Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Kansas City Chiefs for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
Before we look back at the Kansas City Chiefs’ 1971 season, let’s review the Chief’s history, going back to 1960, when they were one of only eight teams in the newly formed American Football League. The Chiefs started their franchise as the Dallas Texans, and in 1962, they won the AFL Championship. After moving to … Read more
The 1971 AFC Divisional Playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs may have been the best football game I’ve ever seen. To this day, it is the longest NFL game ever played, ending seven minutes and forty seconds into the sixth quarter. It was the second game in NFL history on … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl VI, between the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys and the AFC champion Miami Dolphins. It was held on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, the second Super Bowl of the past three to be held at that site. As always, we have a pop quiz, and then homework … Read more
I’m your host, Tommy A. Phillips, and today we have Super Bowl V, between the AFC champion Baltimore Colts and the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys. It was held on January 17, 1971, at the Miami Orange Bowl, the third Super Bowl in the last four years to be held at the Orange Bowl. This was … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl IV, the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game, between the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings. This game was held on January 11, 1970, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. It was the final game before the AFL-NFL merger that came with the 1970 … Read more