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The 1966 Houston Oilers season was the seventh season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise; The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–10, winning only three games. [1] The Oilers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, and were swept by the expansion Miami Dolphins. With that ...
During the 1950s, the National Football League had grown to rival Major League Baseball as one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States. One franchise that did not share in this newfound success of the league was the Chicago Cardinals – owned by the Bidwill family – who had become overshadowed by the more popular Chicago Bears.
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.
Three teams played the 1966 season in new stadiums. On April 12, the Braves ushered in Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium with the Pittsburgh Pirates taking a 3–2 win in 13 innings. One week later, Anaheim Stadium opened with the California Angels losing to the Chicago White Sox , 3–1 in the Angels' debut following their move from Los Angeles ...
1966 AFL Championship Game. At War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, ... 2021 AFC Divisional Round. One of the greatest games in NFL history ended with a 42-36 Chiefs win in overtime. The teams ...
The 1966 American Football League All-League Team was selected after the 1966 American Football League season by AFL players, [1] the Associated Press (AP), [2] the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), [3] the New York Daily News (NYDN), and United Press International (UPI) [4] to honor the league's top performers at each position.
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