Chiefs/Rangers, Their “Dallas Links” And Simultaneous Crowns

In what was their 60th anniversary/61st season in Kansas City, the Chiefs repeated as NFL champions, notching their third such crown in 5 seasons, 4th Supe and fifth “all the way” franchise title, as they also won the AFL “all the way” (today Eric Carmen/Raspberries video, I promise) crown in their last year as the Dallas Texans in 1962, also as was the case days back, with a long overtime, title clinching victory.

Speaking of Dallas, the current baseball champion is essentially a Dallas area team, the Texas Rangers, who copped their first crown in what was their 62nd completed season, the first 11 of which were as the second incarnation of the Washington Senators (1961-1971).

Both teams won four post-season round entities to claim their crowns, the first time in 11 non Covid affected, expanded round of 16, possibilities, that has occurred.

In 2020 with baseball’s ‘offs expanded to 16 entrants and a “must win 4 rounds to title,” both the T.B./T.B. (Tom Brady) Tampa Bay Buccaneers and L.A. Dodgers won 4 post-season rounds to “title.”(I consider the Dodgers’ Covid affected, minimal season, 2020 crown certainly a “<” (read it less than), not so the Tom Brady as Q.B. , Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 post-season wins title, that same year.

Another post, another day for some talk regarding two quarterback greats, Mr. Brady (Robert Reed had a prominent role on Mannix, Andy Reid is Mr. Mahomes coach) and Mr. Mahomes.

For now, noting: either Brady or Mahomes has been the NFL Champion/ “Supe” winning quarterback in what has to be an unprecedented 7 of the last 10 seasons. (Brady in ’14,’16,’18 and ’20, the last of those vs Mahomes while Patrick QB/titled in ’19,’22 and ’23. Brady, in arguably his greatest post-season performance, certainly one of them, never the less was on the short end of the ’17 season Supe, as the Philly Eagles prevailed vs New England).

Another current Chiefs’ great, kicker Harrison Butker is pictured above.

“B’s” not bees or wasps have been the two Chiefs nee Texans kickers in their 2 overtime title clinching wins.

In ’62 Tommy “B”rooker’s short field goal ended the second longest AFL or NFL ‘offs tilts, occurring in a second overtime period.

“B”utker has been brilliant, especially on clutch field goal attempts during this glorious post-season period for the Chiefs.

Another great K.C. kicker who was truly instrumental in the Chiefs ’69 season title, among other things, booting 3 Super Bowl field goals is Jan Stenerud.

However, it must? be noted that in pro football’s longest game a Dolphins’ Christmas Day win (more on Christmas Day Chiefs games et al in a future post) division round win at Kansas City, Stenerud missed a short field goal attempt that would have given K.C. the victory.

Click below to view Eric Carmen with “The Raspberries” perform “Go All The Way” in a presentation of Don Kirshner.