AFL Championship Game

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American football game championship game

The AFL Championship Game was the annual title contest of the American Football League, determining its league champion prior to the AFL–NFL merger.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
AFL 1
AFL Championship Games 1
AFL postseason 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game ⓘ
championship game ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Football League Championship Game ⓘ
broadcastMedium radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
competitionLevel major professional sports league championship in the United States ⓘ
competitionType annual title game ⓘ
confederation North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
determines AFL champion ⓘ
era pre–NFL merger era ⓘ
finalSeason 1969 AFL season ⓘ
firstChampion Houston Oilers ⓘ
firstChampionSeason 1960 ⓘ
format single-elimination game ⓘ
governingBody AFL owners ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
inceptionSeason 1960 AFL season ⓘ
lastEditionYear 1969 ⓘ
league American Football League ⓘ
level professional ⓘ
locationType rotating host city ⓘ
mostChampionshipsNumber 2 ⓘ
mostChampionshipsTeam Buffalo Bills ⓘ
Houston Oilers ⓘ
notableTeam Kansas City Chiefs ⓘ
New York Jets ⓘ
Las Vegas Raiders ⓘ
surface form: Oakland Raiders

Los Angeles Chargers ⓘ
surface form: San Diego Chargers
numberOfEditions 10 ⓘ
organizer American Football League ⓘ
partOf AFL Championship Game self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AFL postseason
playoffStructure league championship game ⓘ
preMergerCompetition NFL–AFL merger ⓘ
surface form: AFL–NFL merger
relatedTo NFL Championship Game 1956 ⓘ
surface form: NFL Championship Game

Super Bowl ⓘ
replacedBy AFC Championship Game ⓘ
significance determined participant in early Super Bowls ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
successorCompetition AFC Championship Game ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Curt Gowdy → coveredEvent → AFL Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFL Championship Games
East Division (AFL) → determinedQualifierFor → AFL Championship Game ⓘ
Joe Namath → draftedInLeague → AFL Championship Game ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFL
American Football League → introducedGame → AFL Championship Game ⓘ
AFL Championship Game → partOf → AFL Championship Game self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AFL postseason
AFC Championship Game → predecessor → AFL Championship Game ⓘ