Kansas City Chiefs

Thanks to the inability of the Dallas market to support two pro football teams, the Kansas City Chiefs were born.

Originally, the team played under the name of the Dallas Texans. Owned by Lamar Hunt, the team played in Dallas for three seasons. After winning the AFL championship in 1962 (in one of the longest games of all time, clocking in at 77 minutes and 54 seconds), the team moved to Kansas City. The team was lured to Kansas City by Mayor H. Roe Bartle, who was nicknamed "Chief". The team then changed its name to the Kansas City Chiefs, partly in honor of the mayor.

The Kansas City Chiefs were in their heyday during the 1960s after their move and renaming.

The Kansas City Chiefs won the AFL championship in 1966, with help from wide receiver Otis Taylor, running back Mike Garrett and kicker Mike Mercer. That victory meant the team was eligible to play in the first AFL-NFL championship game, which later was titled the Super Bowl. In that game, the Green Bay Packers beat the Chiefs, 35-10.

The team earned another AFL title in 1969, led by future Hall of Famers Buck Buchanan and linebackers Bobby Bell and Willie Lanier. They took the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in the Super Bowl.

The team then fell into a decline, and did not make it to the playoffs from 1972 to 1985. There was one bright season, when the Kansas City Chiefs made it to the playoffs in 1986, and then another dark period for four years.

After Coach Marty Schottenheimer brought Marcus Allen and Joe Montana onto the team, the Kansas City Chiefs enjoyed frequent returns to the playoffs in the 1990s. In 1993, the team won its first division championship in more than 20 years. Dick Vermeil has been the coach since 2001.