 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pamberi pekuuya kweSuper Bowl yemwaka wa1966, AFL yakaenda kure kure kuti irege kuronga ma playoffs ayo musoro-kumusoro neNFL. Muna 1960, mutambo weNFLrakaitwa musi weMuvhuro, December 26; AFL yakanga isina basa vhiki iroro, uye yakatamba makwikwi ayo echikwata musi weSvondo, January 1, sezvo mitambo yekoreji yemabhodhoro yaitambwa musi weMuvhuro. Muna 1961 na1962, AFL yakatamba mutambo wayo mukati mevhiki pakati pekupera kwemwaka wenguva dzose weNFL nemutambo wayo wezita zvichikonzera kuti AFL iite mitambo yemakwikwi musi waZvita 24, 1961, naZvita 23, 1962, vhiki pamberi pemitambo yeNFL yaZvita 31, 1961, naZvita 30, 1962. Muna 1963, AFL yakabata chikamu chayo cheEastern Division tiebreaker playoff neMugovera, Zvita 28, 1963, nokudaro ichidzivirira mutambo weNFL mutambo weSvondo iyoyo mutambo weAFL mutambo wakaitwa muna Ndira 5. Muna 1964, nhabvu yepro yaive nemhedziso yevhiki yekukunda, nemutambo weAFL wemutambo wakaitwa neMugovera, Zvita 26, uye mukwikwidzi weNFL neSvondo. Muna 1965, AFL yakaedza kudzokera kumuitiro wekutamba mutambo wayo nemusi weSvondo mukati mevhiki pakati peNFL playoff, ichiisa makwikwi ayo ekukunda muna Zvita 26, nepo mutambo weNFL usina kuitirwa kusvika Ndira 2, 1966; zvinosuwisa, maColts nemaPackers vaida tiebreaker yeWestern Conference musi waZvita 26, zuva --- uye sezvo mutambo iwoyo wakaenda kuwedzerwa nguva, vateereri veTV yeBills-Chargers zita remutambo muSan Diego rakaderedzwa zvakanyanya. Kunyange muna 1966, AFL pakutanga yakaronga mutambo wayo wemakwikwi wevhiki, ichironga kuita playoff yayo neMuvhuro, Zvita 26, mazuva matanhatu pamberi pemutambo weNFL wenyaya muna Ndira 1. 