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AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1966 AFL CHAMPIONSHIP Here is the summary of the 1966 AFL championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills held at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York. The winner would go on to meet the NFL champion Green Bay Packers in the inaugural AFL-NFL Championship Game in Los Angeles, California. Len Dawson passed for two TDs and Mike Garrett ran for two TDs of his own as the Chiefs prevented the Bills from an unprecedented third consecutive AFL title. It also prevented the Bills from making history as the first team to represent the AFL in what would become known as the Super Bowl. GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F Kansas City Chiefs 7 10 0 14 31 Buffalo Bills 7 0 0 0 7 FIRST QUARTER KANSAS CITY: TD ARBANAS 29 PASS FROM DAWSON (MERCER KICK). BUFFALO: TD DUBENION 69 PASS FROM KEMP (LUSTEG KICK). SECOND QUARTER KANSAS CITY: TD TAYLOR 29 PASS FROM DAWSON (MERCER KICK). KANSAS CITY: FG MERCER 32. THIRD QUARTER NO SCORING. FOURTH QUARTER KANSAS CITY: TD GARRETT 1 RUN (MERCER KICK). KANSAS CITY: TD GARRETT 18 RUN (MERCER KICK). ATTENDANCE: 42,080. STATISTICS RUSHING KANSAS CITY: GARRETT 13-39; McCLINTON 11-38; DAWSON 5-28; COAN 2-6; E. THOMAS 2-2. BUFFALO: CARLTON 9-31; BURNETT 3-6; KEMP 1-3. RECEIVING KANSAS CITY: TAYLOR 5-78; BURFORD 4-76; ARBANAS 2-44; GARRETT 4-16; McCLINTON 1-13. BUFFALO: BURNETT 6-127; DUBENION 2-79; BASS 2-26; CROCKETT 1-16; CARLTON 1-5. PASSING KANSAS CITY: DAWSON 16-24, 227 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT. BUFFALO: KEMP 12-27, 253 YDS, 1 TD 2 INT. FIRST DOWNS KANSAS CITY: 14 (6 rush, 8 pass). BUFFALO: 9 (2 rush, 7 pass). PENALTIES KANSAS CITY: 4-40. BUFFALO: 3-23. FUMBLES KANSAS CITY: 1-0. BUFFALO: 3-2. PUNTING KANSAS CITY: WILSON 6-254. BUFFALO: MAGUIRE 8-314. KICKOFF RETURNS KANSAS CITY: COAN 1-35; GARRETT 1-3. BUFFALO: WARNER 5-91; MEREDITH 1-8. PUNT RETURNS KANSAS CITY: GARRETT 3-37. BUFFALO: RUTKOWSKI 2-16; BYRD 3-0. INTERCEPTIONS KANSAS CITY: ROBINSON 1-72; E. THOMAS 1-26. BUFFALO: NONE.