With all the financial distractions, the Titans would manage only to finish 5-9 and finish in last-place.ġ963: If the AFL was going to survive long term, it needed a New York presence thus, finding stable owners for their New York franchise became the league’s top priority. Things would worsen when Wisner was unable to make payroll forcing the AFL to take over the team’s finances in November. However, it was far from the case as they only drew 36,151 over seven home games. Things got so bad that owner Harry Wisner would have fans move down close to the field to give the illusion on Television more fans were at the game.
Sammy Baugh was replaced as coach while fans continued to stay away. 500, posting a 7-7 record for the second straight season as the AFL struggles for creditability against the NFL and the Jets struggle to get noticed with the NFL’s New York Giants going to the NFL Championship Game for the fourth time in six years.ġ962: Through their first three seasons, the Titans continued to struggle around. The Titans would end up going 7-7, finishing in second place.ġ961: The Titans continue to toil at. Attendance would not improve as the Titans and AFL played in front of empty stadiums all season in the league’s inaugural season. A disappointing crowd of only 10,200 showed up to watch the Titans win 27-3. On September 11th, the Titans took their field for the first time at a rain-soaked Polo Grounds against the Buffalo Bills. Maynard would go on to have a solid 13-year career and would go on to the Hall of Fame. The Titans’ first player is Don Maynard, a former flanker from Texas-Western, who was passed up by the NFL and was playing in Canada. The AFL is initially loaded with NFL castoffs, and those college players are viewed as not good enough for the 40-year old NFL. The Titans, who name legendary quarterback “Slingin” Sammy Baugh as their first coach, play their home games at the ancient crumbling Polo Grounds and are widely viewed in New York as a semi-pro team in a semi-pro league. The new league called the American Football League includes the New York Titans owned by Harry Wismer. 1960: Led by Lamar Hunt and seven other owners, a new football league is formed to rival the NFL.
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