Football Champions of '69
Professional Football
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Super Bowl III January 12, 1969 Site: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL Attendance: 75,389 Favorite: Colts by 18 Winning Team: New York Jets (12-3) Opposing Team: Baltimore Colts (15-1) Score: 16 - 7 Winning Coach: Weeb Ewbank Opposing Coach: Don Shula MVP: Joe Namath, N.Y. Jets (17 for 28, 206 yds) |
1969 Playing Season
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Most Valuable Player Roman Gabriel, L.A. Rams Defensive Player Dick Butkus, Chicago Rookie of the Year Calvin Hill, Dallas |
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Number One NFL Draft Choice Team - Buffalo Player, Pos., College: O.J. Simpson, RB, USC |
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AFL All Star Game Site: Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL Winner: Western Division Score: 38-25 MVP: Offense - Len Dawson, Kansas City MVP: Defense: Georgie Webster, Houston |
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NFL Pro Bowl Site: Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Winner: Western Conference Score: 10-7 MVP: Back - Roman Gabriel, Los Angeles MVP: Line - Merlin Olsen, Los Angeles |
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National Football League Championship Eastern Division Playoff (at Dallas) Cleveland 38, Dallas 14 Western Division (at Minnesota) Minnesota 23, Los Angeles Rams 20 NFL Championship (at Minnesota) Minnesota 27, Cleveland 7 |
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American Football League Championship Inter-Division Playoffs Kansas City 13, New York Jets 6 (at N.Y.) Oakland 56, Houston 7 (at Oakland) AFL Champions (at Oakland) Kansas City 17, Oakland 7 |
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Super Bowl IV January 11, 1970 Site: New Orleans, LA Attendance: 80,562 Favorite: Vikings by 12 Winner: Kansas City (13-3) Opponent: Minnesota Vikings (14-2) Score: 23 - 7 Winning Coach: Hank Stram Opposing Coach: Bud Grant MVP: Kansas City Quarterback Len Dawson (12 for 17, 142 yds, 1 TD, 1 Int) |
College Football
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National College Football Champion Texas |
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College Football Coach of the Year Bo Schembechler, Michigan |
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Heisman Trophy Winner Steve Owens, Oklahoma, RB |
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Outland Award Mike Reid, Penn State, DT |
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Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA Ohio State 27, Southern California 16 |
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Orange Bowl, Miami, FL Penn State 15, Kansas 14 |
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Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, LA Arkansas CIty 16, Georgia 2 |
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Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX Texas 36, Tennessee 13 |
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Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX (now John Hancock Bowl) Nebraska 45, Georgia 6 |
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Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL Florida 14, Tennessee 13 |
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Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN Colorado 47, Alabama 33 |
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Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, FL (now Citrus Bowl) Toledo 56, Davidson 33 |
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Peach Bowl, Atlanta, GA West Virginia 14, S. Carolina 3 |
