1962 AFL Championship

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The 1962 AFL Championship was the American Football League title game in which the Dallas Texans (later the Kansas City Chiefs) defeated the Houston Oilers to win the league championship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Football League Championship Game
attendance 37398
awayTeam Dallas Texans
awayTeamConference AFL Western Division
awayTeamFullName Dallas Texans
awayTeamRegularSeasonRecord 11–3
city Houston
surface form: Houston, Texas
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date December 23, 1962
decisiveScoreMarginPoints 3
decisiveScoreType field goal
finalScore Dallas Texans 20–17 Houston Oilers
franchiseFutureNameWinningTeam Kansas City Chiefs
gameType postseason
headCoachLosingTeam Pop Ivy
headCoachWinningTeam Hank Stram
homeTeam Houston Oilers
homeTeamConference East Division (AFL)
surface form: AFL Eastern Division
homeTeamFullName Houston Oilers
homeTeamRegularSeasonRecord 11–3
isPartOf AFL Championship Game
league American Football League
loserPoints 17
losingTeam Houston Oilers
mostValuablePlayer Tommy Brooker
mostValuablePlayerTeam Dallas Texans
network ABC
nextEdition 1963 AFL Championship Game
notableFor being the first double-overtime game in professional football history
overtimePeriods 2
previousEdition 1961 AFL Championship
surface form: 1961 AFL Championship Game
season 1962 AFL Championship self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1962 American Football League season
sport American football
surface grass
televisionAnnouncers Curt Gowdy
Paul Christman
titleContested American Football League Championship Game
surface form: American Football League championship
venue Jeppesen Stadium
wentToOvertime true
winnerPoints 20
winningFranchiseLaterRelocatedTo Kansas City, Missouri, United States
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
winningFranchiseLaterRenamed Kansas City Chiefs
winningTeam Dallas Texans
year 1962

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Kansas City Chiefs wonAFLChampionship 1962 AFL Championship
1962 AFL Championship season 1962 AFL Championship self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1962 American Football League season
American Football League Championship Game notableEdition 1962 AFL Championship
this entity surface form: 1962 AFL Championship Game
1961 AFL Championship nextEvent 1962 AFL Championship