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AFL GAME 12

Jets 21 Dolphins 17

Long dry spell again but got in another game....the jets move on in the winner bracket and face the raiders as the ,2 are the only teams left without a loss...the dolphins drop down to the loser bracket.....ill play the next 3 games in the loser bracket and the survivor will meet the loser of the jets and raiders......as far as the game...joe namath had 2 td passes to don Maynard and matt snell....larry czonka led the dolphins with 2 rushing tds......the jets were led by 12 namath....13 Maynard....41 snell....32 emerson boozer....52 john schmitt and 75 winston hill.....the dolphins were led by 39 czonka....22 mercury morris...12 bob griesie....42 paul warfield and 66 larry little......up next will be the chiefs vs the oilers.

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AFL GAME 11

RAIDERS 17 CHIEFS 14

Finally got to play a game....ive been helping a friend sell some old teams but ive been anxious to get back to playing.....one of the great rivalry games and the raiders move on to the final 4 the chiefs will drop down to the loser bracket with the loss....... great raiders represented include : 44 marv hubbard....12 kenny stabler....25 fred biletnikoff ...21 cliff branch....00 jim otto....83 ben davidson...63 gene upshaw....78 art shell and 41 phil viliapiano...... great chiefs from yesterday include : 16 lenny dawson....89 otis taylor....14 ed podalak....84 fred arbanas.....63 willie lanier...78 bobby bell ....and 55 ej holub...  Up next will be the ny jets and the miami dolphins.

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AFL GAME 10

BRONCOS 17 CHARGERS 13

good game between these 2 old afl west opponents.....floyd little scored 2 tds for the broncos and the chargers were led by speedy duncan and dickie post with 1 td each.....great broncos from yesterday include : 44 little ....13 don horn.....87 rich jackson....55 pete duranko....63 paul Costa....42 billy van Heusen and 11 bobby anderson.....the chargers were led by 22 post ...45 duncan ...21 john hadle....19 lance alworth....86 earl faison.....and 77 ernie ladd.....up next ill go back up to the winners bracket for one of the great all time rivalry games ..the chiefs vs the raiders .

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AFL GAME 9

OILERS 21 PATRIOTS 7

the oilers were once again led by the cannonball  charlie toler who rushed for 2 tds ....kenny burroughs also had a long pass and run td from george blanda.....the oilers move on and the patriots are out of the tournament......great oilers from yesterday include : 44 toler....00 burroughs....16 blanda....18 charlie joiner.....33 billy cannon and 90 george webster.....the patriots were led by 16 jim plunkett....30 carl Garrett....35 jim nance....18 randy vataha.....34 Ron sellers.....72 larry Eisenhower...20 gino capaletti..and 73 john hannah.....up next will be the hog broncos vs the hog chargers.

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15 hours ago, Long island EFL said:

LOVE CAPANTHER'S LEAGUE!

Thanks bud....i enjoy the old teams and sharing the games for all you guys ...and a big thanks to tudor for having this site.

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AFL game 8

Hog broncos 28 hog bengals 13

I'll call this one the floyd little game....little scored all 4 of Denver's tds and the broncos controlled the game for the most part......outstanding former broncos include : 44 little, 87 tombstone Jackson....11 bobby anderson....42 billy vanhusen....13 don horn....55 pete duranko....and 77 lyle alzado.....the bengals were led by 84 bob trumphey....12 greg cook....19 essex johnson....18 paul Robinson....79 ross browner.....and 74 mike reid.....the bengals are now eliminated.....the broncos move on to face the chargers....ill play a couple more games in the loser bracket as the hog oilers will face the hog patriots.

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AFL GAME 7

Oilers 27 bills 10

The bills are the first AFL team to exit the tournament.....i let charlie toler be the feature back for the oilers and he responded with 3 tds.....the oilers led 13-3 at the half and cruised to the next round..... outstanding oilers from the past include : 44 toler....90 George webster....33 billy cannon....16 george blanda ...18 charlie joiner....32 hoyle granger.....and 00 ken burroughs.....the bills were led by 25 haven moses....81 bob chandler.....15 jack kemp....67 reggie McKenzie....and 32 oj simpson.....ill stay in the loser bracket for a few more games ...up next will be the hog broncos and the hog bengals.

