dallas texans season ticket brochure

While the Boston Patriots were charging $35.00 for a season of reserved seats in 1962, fans of the Dallas Texans could attend all seven home games for just $31.50.  That works out to $239.36 in 2012 dollars.  In the end, the Texans would have likely been the better investment, as they finished the season with an 11-3 record, and first place in the AFL’s western division.  They faced the Houston Oilers in the championship game, who were trying to win their third-consecutive league championship.  The game went down as one of the great championships in league history, as the Texans and Oilers held a 17-17 tie through five full quarters of play.  Then, with just over 12 minutes left in the sixth quarter, Texans kicker, Tommy Brooker, booted a 25-yard field goal to steal the title away from the Oilers.

But even a championship could not keep the Texans in Dallas.  The following year they started the 1963 season in Kansas City, under the new name of “Chiefs.”

1962 dallas texans ticket brochure

1962 dallas texans ticket brochure