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Date | December 26, 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Stadium | War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Bob Finley | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 40,242 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Chargers: Sid Gillman (coach), Lance Alworth, Ron Mix Bills: Ralph Wilson (owner), Billy Shaw | |||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Curt Gowdy, Paul Christman[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1964 AFL Championship Game was the American Football League's fifth championship game, played at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, December 26.[2][3][4][5][6]
The Buffalo Bills (12–2) of the Eastern Division hosted the defending AFL champion San Diego Chargers (8–5–1) of the Western Division. The two had met twice in the regular season and the Bills won both, most recently by three points in San Diego a month earlier on Thanksgiving Day. Hall of fame wide receiver Lance Alworth of the Chargers was injured in the final regular season game (left knee hyperextension) and did not play.[7][8] The Chargers had lost three of their last four games to end the regular season, and the Bills were slight favorites to win the title at home;[9] with Alworth out they became strong favorites.[10][7]
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