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AFL GAME 6

JETS 21 BILLS 17

there is an old saying...you play in the first half but you win in the 2nd.....the bills led 17-14 at halftime...but joe namath found don maynard for a long td pass halfway through the 4th qt and it was the deciding td ......the bills then marched down and got on the 3 yd line on the last play but jack kemp's pass to oj simpson was incomplete.....the jets move on to face the dolphins in the winners bracket....the bills move down to face the oilers in the loser bracket....outstanding jets include : 12 namath...13 maynard....41 matt snell....32 Emerson boozer.....75 winston hill.....and 87 pete lammons.....the bills were led by: 15 kemp....32 simpson....40 jd hill....81 bob chandler and 66 billy shaw......there are 4 teams left in the winners bracket....the jets...dolphins...raiders and chiefs.....ill play the next 4 games in the loser bracket....the winner moves on...the loser packs up their bags till the next tournament.....next up is the transition ( hog/chicken) bills vs the hogleg oilers.

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AFL GAME 5

Raiders 19 Broncos 13 overtime

The raiders were behind 13 to 3 heading into 4th qt but clawed back to force overtime...the broncos went 3 and out then stabler found marv hubbard down the middle for the winning score and the raiders move on to play the chiefs...the broncos move down to the loser bracket.....outstanding raiders today include: 44 hubbard....12 stabler...35 Hewett Dixon....21 cliff branch....41 Phil vilapiano ....00 jim otto ...78 art shell...and 63 gene upshaw...great former broncos include : 44 floyd little...11 bobby anderson....87 rich jackson....55 pete duranko....70 paul smith ....and 57 tom jackson....up next will be the bills vs the jets.

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AFL GAME 4

dolphins 14 patriots 9

Mercury morris and jim kiick led the dolphins as each scored a td and the patriots only had one serious drive the whole day.....great dolphins from yesterday include : 22 morris...21 kiick....39 larry czonka....12 bob griese ....75 manny fernandez....67 bob kutchenburg ....81 howard twilley and 42 paul warfield....the patriots were led by 16 jim plunkett.....30 carl Garrett....35 jim nance.....73 john hannah.....72 larry Eisenhower...and 20 gino capaletti....up next will be the raiders vs the broncos.

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AFL GAME 3

 CHIEFS 24 CHARGERS 7

John hadle had pressure all day by the chiefs front 4 and the chiefs crushing running game led by bobby holmes and mike Garrett....cruised to a 24-7 victory......great chiefs include : 45 holmes....21 garrett....89 otis taylor....86 buck Buchanan...61 curley culp....63 willie lanier....55 ej holub and 16 lenny dawson....the chargers were led by 21 hadle....19 lance alworth....23 paul lowe....27 gary garrison....,74 ron nix...78 walt Sweeney and 77 ernie ladd...up next will be the transition ( hog/chicken) dolphins and the hog patriots.

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AFL game 2

BM Broncos 21 BM Oilers 7

Floyd little scored 3 tds and the broncos now move on to play the raiders and the oilers drop down to the loser bracket.... Great broncos from the past include : 44 little.....14 pete liske....87 rich jackson....55 pete duranko....88 al densen and 57 tom jackson...great former oilers include : 16 george blanda...34 joe dawkins...89 alvin reed .33 billy cannon and 44 charlie toler.....up next will be the hogleg chiefs vs the hkbs chargers.....the 2 wild card games are over now so ill move the games to the big gold endzone field.

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AFL GAME 1

bills 28 bengals 21

Great game to start the AFL BRACKET.....the bills were led by oj Simpson's 4 tds....paul robinson had 2 tds for the bengals....the bills led 14-7 at halftime and both teams had 2 tds in the second half....the bengals drop down to the loser bracket....the bills will now face the jets... outstanding bills from yesterday include : 32 Simpson...15 jack kemp...25 haven moses....81 bob chandler....87 paul Seymour....67 reggie McKenzie....and 66 billy shaw.....the bengals were led by 18 Robinson...19 essex johnson....84 bob trumphey ...88 bruce coslatt ....74 mike reid...and 66 bill bergey ....up next will be the oilers vs the broncos...i was going to use hogleg teams but decide to match up 1967 bigmen....when tudor made the 1967 AFL bigmen teams....the afl only came in dark jersey except for the big w jets....even though the w jets often came in mixed sets of bigmen and hogs.....i collected by big w jets by buying quite a few of the little afl chiefs jets games until i had all 11 jets.

