The Uncrowned Champs: How the 1963 San Diego Chargers Would Have Won the Super Bowl

Before the inception of the Super Bowl—football’s face-off of the best teams to find out who is truly superior—the two leagues (AFL and NFL) would each have their own championship game. This bad blood stuck around until the merger of the leagues in 1966.

Since beginning play in 1960, the American Football League had always taken a backseat to the National Football League. It was considered a secondary league; the best and most skilled players went to the more powerful NFL, which had been aro...