1970 NFL Final Standings
Included here on the "Millennium Stats page" are the final 1970 NFL
standings along with scores from all the post-season playoff games.


1970 Final NFC Overall Standings
Eastern Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Dallas Cowboys
10
4
0
299
221
New York Giants
9
5
0
301
270
St. Louis Cardinals
8
5
1
325
228
Washington Redskins
6
8
0
297
314
EAGLES
3
10
1
241
332
Central Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Minnesota Vikings
12
2
0
335
143
x - Detroit Lions
10
4
0
347
202
Chicago Bears
6
8
0
256
261
Green Bay Packers
6
8
0
196
293
Western Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - San Francisco 49ers
10
3
1
352
267
Los Angeles Rams
9
4
1
325
202
Atlanta Falcons
4
8
2
206
261
New Orleans Saints
2
11
1
172
347
1970 Final AFC Overall Standings
Eastern Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Baltimore Colts
11
2
1
321
234
x - Miami Dolphins
10
4
0
297
228
New York Jets
4
10
0
255
286
Buffalo Bills
3
10
1
204
337
Boston Patriots
2
12
0
149
361
Eastern Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Cincinnati Bengals
8
6
0
312
255
Cleveland Browns
7
7
0
286
265
Pittsburgh Steelers
5
9
0
210
272
Houston Oilers
3
10
1
217
352
Western Division
Team Name
Wins
Loses
Ties
PF
PA
y - Oakland Raiders
8
4
2
300
293
Kansas City Chiefs
7
5
2
272
244
San Diego Chargers
5
6
3
282
278
Denver Broncos
5
8
1
253
264

y - Clinched Division Title
x - Wild Card Playoff Berth


** Special Note ** ~ The 1970 NFL season was the 51st regular season of the National Football League, and the first one after the AFL-NFL Merger. The merger forced a realignment between the combined league's clubs. Because there were 16 NFL teams and 10 AFL teams, three teams needed to transfer to balance the two new conferences at 13 teams each. The Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to join all ten AFL teams to form the American Football Conference (AFC). The remaining NFL teams formed the National Football Conference (NFC). The conferences were divided into three divisions: East, Central, and West. The two Eastern divisions had five teams; the other four divisions had four teams each. The realignment discussions were so contentious that at one point team names were pulled out of a hat.

The 26-team league began to use an eight-team playoff format, four from each conference, that included the three division winners and a wild card team, the second-place team with the best record. The season concluded with the Colts defeating the Dallas Cowboys 16–13 in Super Bowl V, the first Super Bowl played for the NFL Championship. The game was held at the Orange Bowl in Miami, and was the first Super Bowl played on artificial turf.

To televise their games, the combined league retained the services of CBS and NBC, who were previously the primary broadcasters of the NFL and the AFL, respectively. It was then decided that CBS would televise all NFC teams (including playoff games) while NBC all AFC teams. For interconference games, CBS would broadcast them if the visiting team was from the NFC and NBC would carry them when the visitors were from the AFC. The two networks also divided up the Super Bowl on a yearly rotation. And with the debut of Monday Night Football on ABC in September 21, 1970, the league became the first professional sports league in the United States to have a regular series of nationally televised games in prime-time.





Dallas Cowboys - 13
Baltimore Colts - 16

(Played on January 17, 1971 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL)




1970 NFC Championship Game
Dallas Cowboys - 17
San Francisco - 10
(Played on January 3, 1971 at Kezar Stadium)
1970 AFC Championship Game
Oakland Raiders - 17
Baltimore Colts - 27
(Played on January 4, 1970 at Memorial Stadium)



1970 NFC Divisional Playoff Games
Detroit Lions - 0
Dallas Cowboys - 5
(Played on December 26 at the Cotton Bowl)
San Francisco - 17
Minnesota Vikings - 14
(Played on December 27 at Metropolitan Stadium)


1970 AFC Divisional Playoff Games
Cincinnati Bengals - 0
Baltimore Colts - 17
(Played on December 26 at Memorial Stadium)
Miami Dolphins - 14
Oakland Raiders - 21
(Played on Dec. 27 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum)







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