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Originally Posted by kgrund
No love for the 66' AFL championship? Number 3 on my list behind SB IV and 69' ALF championship.
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Agreed. If this is a list of most important wins (as opposed to most enjoyable or something), you have to rate the 1966 AFL championship and 1962 AFL championships up high. The '66 game put the Chiefs in Super Bowl I, which was historic, and the '62 game put the Chiefs on the map with an overtime win.
In terms of important wins, you have to go...
1. Super Bowl IV
2. 1969 AFL championship
3. 1966 AFL championship
4. 1962 AFL championship
5. 30-0 Texans win, just because of the drought that it broke and the playoff losing streak that it broke.
The 1993 playoff runs were enormous fun and got the Chiefs to the AFC Championship, but I think that breaking a 22-year drought without a playoff win is more important.
One could also argue that the 1991 playoff win over the Los Angeles Raiders (10 to 6 win) is as important as the Texans win because it also ended a 22-year lack of playoff wins, and I almost chose it since the league was slightly smaller during that span. But the Chiefs were 0-3 during that span versus 0-8 during the 1993-2015 drought.
Well, that was depressing to think about. Some of the Chiefs' most impressive wins are simply the outcome of breaking horrendous losing streaks or playoff droughts, and most of them occurred in the 1960's. (Sad sigh.)