Houston 24 Los Angeles 16
1961 AFL Championship Houston 10 San Diego 3
1962 AFL Championship Dallas 20 Houston 17 (OT)
1963 AFL East Division Tie-Breaker Boston 26 Buffalo 8
AFL Championship San Diego 51 Boston 10
1964 AFL Championship Buffalo 20 San Diego 10
1965 AFL Championship Buffalo 23 San Diego 0
1966 AFL Championship Kansas City 31 Buffalo 7
Super Bowl-I  (NFL vs AFL) Green Bay (NFL) 35 Kansas City 10
1967 AFL Championship Oakland 40 Houston 7
Super Bowl-II  (NFL vs AFL) Green Bay (NFL) 33 Oakland 14
1968 AFL West Division Tie-Breaker Oakland 41 Kansas City 6
AFL Championship New York 27 Oakland 23
Super Bowl-III   (NFL vs AFL) New York 16 Baltimore (NFL) 7
1969 AFL Divisional  playoff Oakland 56 Houston 7
AFL Divisional  playoff Kansas City 13 New York 6
AFL Championship Kansas City 17 Oakland 7
Super Bowl-IV (NFL vs AFL) Kansas City 23 Minnesota (NFL) 7
1970 AFL merged with the National Football League

 

AFL All-Star Games

Year Winner, score Loser, score Site MVP
1960 No Game Played
1961 AFL West 47 AFL East 27 San Diego Cotton Davidson, Oak, QB
1962 AFL West 21 AFL East 14 San Diego Off- Curtis McClinton, Dal, RB
Def- Earl Faison, SD, DB
1963 AFL West 27 AFL East 24 San Diego Off- Keith Lincoln, SD, RB
Def- Archie Matsos, Oak, LB
1964 AFL West 38 AFL East 14 Houston Off- Keith Lincoln, SD, RB
Def- Willie Brown, Den, DB
1965 AFL All-Stars 30 Buffalo 19 Houston Off- Joe Namath, NY, QB
Def- Frank Buncom, SD, LB
1966 AFL East 30 AFL West 23 Oakland Off- Babe Parilli, Bos, QB
Def- Verlon Biggs, NY, DE
1967 AFL East 25 AFL West 24 Jacksonville Off- Joe Namath, NY, QB and
Don Maynard, NY, FL
Def- Speedy Duncan, SD, DB/Ret
1968 AFL West 38 AFL East 25 Jacksonville Off- Len Dawson, KC, QB
Def- George Webster, Hou, LB
1969 AFL West 26 AFL East 3 Houston John Hadl, SD, QB

 