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The AFL BRACKET

there were 10 AFL teams when the merger into the NFL happened in 1970.....to play a 10 team double elimination tourney i divided it into two five team divisions even though the bengals and oilers bounced between east and west i put the bengals in the east and the oilers in the west.....there are what i would call 2 wild card games ...in the east ill play the bengals and the bills...in the west ill play the oilers and the broncos....im going to play the 2 wild card games on the little Tudor AFL GAME....then ill move to the big 620 gold endzone game to play the rest...when all the games are completed the winner of the AFL BRACKET will meet washington for the super bowl....game 1 will feature the transition ( hog and chicken ) bills vs the haiti bengals....the broncos and oilers will both be hogleg teams....just like the NFL bracket ill try to mix up some of the games between hog, chicken, haiti and bigmen teams.....hopefully ill play game 1 tonight or tomorrow.

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Game 30

NFL CHAMPIONSHIP

Washington 24 Minnesota 14

Washington completes the NFL bracket of the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record.....they will now wait to see who survives the AFL bracket and play them in the super bowl......the game was tied 14 to 14 at the half but the 2nd half was dominated by the redskins..... outstanding former players include : 43 larry brown...31 charlie harraway.....87 jerry smith....17 billy kilmer....42 charlie taylor....86 verlon biggs....56 len haus....and 55 chris handburger.....the vikings featured : 44 chuck foreman....30 bill brown....84 gene washington....11 joe kapp....70 jim marshall....88 alan page....and 81 carl eller.......i will start the AFL BRACKET information and preview on the next post.

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Game 29

SNOW GAME

VIKINGS 21 49ERS 20

hard to imagine a playoff game in December without a snow game in Minnesota back in the day.....the 49ers finish the tournament with 4 wins and 2 losses ...both losses came to the vikings 9-7 and 21-20....the vikings move on to meet washington in the NFL CHAMPIONSHIP.....the game was even from start to finish with the 49ers scoring first on a long ken willard run but the vikings led 14-13 at the half thanks to the running of bill brown and ed osborn......great vikings from the past include : 30 brown....41 osborn...11 joe kapp...84 gene washington...70 jim marshall...83 stu voight ....81 carl eller and 88 alan page.....the 49ers were led by 40 willard...12 john brodie....82 ted kwalick....69 woody peoples....57 frank nunley and 75 forrest blue.....ill play the championship on the old 620 browns giants game and use the haiti redskins in dark and the hogleg white vikings.

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Game 28

Washington 21 Minnesota 19

Washington faced 2 ..4th downs on the last drive of the game....on the last play from the 21 yd line sonny Jurgensen found pat richter down the seam for the winning score....the vikings now will drop down to play the 49ers in the final game of the loser bracket....the winner will go back and play washington in the championship game.... outstanding redskins from the past include : 88 richter....9 Jurgensen...43 larry brown....42 charlie taylor.....87 jerry smith....55 chris handburger and 72 joe rudkins......the vikings were led by : 30 bill brown....11 joe kapp....32 oscar reed...84 gene washington...88 alan page....81 carl eller....59 lonnie warwick...and 70 jim marshall....next up the vikings vs 49ers

 

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Game 27

Hog 49ers 30 hog giants 7

This was all san francisco early and throughout the game....the giants didnt score till the 4th qt and they were trailing 24-0 at the time.....ken willard had his typical outstanding game and the 49ers defense allowed only a couple first downs and intercepted 2 fran tarkenton passes.....the 49ers will play the loser of the vikings and redskins....outstanding 49ers include : 40 willard...18 gene washington...12 john brodie....64 dave wilcox....70 charlie kruger....and 82 ted kwalick.....great giants include 10 tarkenton...30 ron johnson...45 homer jones...24 tucker fredrickson...38 bob tucker....89 fred dryer....and 71 bob lurtzuma ...up next will be the bigmen vikings vs bigmen washington....the winner will move on to the nfl championship game...the loser will meet the 49ers.

