1962 American Football League season

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1962 American Football League season
Regular season
Duration September 7, 1962 – December 16, 1962
Playoffs
Date December 23, 1962
Eastern Champion Houston Oilers
Western Champion Dallas Texans
Site Jeppesen Stadium, Houston, Texas
Champion Dallas Texans
American Football League seasons
 < 1961 1963 > 

The 1962 American Football League season was the third regular season of the American Football League. The Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City, Missouri following the season and changed their name to the Kansas City Chiefs.

The season ended when the Texans defeated the Houston Oilers in the AFL Championship game.

Division races

The AFL had 8 teams, grouped into two divisions. Each team would play a home-and-away game against the other 7 teams in the league for a total of 14 games, and the best team in the Eastern Division would play against the best in the Western Division in a championship game. If there was tie in the standings, a playoff would be held to determine the division winner.

The 1962 season started out as a race between Houston and Boston in the East, and Dallas and Denver in the West. After seven games, the Broncos were 6–1–0 and the Texans right behind at 5–1–0, while Boston and Houston were tied at 4–2–0.

In Week Eight, Buffalo beat Denver 45–38, while Dallas won at Houston, 31–7. The Oilers' loss, and Boston's 26–16 win over Oakland, put the Patriots and Texans at the top of their divisions. The next week, though, Houston won its rematch at Dallas, 14–6, and though it did not help the Oilers, Denver made a comeback to win 23–20 at San Diego to reclaim the division lead on November 4. In Week Ten, Boston beat Denver 33–29. Houston stayed half a game behind Boston, while Dallas pulled half a game ahead of Denver.

In Week Eleven (November 18), Houston won at Boston, 21–17, to reclaim the East, and Dallas won 24–3 at Denver to boost its lead. Houston and Boston continued to win, but in the final week, the Oilers clinched the division with a 44–10 in over the Titans.

Week Eastern Western
1 Tie (Hou, NYT) 1–0–0 Tie (DalT, Den) 1–0–0
2 (Bos, Hou, NYT) 1–1–0 Tie (Den, DalT) 2–0–0
3 (Bos, Hou, NYT) 2–1–0 Dallas Texans 2–0–0
4 Tie (Bos, Hou) 2–1–0 Dallas Texans 3–0–0
5 Tie (Bos, Hou) 3–1–0 Denver Broncos 4–1–0
6 Houston Oilers 4–1–0 Denver Broncos 5–1–0
7 Tie (Bos, Hou) 4–2–0 Denver Broncos 6–1–0
8 Boston Patriots 5–2–0 Dallas Texans 6–1–0
9 Boston Patriots 5–2–1 Denver Broncos 7–2–0
10 Boston Patriots 6–2–1 Dallas Texans 7–2–0
11 Houston Oilers 7–3–0 Dallas Texans 8–2–0
12 Houston Oilers 8–3–0 Dallas Texans 9–2–0
13 Houston Oilers 9–3–0 Dallas Texans 9–3–0
14 Houston Oilers 10–3–0 Dallas Texans 10–3–0
15 Houston Oilers 11–3–0 Dallas Texans 11–3–0

Regular season

Results

Home/Road Eastern Division Western Division
BOS BUF HOU NY DAL DEN OAK SD
Eastern Boston Patriots 21–10 34–21 24–17 7–27 41–16 26–16 24–20
Buffalo Bills 28–28 23–28 6–17 23–14 20–23 14–6 35–10
Houston Oilers 21–17 17–14 56–17 7–31 34–17 32–17 33–27
New York Titans 14–43 3–20 10–44 31–52 10–32 31–21 23–3
Western Dallas Texans 42–28 41–21 6–14 20–17 17–10 35–7 26–17
Denver Broncos 29–33 38–45 20–10 45–46 3–24 44–7 30–21
Oakland Raiders 20–0 6–10 20–28 17–28 16–26 6–23 33–42
San Diego Chargers 14–20 20–40 17–42 40–14 32–28 20–23 31–21

Standings

Playoffs

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Main article: 1962 American Football League Championship Game

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