December 26, 1965.
The last pro football championship played in the month of December and the last only AFL League title game. It was, however, the 1st title game broadcast in color! -so we got THAT goin’ for us. The 2 Leagues signed the merger a few months later and the initial AFL-NFL Championship (later re-named the Super Bowl) would begin the next season. We managed to make the AFL title game again in ‘66 at Home to -you guessed it, the Kansas City Chiefs, but failed to win. KC then lost to Green Bay in the dual league Championship game.
I apologized to my adult children last night for bringing them into this cursed, endless journey through Hell. A mere 15 years had past from our last championship season when my son was born, so hope still sprung eternal. Had I known then what we know today, I’d have taken up fishing instead..
Joe Marino chimes in on our heartbreaking loss last night