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The Vikings did not win any NFL championships prior to the first Super Bowl in 1967.
Today's Superbowl was fomerly known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game .
Weeb Eubank. Eubank was head coach of the 1958 and 1959 Baltimore Colts that won the NFL championship and the 1968 New York Jets that won the AFL championship.
These days there is no difference. Once upon a time there was. The NFL championship was awarded to the winner of the league's championship game prior to 1969. Before the merger of the AFL and NFL in 1970, the leagues agreed to play an annual AFL-NFL World Championship Game (later rechristened the Superbowl).
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The AFL and NFL merged before the start of the 1970 season.
THE AFL-NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The AFL-NFL World Championship Game
The NFL Championship became known as the Super Bowl after the AFL-NFL merger.
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Super Bowl I was originally known as "The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game."
That was the first Super Bowl played January 15, 1967. At the time, the game was known as AFL-NFL World Championship Game and was not known as Super Bowl I until 1970. Actually, the first four Super Bowls were known as AFL-NFL World Championship Games. It wasn't until the AFL and MFL merged in 1970 that the name was changed to Super Bowl. All four AFL-NFL Championship Games and all Super Bowls have been televised.
Super Bowl I or NFL/AFL World Championship
The Vikings did not win any NFL championships prior to the first Super Bowl in 1967.
Weeb Eubank. Eubank was head coach of the 1958 and 1959 Baltimore Colts that won the NFL championship and the 1968 New York Jets that won the AFL championship.
Today's Superbowl was fomerly known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game .