Annual Statistical Leaders
Year Passing Leader, Team Cmp Att Yds TDPs
1960  Jack Kemp, Los Angeles 211 406 3018 20
 Frank Tripucka, Denver 248 478 3038 24
1961  George Blanda, Houston 187 362 3330 36
1962  Len Dawson, Dallas 189 310 2759 29
 Frank Tripucka, Denver 240 440 2917 17
1963  Tobin Rote, San Diego 170 286 2510 20
 George Blanda, Houston 224 423 3003 24
1964  Len Dawson, Kansas City 199 354 2879 30
 Babe Parilli, Boston 228 473 3465 31
1965  John Hadl, San Diego 174 348 2798 20
1966  Len Dawson, Kansas City 159 284 2527 26
 Joe Namath, New York 232 471 3379 19
1967  Daryle Lamonica, Oakland 220 425 3228 30
 Joe Namath, New York 258 491 4007 26
1968  Len Dawson, Kansas City 131 224 2109 17
 John Hadl, San Diego 208 440 3473 27
1969  Greg Cook, Cincinnati 106 197 1854 15
 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland 221 426 3302 34
Year Rushing Leader, Team Att. Yds Avg. TDs
1960  Abner Haynes, Dallas 157 875 5.6 9
1961  Billy Cannon, Houston 200 948 4.7 6
1962  Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo 214 1096 5.1 13
1963  Clem Daniels, Oakland 215 1099 5.1 3
1964  Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo 230 981 4.3 6
1965  Paul Lowe, San Diego 222 1121 5.0 7
1966  Jim Nance, Boston 299 1458 4.9 11
1967  Jim Nance, Boston 269 1216 4.5 7
1968  Paul Robinson, Cincinnati 238 1023 4.3 8
1969  Dickie Post, San Diego 182 873 4.8 6
Year Recieving Leader, Team Rec. Yds Avg TDs
1960  Lionel Taylor, Denver 92 1235 13.4 12
 Bill Groman, Houston 72 1473 20.5 12
1961  Lionel Taylor, Denver 100 1176 11.8 4
 Charley Hennigan 82 1746 21.3 12
1962  Lionel Taylor, Denver 77 908 11.8 4
 Art Powell, New York 64 1130 17.7 8
1963  Lionel Taylor, Denver 78 1101 14.1 10
 Art Powell, Oakland 73 1304 17.9 16
1964  Charley Hennigan, Houston 101 1546 15.3 8
1965  Lionel Taylor, Denver 85 1131 13.3 6
 Lance Alworth, San Diego 69 1602 23.2 14
1966  Lance Alworth, San Diego 73 1383 18.9 13
1967  George Sauer, New York 75 1189 15.9 6
 Don Maynard, New York 71 1434 20.2 10
1968  Lance Alworth, San Diego 68 1312 19.3 10
1969  Lance Alworth, San Diego 64 1003 15.7 4
 Warren Wells, Oakland 47 1260 26.8 14
Year  Scoring Leader, Team TDs FGs PATs Pts
1960  Gene Mingo, Denver 6 18 33 123
1961  Gino Cappelleti, Boston 8 17 48 147
1962  Gene Mingo, Denver 4 27 32 137
1963  Gino Cappelleti, Boston 2 22 35 113
1964  Gino Cappelleti, Boston 7 25 36 155
1965  Gino Cappelleti, Boston 9 17 27 132
1966  Gino Cappelleti, Boston 6 16 35 119
1967  George Blanda, Oakland 0 20 56 116
1968  Jim Turner, New York 0 34 43 145
1969  Jim Turner, New York 0 32 33 129
Year Interceptions, Team No. Yds Avg TDs
1960 Austin Gonsoulin, Denver 11 98 8.9 0
1961 Billy Atkins, Buffalo 10 158 15.8 0
1962 Austin Gonsoulin, Denver 11 122 11.1 0
1963 Freddie Glick, Houston 12 180 15.0 1
1964 Dainard Paulson, New York 12 157 13.1 1
1965 WK Hicks, Houston 9 156 17.3 0
1966 Johnny Robinson, Kansas City 10 136 13.6 1
Bobby Hunt, Kansas City 10 113 11.3 0
1967 Miller Farr, Houston 10 264 26.4 3
Tom Janik, Buffalo 10 222 22.2 2
Dick Westmoreland, Miami 10 127 12.7 1
1968 Dave Grayson, Oakland 10 195 19.5 1
1969 Emmitt Thomas, Kansas City 9 146 16.2 1
Year Punt Returns, Team No. Yds Avg TDs
1960 Abner Haynes, Dallas 14 215 15.4 0
1961 Dick Cristy, New York 18 383 21.3 2
1962 Dick Cristy, New York 15 250 16.7 2
1963 Claude Gibson, Oakland 26 307 11.8 2
1964 Bobby Jancik, Houston 12 220 18.3 1
1965 Speedy Duncan, San Diego 30 464 15.5 2
1966 Speedy Duncan, San Diego 18 238 13.2 1
1967 Floyd Little, Danver 16 270 16.9 1
1968 Noland Smith, Kansas City 18 270 15.0 1
1969 Bill Thompson, Denver 25 288 11.5 0
Year Kick Returns, Team No. Yds Avg TDs
1960 Ken Hall, Houston 19 594 31.3 1
1961 Dave Grayson, Dallas 16 453 28.3 0
1962 Bobby Jancik, Houston 24 726 30.3 0
1963 Bobby Jancik, Houston 45 1317 29.3 0
1964 Bo Roberson, Oakland 36 975 27.1 0
1965 Abner Haynes, Denver 34 901 26.5 0
1966 Goldie Sellers, Denver 19 541 28.5 2
1967 Zeke Moore, Houston 14 405 28.9 1
1968 George  Atkinson, Oakland 32 802 25.1 0
1969 Bill Thompson, Denver 18 513 28.5 0
Year Punting Leader, Team Avg.
1960 Paul Maguire, Los Angeles 40.5
1961 Billy Atkins, Buffalo 44.5
1962 Jim Fraser, Denver 43.6
1963 Jim Fraser, Denver 44.4
1964 Jim Fraser, Denver 44.2
1965 Jerrell Wilson, Kansas City 45.4
1966 Bob Scarpitto, Denver 45.8
1967 Bob Scarpitto, Denver 44.9
1968 Jerrell Wilson, Kansas City 45.1
1969 Dennis Partee, San Diego 44.6
 

