The 1964 American Football League season was the fifth regular season of the American Football League.
The season ended when the Buffalo Bills defeated the San Diego Chargers in the AFL Championship game. Two years later, the AFL would join the NFL to form the AFL-NFL World Championship game, known today as the Super Bowl.
This was the final season of AFL telecasts on ABC before the games moved to NBC for the following season.
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