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Game 26

49ers 20 lions 7

There are now 4 teams left....the vikings...redskins....giants and 49ers......ken willard was the star of the show as he had 2 long runs in the 2nd half to help the 49ers move on.....the 49ers were led by : 40 willard...12 john brodie...18 gene washington...64 dave wilcox...70 charlie kruger....and 69 woody peoples ...the lions were led by 24 mel farr...88 charlie sanders....36 steve owens....11 greg landry....71 alex karras and 53 mike lucci....ill stay in the loser bracket and let the 49ers now take on the giants...the winner will play the loser of the vikings and redskins 

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Game 25

Giants 13 rams 10

This was a defensive game with a few big plays sprinkled in....late in the first half the rams were leading 3-0 and driving....but homer jones stepped in front of a roman gabriel pass and returned it 80 yds for a td.....the giants won late on tarkenton to frank gifford pass to seal the win and allow the giants to be the 3rd team to reach the final 4.......great giants from the past include : 10 tarkenton...16 gifford....45 jones....30 ron johnson....38 bob tucker....and 89 fred dryer.....great rams include : 18 gabriel....84 jack snow....33 willie ellison....76 rosie grier....87 billy truax....74 merlin olsen....85 lamar lundy....and 75 deacon jones......up next is the 49ers vs the lions ...with the winner becoming the last final 4 team.

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Game 24

Lions 20 cardinals 14

The cardinals faced 4th and 10 on the lions 30 with 2 plays to go...but they couldnt convert ....the cardinals are out of the tourney the lions move on .....there are now 6 teams left and the next 2 features the rams vs the giants and the lions vs the 49ers....the 2 winners will be in the final 4 along with the redskins and vikings......mel farr for the lions had his typical outstanding game with 3 tds ......great former lions include : 24 farr...11 greg landry....88 charlie sanders....53 mike lucci....71 alex karras....42 altie taylor..55 wayne walker..and 36 steve owens....great former cardinals include ...21 terry Metcalf....39 cid edwards... 81 jackie smith.....67 larry stallings...66 conrad dobler..73 ernie McMillan..and 72 dan dierdorf....up next is the rams vs the giants 

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Thinking ahead a little....as the nfl bracket is winding down...i thought id go ahead and set up the afl bracket.....when the nfl and afl merged there were 10 afl teams.....when the smoke clears on the nfl bracket the survivor will wait to see who comes out of the afl and the 2 will meet for the super bowl.

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Game 23

Big rams 20 big packers 7

I use the same 22 bases for a whole tournament ...when one game is over i take 6 from one team and 5 from another and put them on the next team....it is a random process and a luck of the draw ...the rams 5 linemen definitely had a good draw because they dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball ...the trio of willie ellison...les josephson...and dick bass each had a touchdown for the rams....roman gabriel only had to throw one pass because the rams ran the ball so well....herb atterly had the lone score for the packers on a 98 yd kick return....famous rams include : 18 gabriel....33 Ellison...34 josephson....22 bass....87 billy truax...74 merlin olsen...and 75 deacon jones.....great former packers include: 26 atterly....31 jim taylor....66 ray nitschke....15 bart starr....84 carrol dale....and 87 willie davis....up next will be the hog lions vs the hog cardinals.

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Game 22

Washington 7 New York 3

The giants were inside the 20 on three occasions but could only muster 3 points.....on the last play of the game homer jones was wide open but the fran tarkenton pass was incomplete...washington joins the vikings as the only 2 teams without a loss......great giants frim the past include : 45 jones...10 tarkenton....30 ron johnson...24 tucker fredrickson....89 fred dryer....and 40 joe morrison.....great former redskins include : 55 chris handburger .....42 charlie taylor....43 larry brown...80 roy jefferson....87 jerry smith and 9 sonny Jurgensen......next up will be the big rams vs the big packers....the winner moves on...the loser is out.