As to who was the best AFL team overall throughout the 1960's, I would go with Dallas/Kansas City (3 AFL championships and 2 Super Bowl appearances and a victory in Super Bowl IV).
I agree that Buffalo in 1964 would have had the best chance to win a Super Bowl prior to 1968. I like their coach, Lou something or other.
Were The Chargers Of The 60's The Best AFL Team?
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ChrisBabcock
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Re: Were The Chargers Of The 60's The Best AFL Team?
Pardon if this is already common knowledge on this forum... Any relation?I like their coach, Lou something or other.
Re: Were The Chargers Of The 60's The Best AFL Team?
ChrisBabcock wrote:Pardon if this is already common knowledge on this forum... Any relation?I like their coach, Lou something or other.
None at all.
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JoeZagorski
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Re: Were The Chargers Of The 60's The Best AFL Team?
The Chargers sure were not the best AFL team in the 1965 AFL Title Game at Balboa. The Buffalo Bills blistered them, 23-0!
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JuggernautJ
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Re: Were The Chargers Of The 60's The Best AFL Team?
An excellent PFRA article by Ed Gruver discusses the subject of a hypothetical 1963 Super Bowl:
"The AFL’s First Super Team
Pro Football Insiders Debate Whether the AFL Champion San Diego Chargers Could Have Beaten the Bears in a 1963 Super
Bowl"
http://www.profootballresearchers.org/a ... argers.pdf
And here's a good article on the '63 Bears:
http://www.profootballresearchers.org/a ... onship.pdf
"The AFL’s First Super Team
Pro Football Insiders Debate Whether the AFL Champion San Diego Chargers Could Have Beaten the Bears in a 1963 Super
Bowl"
http://www.profootballresearchers.org/a ... argers.pdf
And here's a good article on the '63 Bears:
http://www.profootballresearchers.org/a ... onship.pdf
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rhickok1109
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Re: Were The Chargers Of The 60's The Best AFL Team?
There's also a book claiming the Chargers would have won. Of course, it was written by an AFL apologist who got Lance Alworth to write the forewordJuggernautJ wrote:An excellent PFRA article by Ed Gruver discusses the subject of a hypothetical 1963 Super Bowl:
"The AFL’s First Super Team
Pro Football Insiders Debate Whether the AFL Champion San Diego Chargers Could Have Beaten the Bears in a 1963 Super
Bowl"
http://www.profootballresearchers.org/a ... argers.pdf
And here's a good article on the '63 Bears:
http://www.profootballresearchers.org/a ... onship.pdf
https://www.amazon.com/Uncrowned-Champs ... ve+steidel