Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League

Overview

Full Color Football celebrates the 50th season of the maverick American Football League, from its tumultuous beginnings to its unlikely merger with the rival NFL.

Episodes

S01E01 The New Frontier

September 16, 2009 60 min
When 26 year old Lamar Hunt's dream of owning a pro football team is road-blocked by the NFL, Hunt dreams bigger and starts a new league. The AFL's early days coincide with the dawn of...
Times They Are A Changin'

S01E02 Times They Are A Changin'

September 23, 2009 10.0 60 min
The AFL enters its 4th season with the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the passing of the Civil Rights Movement changing the landscape of America. The ripple effects were felt in the AFL, where...
War and Peace

S01E03 War and Peace

September 30, 2009 10.0 60 min
Bolstered by a generous new TV contract from NBC, the AFL wages war against the NFL by outbidding and even kidnapping top college prospects to join the new league. The arrival of Joe Namath revives...
Revolution

S01E04 Revolution

October 7, 2009 10.0 60 min
The AFL's quest for respectability takes another hit after the Raiders are soundly beaten in Super Bowl II. In 1968, amid the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and the assassinations of...
The Final Frontier

S01E05 The Final Frontier

October 14, 2009 60 min
It's 1969 and anything is possible—the Jets upset the Colts in Super Bowl III, Man walks on the Moon—but the AFL is still considered separate and unequal in the eyes of the NFL. The debate...

Cast

John Madden
John Madden
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
Himself - Narrator

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