| 1969 National Football League season | |||
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| Regular season | |||
| Duration | September 21, 1969 - December 21, 1969 | ||
| Playoffs | |||
| East Champions | Cleveland Browns | ||
| West Champions | Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Championship Game | |||
| Champions | Minnesota Vikings | ||
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The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. To honor the NFL's 50th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.
As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions again, returning back to the 1967 alignment.
The season ended when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship Game, only to be defeated by the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV.
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Division races
The Eastern Conference was split into the Capitol and Century Divisions, and the Western Conference had the Coastal and Central Divisions. In the past, if two teams were tied for the division lead at season's end, a one-game playoff was conducted to break the tie. Starting in 1967, a tiebreaking system was implemented that started with net points in head-to-head competition, followed by which team that had less recently been in a title game [1]. As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the won-lost record was the same.
| Week | Capitol | Century | Coastal | Central | ||||
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| 1 | WASHINGTON* | 1-0-0 | PITTSBURGH* | 1-0-0 | ATLANTA* | 1-0-0 | GREEN BAY | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | DALLAS | 2-0-0 | CLEVELAND | 2-0-0 | LOS ANGELES | 2-0-0 | GREEN BAY | 2-0-0 |
| 3 | DALLAS | 3-0-0 | ST. LOUIS* | 2-1-0 | LOS ANGELES | 3-0-0 | MINNESOTA* | 2-1-0 |
| 4 | DALLAS | 4-0-0 | N.Y. GIANTS* | 3-1-0 | LOS ANGELES | 4-0-0 | MINNESOTA* | 3-1-0 |
| 5 | DALLAS | 5-0-0 | CLEVELAND | 4-1-0 | LOS ANGELES | 5-0-0 | MINNESOTA* | 4-1-0 |
| 6 | DALLAS | 6-0-0 | CLEVELAND | 4-1-1 | LOS ANGELES | 6-0-0 | MINNESOTA | 5-1-0 |
| 7 | DALLAS | 6-1-0 | CLEVELAND | 5-1-1 | LOS ANGELES | 7-0-0 | MINNESOTA | 6-1-0 |
| 8 | DALLAS | 7-1-0 | CLEVELAND | 5-2-1 | LOS ANGELES | 8-0-0 | MINNESOTA | 7-1-0 |
| 9 | DALLAS | 8-1-0 | CLEVELAND | 6-2-1 | LOS ANGELES | 9-0-0 | MINNESOTA | 8-1-0 |
| 10 | DALLAS | 8-2-0 | CLEVELAND | 7-2-1 | LOS ANGELES | 10-0-0 | MINNESOTA | 9-1-0 |
| 11 | DALLAS | 8-2-1 | CLEVELAND | 8-2-1 | LOS ANGELES | 11-0-0 | MINNESOTA | 10-1-0 |
| 12 | DALLAS | 9-2-1 | CLEVELAND | 9-2-1 | LOS ANGELES | 11-1-0 | MINNESOTA | 11-1-0 |
| 13 | DALLAS | 10-2-1 | CLEVELAND | 10-2-1 | LOS ANGELES | 11-2-0 | MINNESOTA | 12-1-0 |
| 14 | DALLAS | 11-2-1 | CLEVELAND | 10-3-1 | LOS ANGELES | 11-3-0 | MINNESOTA | 12-2-0 |
- indicates more than one team with record
Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
Note: Prior to 1972, the NFL did not include tie games when calculating a team's winning percentage in the official standings
| Eastern Conference | ||||||
| Capitol Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 369 | 223 |
| Washington Redskins | 7 | 5 | 2 | .583 | 307 | 319 |
| New Orleans Saints | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 | 311 | 393 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 279 | 377 |
| Century Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| Cleveland Browns | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 351 | 300 |
| New York Giants | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 264 | 298 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 314 | 389 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 218 | 404 |
| Western Conference | ||||||
| Coastal Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 320 | 243 |
| Baltimore Colts | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 279 | 268 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 276 | 268 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 8 | 2 | .333 | 277 | 319 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 379 | 133 |
| Detroit Lions | 9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 259 | 188 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 269 | 221 |
| Chicago Bears | 1 | 13 | 0 | .071 | 210 | 339 |
Playoffs
| Conference Championship Games | NFL Championship Game | ||||||
| December 28, 1969 - Cotton Bowl | |||||||
| Cleveland Browns | 38 | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | 14 | ||||||
| January 4, 1970 - Metropolitan Stadium | |||||||
| Cleveland Browns | 7 | ||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | 27 | ||||||
| December 27, 1969 - Metropolitan Stadium | |||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | 20 | ||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | 23 | ||||||
See also
- Super Bowl IV: Kansas City (AFL) 23, Minnesota (NFL) 7, at Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana
References
- NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
- NFL History 1961-1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
- 1969 season in details
- Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)
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1969 NFL season
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| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | ||
| Capitol | Century | Coastal | Central |
| Dallas | Cleveland | Atlanta | Chicago |
| New Orleans | NY Giants | Baltimore | Detroit |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Los Angeles | Green Bay |
| Washington | St. Louis | San Francisco | Minnesota |
| 1969 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • NFL Championship • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl IV Related: 1969 AFL Season |
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