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The AFL now had nine teams, grouped into two divisions (the new Miami team was in the Eastern Division, now with five teams), and still played a 14-game schedule. In previous seasons (with eight clubs), each played a home-and-away game against the other seven. All nine teams faced each other at least once, and each team played six others twice.
In college, under head coach Pete Elliott he played running back on the 1963 and 1964 University of Illinois Fighting Illini, and switched to safety his senior year in 1965. He was a part of the University of Illinois Fighting Illini football team that beat the Washington Huskies at the January 1st 1964 Rose Bowl.
Robert Clell Burnett (January 4, 1943 – October 1, 2016) was a college and professional American football player. [1]Originally a halfback from the University of Arkansas, Burnett in 1966, his first year with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL), had a combined total of 1,185 yards rushing and receiving, with over 12 yards per catch and 4 touchdowns on 34 receptions. [1]
Garrett won a World Championship ring with the Chiefs in Super Bowl IV, the last AFL–NFL World Championship Game before the AFL–NFL merger, when the AFL's Chiefs beat the NFL's Vikings, 23–7. Garrett was the top rusher of Super Bowl IV with 11 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown, also catching two passes for 25 yards and returning a ...
Nance signed with the Patriots. Though his rookie season was unimpressive, he led the AFL in rushing the next two seasons. He went on to become the only AFL player ever to rush for more than 1,400 yards in a season. At 6-1 and 260 pounds, Nance was a powerful fullback who carried 299 times in 1966, for 11 touchdowns and 1,458 yards.
1966 AFL Championship Game. ... The teams combined to score 25 points in the final 1:54 of the fourth quarter. Mahomes passed for 378 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winner to Kelce ...
A 79-year-old man was charged with first degree murder on Monday for allegedly stabbing a woman more than 120 times nearly six decades ago, authorities said. 79-year-old man arrested in 1966 ...
Second-team All-AFL ; 4× AFL All-Star (1960–1962, 1964) 3× AFL rushing touchdowns leader (1960–1962) AFL rushing yards leader (1960) AFL kickoff return yards leader (1965) AFL All-Time Team; 2× First-team All-MVC (1958, 1959) Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame; Kansas City Chiefs No. 28 retired; North Texas Mean Green No. 28 retired; Career ...