American Football League Playoffs - American Football League Championship Game, History of National Football League Championship (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: American Football League Championship Game, History of National Football League Championship, List of Afc Champions, 1962 American Football League Championship Game, List of Afl Championship Game Broadcasters, 1960 American Football League Championship Game, 1961 American Football League Championship Game, 1967 American Football League Championship Game, 1966 American Football League Championship Game, Afl Playoffs, 1969, Afl Playoffs, 1963, Afl Playoffs, 1968, 1965 American Football League Championship Game, 1964 American Football League Championship Game. Excerpt: Throughout its history, the National Football League and other leagues have used several different formats to determine their league champion, including a period of interleague match-ups determining a true world champion. The NFL first determined champions through end-of-season standings, but switched over to a playoff system in 1933. The rival All-America Football Conference and American Football League, which have since merged with the NFL (some AAFC teams in 1950 and all ten AFL teams in 1970 respectively), began using the playoff system since the creation of their respective leagues. From 19661969 prior to the AFL-NFL merger, the NFL and the AFL held a "world championship" game. The game was first called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game later renamed the Super Bowl. The Green Bay Packers won the most of these World Championship Games with two victories. Since 1970, the modern era NFL has become the only major professional football league in the United States, and its current league championship game is called the Super Bowl. The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the most with six Super Bowl wins. However, the franchise trails the Packers in the number of overall NFL league titl... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=656892