The 1966 American Football League Championship Game was an American football game between the Western Division champion Kansas City Chiefs and the Eastern Division champion Buffalo Bills to decide the American Football League (AFL) champion for the 1966 season. The game was help at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York on January 1, 1967. The Chiefs defeated the Bills by a score of 31–7. The Chiefs would advance to Super Bowl I to play against the National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers.
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