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AFL All-Stars 30 Buffalo Bills 19
January 15, 1966 |
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At the half, Joe Namath of
the New York Jets, AFL
rookie of the year, replaced
San Diego’s John Hadl as
All-Star quarterback. He
promptly led the Stars on
four straight scoring
drives. On the first drive,
Cappelletti kicked his third
field goal of the afternoon
from 32 yards to pull the
Stars to within four at
13-9. Namath then led the
Stars on a drive that
culminated in a one yard
touchdown run by Paul Lowe
of the Chargers. Later in
the third quarter, Namath
hit San Diego’s Lance
Alworth with a 46 yard
touchdown pass. Namath had
led the Stars back and it
was 23-13 after three
quarters. In the final
period, Namath hit Alworth
again for a touchdown, this
time from 10 yards out.
Alworth, who wasn’t supposed
to play in the game because
of a rib injury, was knocked
unconscious on the play. He
was carried from the field
to a standing ovation. Coach
Collier replaced Jack Kemp
in the fourth quarter and
Daryle Lamonica guided the
Bills 75 yards in 11 plays
as Wray Carlton caught a 34
yard touchdown pass. The
final score was Stars 30,
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Jack Kemp leaps to pass as he is stalked by Earl Faison of San Diego
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The
1966 AFL All-Star Game saw
the introduction of a new
format. Instead of the old
East-West All-Stars
match-up, the champions of
the League, the Buffalo
Bills, met a team of
all-stars selected from the
other AFL teams. The game
was a story with two
chapters: the first half and
the second half. It was a
game that would foreshadow the
future of the AFL in the
form of one person, Joe Namath. The game was
witnessed by 35,572 fans at
Houston’s Rice Stadium. The
coaches were Sid Gillman for
the West and Joe Collier of
Buffalo.
