NFL 1969

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1969 NFL season
Regular season
season September 21, 1969 - December 21, 1969
Play-offs
East Champions Cleveland Browns
West Champions Minnesota Vikings
Championship game
NFL Champion Minnesota Vikings
NFL season
 <1968 1970> 

The 1969 NFL season marked the 50th season of American football in the NFL , which at the time, along with the American Football League , was the top football league in the United States. The regular season began on September 21, 1969 and ended exactly three months later, on December 21, 1969.

The Minnesota Vikings defeated the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship Game to claim their only title to date.

The Super Bowl IV was held on 11 January 1970th The American Football League team Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Minnesota Vikings 27-7.

Regular season

Western Conference
Coastal Division
team S. N U SQ P + P-
Los Angeles Rams 11 3 0 .786 320 243
Baltimore Colts 8th 5 1 .615 279 268
Atlanta Falcons 6th 8th 0 .429 276 268
San Francisco 49ers 4th 8th 2 .333 277 319
Central Division
team S. N U SQ P + P-
Minnesota Vikings 12 2 0 .857 379 133
Detroit Lions 9 4th 1 .692 259 188
Green Bay Packers 8th 6th 0 .571 269 221
Chicago Bears 1 13 0 .071 210 339
Eastern Conference
Capitol Division
team S. N U SQ P + P-
Dallas Cowboys 11 2 1 .846 369 223
Washington Redskins 7th 5 2 .583 307 319
New Orleans Saints 5 9 0 .357 311 393
Philadelphia Eagles 4th 9 1 .308 279 377
Century Division
team S. N U SQ P + P-
Cleveland Browns 10 3 1 .769 351 300
New York Giants 6th 8th 0 .429 264 298
St. Louis Cardinals 4th 9 1 .308 314 389
Pittsburgh Steelers 1 13 0 .071 218 404

Legend:

S iege N iederlagen U nentschieden SQ games won (relative)
P + points made P- opposing points Playoff participant

Play-offs

The play-offs took place from December 28, 1969 to January 4, 1970. The winners of the four divisions competed against each other. The Cleveland Browns and Minnesota Vikings defeated their opponents in the Conference Championship Games and competed against each other on January 4th. The game decided the Vikings for themselves and became the NFL champion of the current season.

  Conference Championship Games NFL Championship Game
                 
Cleveland Browns 38    
Dallas Cowboys 14th  
Cleveland Browns 7th
  Minnesota Vikings 27
Los Angeles Rams 20th
Minnesota Vikings 23  

Super Bowl IV

Super Bowl IV, the fourth edition of the tournament, took place on January 11, 1970 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans , Louisiana . The NFL champions, the Minnesota Vikings team, competed against the American Football League winners , the Kansas City Chiefs . The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Vikings with 23: 7, the Super Bowl MVP was Len Dawson selected.

1 2 3 4th total
Kansas City Chiefs 3 13 7th 0 23
Minnesota Vikings 0 7th 0 0 7th

Pro Bowl

The Pro Bowl was held on January 18, 1970 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum between the Eastern and Western Conference. The Western Conference team won 16:13. Back Gale Sayers and lineman George Andire were elected to the Pro Bowl MVPs .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nfl.com Description of the Super Bowl IV MVP