1969 American Football League Championship Game
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| Date | January 4, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Vest | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 54,544 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote | ||||||||||||||||||
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. It matched the Kansas City Chiefs (11–3) and the Oakland Raiders (12–1–1), both of the Western Division. Oakland had won the two regular season games between the two teams and were slight favorites.
The Chiefs won 17–7 on the strength of 17 straight points in the last three quarters and represented the AFL in Super Bowl IV the following week. This was the final AFL game.
The Chiefs managed to edge out Oakland in a hard fought defensive struggle in which both teams combined for just 440 yards (233 for Oakland, 207 for KC) and each lost four turnovers. It was a very satisfying win for Kansas City, who had lost to the Raiders twice during the season and in 7 of their last 8 meetings, including a 41-6 loss in the previous year's postseason.
The Raiders opened up the scoring with a 66-yard drive, featuring Daryle Lamonica's 24-yard completion to Warren Wells on the Chiefs' 3-yard line. Running back Charlie Smith ran the ball across the goal line on the next play, giving Oakland a 7-0 lead. Both defenses would take over the majority of the rest of the half, but with 3:24 remaining in the second quarter, Kansas City, who had only gained two first downs up to now, drove 75 yards to tie the game. Quarterback Len Dawson started off the drive with a 14-yard completion to Otis Taylor, while Robert Holmes' 8-yard run moved the ball into Raiders territory on their 42 for the first time in the game as the clock ran down to the 2-minute warning. On the next play, Dawson threw a 41-yard completion to receiver Frank Pitts. Then Wendell Hayes scored a 1-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7 going into halftime.
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