MVP and Player of the Year Awards

UPI - United Press International (POY)
AP - Associated Press (MVP)
TSN - The Sporting News (MVP)

Year Player, Team   Position Award
1960 Abner Haynes, Dallas HB UPI, TSN
1961 George Blanda, Houston QB UPI, AP, TSN
1962 Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo FB UPI, AP
Len Dawson, Dallas QB TSN
1963 Lance Alworth, San Diego FL UPI
Tobin Rote, San Diego QB AP
Clem Daniels, Oakland RB TSN
1964 Gino Cappelletti, Boston FL-K UPI, AP, TSN
1965 Paul Lowe, San Diego HB UPI, TSN
Jack Kemp, Buffalo QB AP
1966 Jim Nance, Boston FB UPI, AP, TSN
1967 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland QB UPI, AP, TSN
1968 Joe Namath, New York QB UPI, AP, TSN
1969 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland QB UPI, TSN
Joe Namath, New York QB AP

 

All-Time AFL Statistical Leaders

Passing (rating) Years Comp Atmp Yards TDPs
Jack Kemp (8) 1960-69 1428 3005 21130 114
George Blanda (6) 1960-69 1398 2984 20029 176
John Hadl (4) 1962-69 1239 2512 19026 143
Len Dawson (1) 1962-69 1335 2352 18899 182
Babe Parilli (7) 1960-69 1270 2679 18289 144
Joe Namath (2) 1965-69 1026 2043 15487 97
Darryl Lamonica (3) 1963-69 797 1620 12274 105
Tom Flores (5) 1960-68 838 1715 11959 93
Cotton Davidson (9) 1960-66 736 1684 11451 73
Frank Tripucka (10) 1960-63 662 1277 7692 51
Dick Wood 1962-66 522 1193 7151 51

 

Rushing Leaders Years Att Yards Avg TDs
Clem Daniels 1960-67 1134 5101 4.5 30
Paul Lowe 1960-68 1026 4995 4.9 39
Abner Haynes 1960-67 1036 4630 4.5 46
Jim Nance 1965-69 1049 4338 4.1 33
Cookie Gilchrist 1963-68 1010 4293 4.3 37
Matt Snell 1964-69 993 4004 4.0 23
Bill Mathis 1960-69 1044 3589 3.4 37
Keith Lincoln 1961-68 758 3383 4.5 19
Wray Carlton 1960-67 819 3368 4.1 29
Charley Tolar 1960-66 907 3277 3.6 21
Mike Garrett 1966-69 715 3184 4.5 24
Hoyle Granger 1966-69 680 3170 4.7 17
Curtis McClinton 1962-68 762 3124 4.1 18
Larry Garron 1960-68 763 2981 3.9 14
Billy Cannon 1960-69 601 2449 4.1 17
Dickie Post 1967-69 494 2294 4.6 16

 

Receiving Leaders Years Rec Yards Avg TDs
Lionel Taylor 1960-68 567 7195 12.7 45
Don Maynard 1960-69 546 10289 18.8 84
Art Powell 1960-66 478 7669 16.8 81
Lance Alworth 1962-69 458 8976 19.6 77
Charley Hennigan 1960-66 410 6823 16.6 51
Chris Burford 1960-66 391 5505 14.1 55
Elbert Dubenion 1960-67 294 5294 18.0 35
Gino Cappelletti 1960-69 292 4589 15.7 42
Abner Haynes 1960-67 287 3535 12.3 20
Jim Colclough 1960-68 283 5001 17.7 39
George Sauer 1965-69 278 4455 16.0 24
Billy Cannon 1960-69 229 3531 15.4 45
Fred Arbanas 1962-69 210 2993 14.3 33
Otis Taylor 1965-69 204 3818 18.7 35
Clem Daniels 1966-67 203 3314 16.3 24
Al Denson 1964-69 203 3454 17.0 30
Bake Turner 1962-69 198 3111 15.7 23
Fred Biletnikoff 1965-69 196 3353 17.1 26
Bill Groman 1960-65 174 3481 20.0 36
Warren Wells 1967-69 115 2520 21.9 31

