1962 American Football League season

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

AFL Eastern Division W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK Houston Oilers 11 3 0 .786 5–1 387 270 W7 Boston Patriots 9 4 1 .692 4–1–1 346 295 L1 Buffalo Bills 7 6 1 .538 1–4–1 309 272 W2 New York Titans 5 9 0 .357 1–5 278 423 L3 Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

AFL Western Division W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK Dallas Texans 11 3 0 .786 5–1 389 233 W2 Denver Broncos 7 7 0 .500 4–2 353 334 L5 San Diego Chargers 4 10 0 .286 3–3 314 392 L2 Oakland Raiders 1 13 0 .071 0–6 213 370 W1 Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Playoffs

• AFL Championship Game

  Dallas Texans 20, Houston Oilers 17 (2OT), December 23, 1962, Jeppesen Stadium, Houston, Texas

External links

• Football Database