10 teams were there in the afl in 1968–1970.
10 teams were there in the afl in 1968–1970.
how many teams are there in the afl in 1968–1970?
10
for the next 15 years, otto became a fixture at center for the raiders, never missing a single game due to injury, and played in 210 consecutive games. he won one afl/afc championship in 1967 against the houston oilers with the raiders, but lost five: in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, and 1974 to the new york jets, kansas city chiefs, baltimore colts, miami dolphins, and pittsburgh steelers, respectively, with all five teams winning the super bowl. he played alongside gene upshaw, another hall of famer, at left guard from 1967 to 1974. in the 1967 regular season, oakland scored 468 points (33.4 points/game), leading the afl, but lost super bowl ii to the green bay packers. in the 1968 regular season, oakland scored 453 points (32.4 points/game), again leading the afl, and beat the kansas city chiefs in the divisional round before losing to the jets. in the 1969 regular season, oakland scored 377 points (26.9 points/game) to lead the afl for the third consecutive year, and beat the houston oilers in the divisional round of the playoffs before losing to the chiefs. in the 1970 regular season, the first year of the nfl-afl merger, oakland scored 300 points (21.4 points/game), ranking ninth in the 26 team nfl, and beat the miami dolphins in the 1970-71 nfl playoffs before losing to the colts. the raiders missed the playoffs for the first time in 5 years in 1971, despite scoring 344 points (24.6 points/game), second highest in the nfl.
jim otto
both the afc and the nfc were created after the nfl merged with the american football league (afl) in 1970. the afl began play in 1960 with eight teams, and added two more expansion clubs (the miami dolphins in 1966 and the cincinnati bengals in 1968) before the merger. in order to equalize the number of teams in each conference, three nfl teams that predated the afl's launch (the cleveland browns, pittsburgh steelers, and the then-baltimore colts) joined the ten former afl teams to form the afc. the two afl divisions afl east and afl west were more or less intact, while the nfl's century division, in which the browns and the steelers had played since 1967, was moved from the nfl to become the new afc central. upon the completion of the merger of the afl and nfl in 1970, the newly-minted american football conference had already agreed upon their divisional setup along mostly geographical lines for the 1970 season; the national football conference, however, could not agree upon their setup, and one was chosen from a fishbowl on january 16, 1970.
american football conference