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1965 American Football League season

American Football League season

Field	Value
year	1965
Eastchampion	[Buffalo Bills](1965-buffalo-bills-season)
Westchampion	[San Diego Chargers](1965-san-diego-chargers-season)
AFLchampion	[Buffalo Bills](1965-buffalo-bills-season)
regular_season	September 11 – December 19, 1965
playoffs_start	December 26, 1965
sb_site	Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California

The 1965 AFL season was the sixth regular season of the American Football League.

The season also saw a change of television address as the games moved from ABC to NBC.

The season ended when the Buffalo Bills defeated the San Diego Chargers in the AFL Championship game. The next season, the AFL would join the NFL to form the AFL-NFL World Championship game, known today as the Super Bowl.

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 a tie in the standings at top of either division, a one-game playoff would be held to determine the division winner.

There was little drama in either of the AFL's division races in 1965. The Bills led the Eastern Division from start to finish, ending five games ahead of the 5–8–1 Jets. In the Western Division, San Diego had three potential wins cancelled out when they were tied by Kansas City (10–10), Boston (13–13) and Buffalo (20–20), but their 9–2–3 finish (.818) was well ahead of Oakland's 8–5–1 record (.615).

Week	Eastern	Western
1	Tie (Buf, Hou)	1–0–0
2	Tie (Buf, Hou)	2–0–0
3	Buffalo	3–0–0
4	Buffalo	4–0–0
5	Buffalo	4–1–0
6	Buffalo	5–1–0
7	Buffalo	6–1–0
8	Buffalo	6–2–0
9	Buffalo	7–2–0
10	Buffalo	8–2–0
11	Buffalo	8–2–0
12	Buffalo	8–2–1
13	Buffalo	9–2–1
14	Buffalo	10–2–1
15	[Buffalo](1965-buffalo-bills-season)	10–3–1

Regular season

Results

Home/Road	Eastern Division	Western Division	[BOS](1965-boston-patriots-season)	[BUF](1965-buffalo-bills-season)	[HOU](1965-houston-oilers-season)	[NY](1965-new-york-jets-season)	[DEN](1965-denver-broncos-season)	[KC](1965-kansas-city-chiefs-season)	[OAK](1965-oakland-raiders-season)
Eastern	[Boston Patriots](1965-boston-patriots-season)		7–23	42–14	20–30	10–27	10–10	10–24	13–13
[Buffalo Bills](1965-buffalo-bills-season)	24–7		17–19	33–21	31–13	34–25	17–12	3–34
[Houston Oilers](1965-houston-oilers-season)	31–10	18–29		27–21	21–31	38–36	21–33	26–37
[New York Jets](1965-new-york-jets-season)	23–27	14–12	41–14		45–10	10–14	24–24	9–34
Western	[Denver Broncos](1965-denver-broncos-season)	20–28	15–30	28–17	16–13		23–31	20–28	21–35
[Kansas City Chiefs](1965-kansas-city-chiefs-season)	27–17	7–23	52–21	10–13	45–35		14–7	31–7
[Oakland Raiders](1965-oakland-raiders-season)	30–21	14–17	21–17	24–14	24–13	37–10		6–17
[San Diego Chargers](1965-san-diego-chargers-season)	6–22	20–20	31–14	38–7	34–31	10–10	24–14

Standings

Playoffs

Main article: 1965 American Football League Championship Game

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Stadium changes

The Houston Oilers moved from Jeppensen Stadium to Rice Stadium

Coaching changes

Denver Broncos: Mac Speedie began his first full season. He replaced Jack Faulkner after four games into the 1964 season.
Houston Oilers: Sammy Baugh was fired and replaced by Hugh Taylor.

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