1962 American Football League season

1962 American Football League season

Infobox AFL
year = 1962
NFLchampion = Dallas Texans
regular_season = September 7 1962 - December 16 1962
playoffs_start = December 23 1962
sb_name = XL
sb_date = December 23 1962
sb_site = Jeppesen Stadium, Houston, Texas
pb_date =

The 1962 American Football League season was the third regular season of the American Football League. The Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City, Missouri following the season and changed their name to the Kansas City Chiefs.

The season ended when the Texans defeated the Houston Oilers in the AFL Championship game.

Division Races

The AFL had 8 teams, grouped into two divisions. Each team would play a home-and-away game against the other 7 teams in the league for a total of 14 games, and the best team in the Eastern Division would play against the best in the Western Division in a championship game. If there was tie in the standings, a playoff would be held to determine the division winner.

The 1962 season started out as a race between Houston and Boston in the East, and Dallas and Denver in the West. After seven games, the Broncos were 6-1-0 and the Texans right behind at 5-1-0, while Boston and Houston were tied at 4-2-0.

In "Week Eight", Buffalo beat Denver 45-38, while Dallas won at Houston, 31-7. The Oilers' loss, and Boston's 26-16 win over Oakland, put the Patriots and Texans at the top fo their divisions. The next week, though, Houston won their rematch at Dallas, 14-6, and though it didn't help the Oilers, Denver made a comeback to win 23-20 at San Diego to reclaim the division lead on November 4. In "Week Ten", Boston beat Denver 33-29. Houston stayed half a game behind Boston, while Dallas pulled half a game ahead of Denver.

In "Week Eleven" (November 18), Houston won at Boston, 21-17, to reclaim the East, and Dallas won 24-3 at Denver to boost its lead. Houston and Boston continued to win, but in the final week, the Oilers clinched the division with a 44-10 in over the Titans.


* — Qualified for Championship Game.

Playoffs

*AFL Championship Game
*:Dallas Texans 20, Houston Oilers 17 (2OT), December 23, 1962, Jeppesen Stadium, Houston, Texas

External links

* [http://www.databasefootball.com/boxscores/scheduleyear.htm?yr=1962&lg=afl Football Database]

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