 

Rec Yardage Leader Years Rec Yards Avg TDs
Don Maynard 1960-69 546 10289 18.8 84
Lance Alworth 1962-69 458 8976 19.6 77
Art Powell 1960-66 478 7669 16.7 81
Lionel Taylor 1960-68 567 7195 12.7 45
Charley Hennigan 1960-66 410 6823 16.6 51
Chris Burford 1960-66 391 5505 14.1 55
Elbert Dubenion 1960-67 294 5294 18 35
Jim Colclough 1960-68 283 5001 17.7 39
Gino Cappelletti 1960-69 292 4589 15.7 42
George Sauer 1965-69 278 4455 16 24

 

Scoring Leader Years XPs FGs XP2 TDs Pts
Gino Cappelletti 1960-69 330 170 4 42 1100
George Blanda 1960-69 456 152 0 4 936
Jim Turner 1964-69 210 134 0 0 612
Don Maynard 1960-69 0 0 2 84 508
Gene Mingo 1960-69 152 91 0 13 503
Art Powell 1960-66 0 0 0 81 486
Lance Alworth 1962-69 0 0 1 79 476
Abner Haynes 1960-67 0 0 0 68 408
Mike Mercer 1962-69 180 69 0 0 387
Billy Cannon 1960-69 0 0 1 63 380
Jan Stenarud 1967-69 122 78 0 0 356
Chris Burford 1960-66 0 0 0 55 330
Clem Daniels 1960-67 0 0 0 54 324
Charley Hennigan 1960-66 0 0 0 51 306
Cookie Gilchrist 1963-68 14 8 0 43 296
Tom Brooker 1962-66 149 41 0 3 290
Paul Lowe 1960-68 0 0 0 47 282
George Blair 1962-65 122 50 0 0 272
Keith Lincoln 1961-68 16 5 0 40 271
Lionel Taylor 1960-68 0 0 0 45 270

 

Interception Years No. Yds Avg TDs
Dave Grayson 1960-68 47 908 19.3 5
Jim Norton 1960-68 45 592 13.2 1
Austin Gonsoulin 1960-66 43 542 12.6 2
Johnny Robinson 1960-69 43 533 12.4 1
Bobby HuntT 1960-68 42 755 18.0 1
George Byrd 1960-68 36 603 16.8 4
Fred Williamson 1960-68 36 479 13.3 2
Bill Baird 1960-68 34 357 10.5 2
Ron Hall 1960-68 29 476 16.4 1
Dick Harris 1960-68 29 413 14.2 5
Willie Brown 1960-68 29 366 12.6 2
Dainard Paulson 1960-68 29 343 11.8 1
Willie West 1960-68 29 318 11.0 0

 

TD Leader Rush Rec Ret Total
Don Maynard 0 84 0 84
Art Powell 0 81 0 81
Lance Alworth 2 77 0 79
Abner Haynes 46 20 2 68
Billy Cannon 17 45 1 63
Chris Burford 0 55 0 55
Clem Daniels 30 24 0 54
Charley Hennigan 0 51 0 51
Paul Lowe 40 7 0 47
Lionel Taylor 0 45 0 45
Cookie Gilchrist 37 6 0 43
Gino Cappelletti 0 42 0 42
Larry Garron 14 26 0 40
Jack Kemp 40 0 0 40
Keith Lincoln 19 19 2 40

 

