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After an Oilers punt, running back Charlie Smith scored on a 60-yard touchdown reception from Lamonica to give the Raiders a 35-0 lead going into halftime. Early in the third quarter, Houston managed a drive deep into Raiders territory, but lost the ball again when Beathard was sacked for a 9-yard loss on 4th and 10 from the Raiders 16-yard line.
1969 Oakland Raiders season; Owner: F. Wayne Valley: General manager: Al Davis: Head coach: John Madden: Home field: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum: Results; Record: 12–1–1: Division place: 1st AFL Western: Playoff finish: Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Oilers) 56–7 Lost AFL Championship (vs. Chiefs) 7–17
The 1969 AFL playoffs were only the second time a U.S. major professional football league allowed teams other than the first place teams (including ties) to compete in post-season playoffs (the first was the seven-team All-America Football Conference's 1949 four-team playoff).
The Chiefs topped the Raiders in the 1969 AFL championship game.. The 1969 AFL season was the tenth and final regular season of the American Football League.To honor the AFL's tenth season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each Kansas City Chiefs player wore a patch on his jersey with the logo during Super Bowl IV, the final AFL-NFL World Championship Game prior to the AFL–NFL merger.
The 1969 Houston Oilers season was the tenth and final season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise before moving to the National Football League when the two merged. The team equaled their 1968 record of 7–7 (.500), finishing 6–6–2. [1] They qualified for the playoffs but lost in the divisional round to the Oakland Raiders.
Thoroughly dominant on road to the AFL crown, going 13-1 before embarrassing the Houston Oilers 40-7 for the championship. But Oakland was no match for the fading Packers, losing the Super Bowl 33-14.
The two teams had the best records in the AFL regular season and both had won divisional playoff games two weeks earlier to advance to the championship. Oakland had swept the two hard-fought regular season games between the two teams, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] were favored by 4 to 5½ points, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and had taken seven of the last eight ...
Three losses in a year to Cincinnati entering the AFC Championship Game isn’t an unprecedented issue for the Chiefs, who prevailed in just such a scenario against the Raiders in 1969.