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The NFL playoffs following the 1969 NFL season determined the league's representative in Super Bowl IV. This was the last NFL playoff tournament before the AFL–NFL merger and the last awarding of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy to the NFL champion, which was introduced in 1934.
The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and its last before the AFL–NFL merger.To honor the NFL's fiftieth season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.
The 1969 NFL Championship Game was the 37th and final championship game prior to the AFL–NFL merger, played January 4, ... 1969–70 NFL playoffs; 1969 NFL season;
NFL playoff results is a listing of the year-by-year results of the NFL Playoff games to determine the final two ... 1969: Cleveland Browns: 38–14: Dallas Cowboys ...
The 1969 Dallas Cowboys season was their tenth in the National Football League (NFL). The team nearly equalled their previous output of 12–2, winning eleven games with one tie, [ 1 ] and qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.
For the 1960 through 1969 seasons, the NFL staged an additional postseason game called the "Playoff Bowl" (aka the "Bert Bell Benefit Bowl" or the "Runner-up Bowl"). These games matched the second-place teams from the two conferences; the CBS television network advertised them as "playoff games for third place in the NFL."
The 1969 season was the Minnesota Vikings' ninth season in the National Football League (NFL) and their third under head coach Bud Grant. With a 12–2 record, the best in the league, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title, to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row. This was the first of three consecutive seasons as the ...
For 1969, the final season before its merger with the NFL, the AFL added a first-round whereby each division winner played the second-place team from the other division. The winners of these games met in the AFL Championship Game . [ 22 ]