1969 NFL season

1969 NFL season
Anniversary logo for the NFL's 50th season
Regular season
DurationSeptember 21 –
December 21, 1969
Playoffs
East ChampionsCleveland Browns
West ChampionsMinnesota Vikings
Championship Game
ChampionsMinnesota Vikings
1969 NFL season is located in the United States
Cowboys
Cowboys
Eagles
Eagles
.... Redskins
.... Redskins
Saints
Saints
Browns
Browns
Giants
Giants
Cardinals
Cardinals
Steelers ....
Steelers ....
Rams
Rams
Falcons
Falcons
49ers
49ers
Colts
Colts
Packers
Packers
Lions
Lions
Vikings
Vikings
Bears
Bears
NFL teams: Coastal, Central, Century, Capitol

The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and its last before the AFL–NFL merger. To honor the NFL's fiftieth season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.

Per the agreement made during the 1967 season, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions again, returning to the 1967 alignment.

The season ended when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship game, earning the right to face the American Football League's champion Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. This was the last awarding of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy to the NFL champion; it was introduced 35 years earlier in 1934.

As was the case the previous season, the NFL champion was not crowned as the "world champion" because of the Vikings' 23–7 loss to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. This occurrence can no longer happen, as the AFL and the NFL completed their merger the following season (1970), realigned into two 13-team conferences (AFC, NFC) in one league (the NFL), with the conference champions meeting in the Super Bowl.