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American Football League teams
- New York JetsThe New York Jets have won exactly one Super Bowl in their entire history, and they won it the hard way. In January 1969, facing an NFL team widely expected…
- Tennessee TitansHouston oil tycoon Bud Adams founded the Houston Oilers in 1959 as one of eight charter members of the American Football League.
- New England PatriotsThe New England Patriots were born on the 16th of November, 1959, when Boston business executive Billy Sullivan was handed the eighth and final franchise of…
- Buffalo BillsThe Buffalo Bills began competitive play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. Head coach Buster Ramsey led the team through its first…
- Miami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins have played exactly one perfect season in NFL history, finishing 17-0 in 1972 and winning the Super Bowl.
- Las Vegas RaidersThe Las Vegas Raiders were nearly called the Oakland Señors. On the 4th of April 1960, that was the name announced as the winner of a naming contest run by…
- Cincinnati BengalsPaul Brown began planning for the creation of the Bengals franchise in 1965. Cincinnati's city council approved the construction of Riverfront Stadium in…
- Los Angeles ChargersThe Los Angeles Chargers have spent their entire existence chasing a city that never quite claimed them. Founded in 1959 and born into the American Football…
- Denver BroncosOn the 14th of August 1959, minor league baseball owner Bob Howsam received an American Football League charter franchise for Denver.
- Kansas City ChiefsThe Kansas City Chiefs were not born in Kansas City. They started life in Dallas in 1960, dreamed up by a man named Lamar Hunt after the NFL refused to let…