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Decade of Glory: The AFL

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Decade of Glory The AFL game quiz
"10 challenging questions about people and events, some famous, and some footnotes, from the league that gave us the two-point conversion, player names on jerseys, and twice as much to watch on fall Sundays."

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1. What was the "foolish club?"
    The sportswriters who predicted Kansas City would beat Green Bay in the first Super Bowl
    Season ticket holders for the original New York Titans
    The eight original owners of AFL teams
    Buffalo Bills coach Buster Ramsey's name for his offensive backfield


2. At the conclusion of the 1969 season, the AFL folded in style with the Kansas City Chiefs defeating the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in the Super Bowl, giving both leagues two wins apiece in the game. After this fourth Super Bowl, who led all AFL players in career Super Bowl scoring?
    Jim Turner
    Otis Taylor
    Jan Stenerud
    Bill Miller


3. I was an AFL Rookie of the Year, averaging 17.5 yards per completed pass, and I took my young team to an upset over the team who eventually won the Super Bowl that season. Then I injured my shoulder and, for all intents and purposes, my career was over. Who am I?
    Billy Cannon
    George Webster
    Tim Lemeau
    Greg Cook


4. What was the significance of the words, "We'll kick to the clock?"
    If there's any signficance, it has nothing to do with AFL history
    They were the "password" that was used during sensitive negotiations concerning the merger of the AFL and NFL
    The words almost cost the Dallas Texans the 1962 AFL championship
    After hearing those words after a 1963 coin toss, league officials began requiring scoreboards and clocks on both sides of the field


5. When the brand-new Miami Dolphins played their first game in 1966, how did they get their existence off to an auspicious start?
    Quarterback Bob Griese threw for 350 yards and four touchdowns
    They returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown
    They beat the defending AFL champion Buffalo Bills
    They scored the first three times they handled the ball


6. Officially, we were quarterback and coach, but we were more like father and son. We won more titles together than any other AFL quarterback-coach duo. Before the AFL, we were in college together as quarterback and coach. We also presented each other for our inductions into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Which quarterback and coach are we?
    George Blanda & Wally Lemm
    John Hadl & Sid Gilman
    Len Dawson & Hank Stram
    Joe Namath & Weeb Ewbank


7. Which original AFL team played in its original stadium longer than any other team in the league?
    New York Jets
    Buffalo Bills
    Denver Broncos
    Oakland Raiders


8. How did the "JV-5" figure into AFL history?
    It was the game ball
    It was the catalog number of the red and white striped uniform the officials wore
    The 1968 New York Jets used the term as a rallying cry, after a Baltimore Colts player said that the five Jets selected for the All-AFL team would be "a pretty good JV squad"
    When five Jacksonville, FL investors were found to be colluding with the NFL to undermine the AFL, the NFL was embarrassed into negotiating with the new league


9. I made history in 1964 as American pro football's first soccer-style kicker. Who am I?
    Pete Gogolak
    Garo Yepremian
    Jan Stenerud
    Jann Ingemann


10. Besides sending his Kansas City Chiefs teams to two of the first Super Bowls, what major contribution did their owner Lamar Hunt make to the game?
    Designed the trophy awarded to the winners
    Named it
    Provided the pool of money from which the teams in it were paid for the first four years
    Convinced the television networks to include it in their broadcast coverage


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