Please sign up or sign in to receive personalized news about your favorite team In 1963, the Buffalo Bills and Boston Patriots finished tied with identical records of 7–6–1 in the AFL East Division. The Chiefs drafted In 1966, the rivalry between the AFL and NFL reached an all-time peak. • Brown, Paul; Jack Clary (1979).
PB, The Paul Brown Story. The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference.The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence. The Pro Bowl pass rusher is headed to Minnesota in return for a second-round pick and a conditional fifth-round pick. The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The NFL considers AFL statistics and records equivalent to its own. Enjoy exclusive instant video highlights, free live scoring, custom leagues and more. Lamar Hunt felt that despite winning the league championship in 1962, the Texans could not sufficiently profit in the same market as the A series of events throughout the next few years demonstrated the AFL's ability to achieve a greater level of equality with the NFL.