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It was the end of an era in professional football.After years of competing against each other, the
American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) merged to form one
football powerhouse in 1970.Considered by the media, sports fans, players, and coaches as a
more “amateur league,” the AFL emerged as a true contender when the New York Jets upset the
heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III in 1969. The AFL took home its first Super Bowl
trophy that year and forged a path for what would become the NFL as we know it.After the merger,
the league split into two conferences: the AFC and the NFC. In the year 1970, thirteen teams
would battle in each conference to meet in Super Bowl V. After a history of tough losses in big
games, two teams rose to the top—the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Colts.NFL 1970 also
includes stories and anecdotes about:43-year-old Quarterback/Kicker George Blanda leading the
Oakland Raiders into the playoffs with several heroic come-from-behind winsA new playoff format
introducing a “wild card” slotThe creation of Monday Night Football and how it changed prime-time
television sports foreverThe clashing of legendary players and coaches like Larry Czonka, Bubba
Smith, Terry Bradshaw, Johnny Unitas, John Madden, and more em em
It was the end of an era in professional football.After years of competing against each other, the
American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) merged to form one
football powerhouse in 1970.Considered by the media, sports fans, players, and coaches as a
more “amateur league,” the AFL emerged as a true contender when the New York Jets upset the
heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III in 1969. The AFL took home its first Super Bowl
trophy that year and forged a path for what would become the NFL as we know it.After the merger,
the league split into two conferences: the AFC and the NFC. In the year 1970, thirteen teams
would battle in each conference to meet in Super Bowl V. After a history of tough losses in big
games, two teams rose to the top—the Dallas Cowboys and the Baltimore Colts.NFL 1970 also
includes stories and anecdotes about:43-year-old Quarterback/Kicker George Blanda leading the
Oakland Raiders into the playoffs with several heroic come-from-behind winsA new playoff format
introducing a “wild card” slotThe creation of Monday Night Football and how it changed prime-time
television sports foreverThe clashing of legendary players and coaches like Larry Czonka, Bubba
Smith, Terry Bradshaw, Johnny Unitas, John Madden, and more em em