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1969 National Football League season

NFL 50th season anniversary logo
Regular season
Duration September 21, 1969 - December 21, 1969
Playoffs
East Champions Cleveland Browns
West Champions Minnesota Vikings
Championship Game
Champions Minnesota Vikings
National Football League seasons
 < 1968 1970 > 

The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The NFL playoffs following the 1969 NFL season determined who would represent the league in Super Bowl IV. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. The 1969 NFL Championship Game was the 37th and final championship game played prior to AFL-NFL Merger. The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. This is a list of seasons of the National Football League. 1920s 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 The 1968 NFL season was the 49th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1970 NFL season was the 51st Regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger. In an organised Sports league, a season is the portion of one Year in which regulated Games of the sport are in session The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The AFL-NFL merger of 1970 was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues To honor the NFL's 50th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.

As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions again, returning back to the 1967 alignment. The 1967 NFL season was the 48th Regular season of the National Football League. The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans Louisiana. The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey.

The season ended when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship Game, only to be defeated by the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV. The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. Super Bowl IV was the fourth AFL-NFL Championship Game in professional American football, and the second one (after Super Bowl III) to officially bear

Contents

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Qualified for playoffs
Eastern Conference
Capitol Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Dallas Cowboys 11 2 1 . The NFC East is a division of the National Football League 's National Football Conference. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National 846 369 223
Washington Redskins 7 5 2 . The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D 583 307 319
New Orleans Saints 5 9 0 . The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans Louisiana. 357 311 393
Philadelphia Eagles 4 9 1 . The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 308 279 377
Century Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Cleveland Browns 10 3 1 . The NFL Century Division was one of the four divisions of the National Football League that was created prior to the 1967 season when the league realigned its existing The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. 769 351 300
New York Giants 6 8 0 . The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. 429 264 298
St. Louis Cardinals 4 9 1 . The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. 308 314 389
Pittsburgh Steelers 1 13 0 . 071 218 404
Western Conference
Coastal Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Los Angeles Rams 11 3 0 . The NFL Coastal Division was one of the four divisions of the National Football League that was created prior to the 1967 season when the league realigned its existing The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St 786 320 243
Baltimore Colts 8 5 1 . The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. 615 279 268
Atlanta Falcons 6 8 0 . The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta Georgia. 429 276 268
San Francisco 49ers 4 8 2 . The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team 333 277 319
Central Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Minnesota Vikings 12 2 0 . The NFC North is a division of the National Football League 's National Football Conference. The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. 857 379 133
Detroit Lions 9 4 1 . The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. 692 259 188
Green Bay Packers 8 6 0 . The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. 571 269 221
Chicago Bears 1 13 0 . The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. 071 210 339


Playoffs

Main article: NFL playoffs, 1969
  Conference Championship Games NFL Championship Game
             
December 28, 1969 - Cotton Bowl
 Cleveland Browns 38  
 Dallas Cowboys 14  
 
January 4, 1970 - Metropolitan Stadium
     Cleveland Browns 7
   Minnesota Vikings 27
December 27, 1969 - Metropolitan Stadium
 Los Angeles Rams 20
 Minnesota Vikings 23  

See also

References

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