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His desire to secure a professional football franchise was further heightened after watching the historic 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. As early as 1958, Hunt had the interest of purchasing an NFL franchise and moving it to Dallas, Texas. Hunt, began discussions with other businessmen about establishing an American football organization that would rival that of the National Football League. In 1959, Lamar Hunt, son of oil tycoon H. In Super Bowl LVII in 2023, the Chiefs won again and Mahomes won his second Super Bowl MVP award.įurther information on the AFL's origins: American Football League The Texans/Chiefs were the most victorious franchise in AFL history, compiling an 87–48–5 record from 1960 to 1969.įifty years later, the Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV in February 2020 with quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who was named MVP. In 1969, the Chiefs won the final AFL title and went on to defeat the NFL's heavily favored Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. In 1966, the Chiefs won their second AFL title and appeared in the first AFL-NFL World Championship game (later named Super Bowl I) in January 1967, losing to the Green Bay Packers.

The Texans won the 1962 AFL Championship and relocated to Kansas City, Missouri the following year, becoming the Chiefs. The team is not related to the earlier Dallas Texans NFL team that played for only one season in 1952. The team was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and now play in the National Football League (NFL). The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football franchise that began play in 1960 as the Dallas Texans.