KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: A BRIEF HISTORY
5. ABNER’S HAZE
Playing as the Dallas Texans before the move to K.C., they win an all-Texas showdown for the 1962 AFL championship in overtime, despite halfback Abner Haynes, who not only botches the coin toss, electing to kick off to the Houston Oilers, but chooses to kick into the wind. Three minutes into a second extra period, Haynes is saved by Tommy Brooker’s field goal, 20-17.
4. THE LONGEST DAY
Ed Podolak rolls up 350 all-purpose yards, Chiefs and Dolphins play the longest game in NFL history--82 minutes 40 seconds--before Miami wins this 1971 AFC playoff game in double overtime, 27-24.
3. SUPER BOWL I
Representing the AFL in the first Super Bowl, played in Los Angeles, Chiefs are beaten by Green Bay, 35-10.
2. CHIEFS 23, VIKINGS 7
Upset victory in Super Bowl IV evens the fledgling AFL-NFL series at 2-2, sending the upstart league into the merger on even terms.
1. NOV. 26, 2000
Save San Diego Chargers from NFL infamy and the league’s first 0-16 season, 16-17.
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