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1969 NFL Championship Game

Index 1969 NFL Championship Game

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. [1]

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AFL–NFL merger

The AFL–NFL merger was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues in the United States at the time: the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL).

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Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.

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Bill Brown (American football)

William Dorsey Brown (born June 29, 1938) is a former American football player.

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Bill Nelsen

William Keith Nelsen (born January 29, 1941) is a former football player who played collegiately for the University of Southern California and professionally with both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns.

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Blanton Collier

Blanton Long Collier (July 2, 1906 – March 22, 1983) was an American football head coach who coached at the University of Kentucky between 1954 and 1961 and for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL) between 1963 and 1970.

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Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington is the fifth largest city, as of 2016 estimates, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Broomball

Broomball is a recreational ice game originating in Canada (also contested as being Swedish) and played in certain other countries.

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Bud Grant

Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (born May 20, 1927) is a former head coach and player of American football, Canadian football, and a former basketball player in the NBA.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Cotton Bowl (stadium)

Cotton Bowl Stadium is an outdoor stadium in the south central United States, opening in 1930 at the site of the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Dave Osborn

Dave Osborn (born March 18, 1943 in Everett, Washington) is a former professional American football player who played running back for twelve seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers.

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Don Cockroft

Donald Lee Cockroft (born February 6, 1945) is a former American football punter and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns.

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Erich Barnes

Erich (pronounced Ee-Rich) Theodore Barnes (born July 4, 1935) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League.

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Fred Cox

Frederick William Cox is a former National Football League kicker who played for the Minnesota Vikings throughout his career (1963–1977).

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Fritz Graf

Frederick "Fritz" Graf (December 28, 1922 – November 28, 2017), was a National Football League official.

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Frostbite

Frostbite occurs when exposure to low temperatures causes freezing of the skin or other tissues.

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Gary Collins (American football)

Gary James Collins (born August 20, 1940) is a former American football wide receiver and punter who played for the Cleveland Browns from 1962 to 1971.

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Gene Washington (American football, born 1944)

Eugene Washington (born January 25, 1944) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League.

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Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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History of the National Football League championship

Throughout its history, the National Football League (NFL) and other rival American football leagues have used several different formats to determine their league champions, including a period of inter-league matchups determining a true world champion.

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Jim Houston

James Edward Houston (born November 3, 1937) is a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns.

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Joe Kapp

Joseph Robert Kapp (born March 19, 1938) is an American former football player, coach, and executive.

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John Henderson (wide receiver)

John William Henderson (born March 21, 1943) is a former professional American football player.

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Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Leroy Kelly

Leroy Kelly (born May 20, 1942) is a former American football player.

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Metropolitan Stadium

Metropolitan Stadium (often referred to as "the Met", "Met Stadium", or now "the Old Met" to distinguish from the Metrodome) was a sports stadium that once stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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NFL on CBS

The NFL on CBS is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that are produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States.

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NFL on Westwood One Sports

The NFL on Westwood One Sports is the branding for Cumulus Broadcasting subsidiary Westwood One's radio coverage of the National Football League.

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Paul Christman

Paul Joseph Christman (March 5, 1918 – March 2, 1970) was an American football player and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

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Paul Warfield

Paul Dryden Warfield (born November 28, 1942) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 to 1977 for the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins, except for a year in the World Football League (WFL) with the Memphis Southmen.

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Purple People Eaters

Purple People Eaters were the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from the late 1960s to the late 1970s.

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Ray Scott (sportscaster)

Ray Scott (June 17, 1919 – March 23, 1998) was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcasts for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

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Super Bowl IV

Super Bowl IV, the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, was played on Sunday, January 11, 1970, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Super Bowl V

Super Bowl V, the fifth edition of the Super Bowl and first modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game, was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys to decide the NFL champion for the 1970 season.

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Tommy Bell (American football official)

Tommy Bell (July 2, 1922 – February 20, 1986) was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) and was regarded as "one of the NFL's most respected referees".

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wally Hilgenberg

Walter Hilgenberg (September 19, 1942 – September 23, 2008) was a professional American football player.

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Wind chill

Wind-chill or windchill, (popularly wind chill factor) is the lowering of body temperature due to the passing-flow of lower-temperature air.

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1960 Dallas Cowboys season

The Dallas Cowboys season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the National Football League (NFL).

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1966 Atlanta Falcons season

The 1966 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's inaugural season in the National Football League (NFL).

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1966 NFL Championship Game

The 1966 National Football League Championship Game was the 34th NFL championship, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas.

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1967 New Orleans Saints season

The 1967 New Orleans Saints season was the inaugural season for the franchise.

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1967 NFL Championship Game

The 1967 National Football League Championship Game was the 35th NFL championship, played on December 31 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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1968 NFL Championship Game

The 1968 National Football League championship game was the 36th annual championship game.

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1969 American Football League Championship Game

The 1969 AFL Championship Game was the tenth and final AFL championship game, held at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California, on January 4, 1970.

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1969 American Football League season

The 1969 American Football League season was the tenth and final regular season of the American Football League (AFL).

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1969 Cleveland Browns season

The 1969 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 20th season with the National Football League and the last before the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger.

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1969 Dallas Cowboys season

The 1969 Dallas Cowboys season was their tenth in the league.

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1969 Los Angeles Rams season

The Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 32nd year with the National Football League and the 24th season in Los Angeles.

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1969 Minnesota Vikings season

The 1969 season was the Minnesota Vikings' ninth season in the National Football League.

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1969 NFL playoffs

The NFL playoffs following the 1969 NFL season determined the league's representative in Super Bowl IV.

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1969 NFL season

The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger.

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1978 Atlanta Falcons season

The 1978 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons' 13th season.

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1987 New Orleans Saints season

The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 21st year in the National Football League (NFL).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_NFL_Championship_Game

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