This number honors the late Jim Otto, a former Raider who won an AFL championship with the team in 1967. The Pro Football Hall of Famer died at age 86 in May. The decal for Otto will mimic the one ...

The last time the Detroit Lions made the NFL Playoffs two years in a row, there was a guy named Barry Sanders in the ...

During this period the Green Bay Packers also won two Super Bowls (1966 and 1967). The Packers ... Super Bowl Wins- 4 (from 5 games) NFL Championship wins (pre-1966 AFL-NFL merger)- 6 (from ...

Warren McVea, a trailblazer in the world of college football, made history as the first African American student-athlete at the University of Houston from 1965 to 1967. Known for his speed and ...

The Dolphins made the playoffs in consecutive seasons ... where they had a 4,000-yard passer in their history (1967 by Joe Namath in the AFL, which was the first time a player threw for 4,000 ...

The Packers dominated in the 1960s, winning two Super Bowls and three championships before the AFL-NFL merger created the Super Bowl. Green Bay underwent a major change after winning in 1967.

It's been over 50 years since the NFL and AFL rival football ... the annual league championship that has been claimed by 20 ...

The season ended when the Oakland Raiders (13–1) hosted the Houston Oilers (9–4–1) in the AFL championship game on December 31. The Raiders won 40–7 and then met the NFL's Green Bay Packers in Super ...

After winning a national championship at Notre Dame ... he was a 13th-round pick in the 1962 AFL Draft and wasn’t guaranteed any playing time by the then- Boston Patriots.