Single Season Records

Passing Yardage
Player Year Yards
Joe Namath 1967 4007*
John Hadl 1968 3473*
Babe Parilli 1964 3465*
Joe Namath 1966 3379*
John Hadl 1967 3365
George Blanda 1961 3330*
Darryl Lamonica 1969 3302*
George Blanda 1964 3287
Darryl Lamonica 1968 3245
Darryl Lamonica 1967 3228
Joe Namath 1968 3147
Frank Tripucka 1960 3038*
Jack Kemp 1960 3018
TD Passes
Player Year TDPs
George Blanda 1961 36*
Darryl Lamonica 1969 34*
Babe Parilli 1964 31*
Darryl Lamonica 1967 30*
Len Dawson 1964 30
Len Dawson 1962 29*
George Blanda 1962 27
John Hadl 1968 27*
Al Dorow 1960 26*
Len Dawson 1966 26*
Len Dawson 1963 26*
Joe Namath 1967 26
Rushing Yardage
Player Year Yards
Jim Nance 1966 1458*
Jim Nance 1967 1216*
Hoyle Granger 1967 1194
Paul Lowe 1965 1121*
Clem Daniels 1963 1099*
Cookie Gilchrist 1962 1096*
Mike Garrett 1967 1087
Abner Haynes 1962 1049
Paul Robinson 1968 1023*
Charley Tolar 1962 1012
Receiving Yardage
Player Year Yards
Charley Hennigan 1961 1746*
Lance Alworth 1965 1602*
Charley Hennigan 1964 1546*
Bill Groman 1960 1473*
Don Maynard 1967 1434*
Lance Alworth 1966 1383*
Art Powell 1964 1361
Lance Alworth 1968 1312*
Don Maynard 1966 1297
Otis Taylor 1968 1297
Receptions
Player Year No.
Charley Hennigan 1964 101*
Lionel Taylor 1961 100*
Lionel Taylor 1960 92*
Lionel Taylor 1965 85*
Lionel Taylor 1961 82
Lionel Taylor 1963 78*
Lionel Taylor 1962 77*
Lionel Taylor 1964 76
Art Powell 1964 76
George Sauer 1967 75*
Touchdowns
Player Year No.
Bill Groman 1960 17*
Abner Haynes 1962 16*
Art Powell 1963 16*
Cookie Gilchrist 1962 15
Cookie Gilchrist 1963 15
Art Powell 1960 14
Don Maynard 1965 14*
Lance Alworth 1965 14*
Warren Wells 1969 14*
Lance Alworth 1964 13*
Lance Alworth 1966 13*
Emerson Boozer 1967 13*

* Denotes League Leader

 

All-Time AFL Team

Selected by AFL members of the Hall of Fame Committee

FIRST TEAM
Pos. Offensive Team
QB Joe Namath, New York
RB Clem Daniels, Dallas/Oakland
RB Paul Lowe, Los Angeles/San Diego/Kansas City
WR Lance Alworth, San Diego
WR Don Maynard, New York
TE Fred Arbanas, Dallas/Kansas City
OT Ron Mix, Los Angeles/San Diego
OT Jim Tyrer, Dallas, Kansas City
OG Ed Budde, Kansas City
OG Billy Shaw, Buffalo
C Jim Otto, Oakland
K George Blanda, Houston/Oakland
Pos. Defensive Team
DE Jerry Mays, Dallas/Kansas City
DE Gerry Philbin, New York
DT Houston Antwine, Boston
DT Tom Sestak, Buffalo
LB Bobby Bell, Kansas City
LB Nick Buoniconti, Boston/Miami
LB George Webster, Houston
CB Willie Brown, Denver/Oakland
CB Dave Grayson, Dallas/Kansas City/Oakland
S Johnny Robinson, Dallas/Kansas City
S George Saimes, Buffalo
P Jerrell Wilson, Kansas City
 
Coach Weeb Ewbank, New York
 
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Offensive Team
QB Len Dawson, Dallas/Kansas City
RB Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo/Denver/Miami
RB Abner Haynes, Dallas/KC/Denver/Miami/NY
WR Charley Hennigan, Houston
WR Art Powell, New York/Oakland/Buffalo
TE Dave Kocourek, LA/San Diego/Miami/Oakland
OT Winston Hill, New York
OT Stew Barber, Buffalo
OG Bob Talamini, Houston/New York
OG Walt Sweeney, San Diego
C Jon Morris, Boston
K Jim Turner, New York
 
Pos. Defensive Team
DE Ron McDole, Houston/Buffalo
DE Rich Jackson, Oakland/Denver
DT Buck Buchanan, Kansas City
DT Tom Keating, Buffalo/Oakland
LB Mike Stratton, Buffalo
LB Larry Grantham, New York
LB Dan Conners, Oakland
CB George Byrd, Buffalo
CB Miller Farr, Denver/San Diego/Houston
S Ken Graham, San Dieg
S Austin Gonsoulin, Denver
P Bob Scarpitto, San Diego/Denver/Boston
 
Coach Sid Gilman, Los Angeles/San Diego

 

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