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The 1961 AFL Championship Game was a rematch of the first American Football League title game, between the Houston Oilers and the San Diego Chargers. It was played on December 24 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California, and the Oilers were three-point favorites. [2] [3] [4]
The 1961 San Diego Chargers season was the team's second in the American Football League. Following a move from Los Angeles, it was the Chargers' first season in San Diego, where the team remained until returning to Los Angeles in 2017. The Chargers won their first eleven games and clinched the Western Division by mid-November. [1]
The 1961 AFL season was the second regular season of the American Football League.It consisted of 8 franchises split into two divisions: the East Division (Buffalo Bills, Houston Oilers, Titans of New York, Boston Patriots) and the West Division (San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders).
The Chargers played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating back to the Greater Los Angeles area, where the franchise played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now known as the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers' first home game in San Diego was at Balboa Stadium against the Oakland Raiders on
San Diego Stadium, where the Chargers played their home games from 1967 to 2016. The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The club was founded in 1959 by Barron Hilton and played the 1960 ...
The 1961 Houston Oilers season was the second season for the Houston Oilers as a professional American football franchise; For the second consecutive season, the Oilers scored a triumph in the AFL championship game over the San Diego Chargers (12–2), the Western Division champions. [1] [2] [3] The Oilers started slowly in 1961, with a 1–3 ...
AFL Championship Games Season Date Winning team Score Losing team MVP Venue City Attendance 1960: January 1, 1961: Houston Oilers: 24–16: Los Angeles Chargers: Billy Cannon: Jeppesen Stadium: Houston, Texas: 32,183 1961: December 24, 1961: Houston Oilers (2) 10–3: San Diego Chargers: Billy Cannon Balboa Stadium: San Diego, California ...
It was the NFL's first successful free-kick field goal since Ray Wersching of the then-San Diego Chargers connected from 45 yards out against the Buffalo Bills on Nov. 21, 1976.