American Football League - Fictional History

  Compared to the week before, conditions at Roesch Stadium were a lot better for a football game. While there were winds blowing in at around 15 miles per hour to the south, starting temperature was a warm 44 degrees without wind chill, which allowed fans to flock to Buffalo and nearly overfill its capacity to see arguably two of football’s best teams fight for a championship Q1 Buffalo ended up losing the coin toss, and had to receive the opening kick as Chicago deferred to the second half. The Hammers would get to a quick start, as after a few rushes by RB Calvin Townsend to begin the game, QB Don Melton would find WR Ben Farrell in a one-on-one against Chicago DB Joseph Peters, and Farrell would win the matchup against Peters and ran uncontested for a 63 yard score to open the game with a bang. Chicago would not have the same luck as Buffalo on their first drive, as QB Alfred Walton struggled to throw to his favorite target, WR Nicholas Kramer, as he was consistently locked up ...

  West Division Play-off: Chicago Hogs @ Cincinnati Rivermen   River Field had a brief warm episode in the few days before the game on Thanksgiving, with the temperature dropping back into the mid-30s from a high of the mid-50s the two days prior. It didn’t stop Rivermen and Hogs fans from flocking to River Field to see the post-season rematch of the championship from last year. These two teams last faced each other just 2 weeks prior, and Cincinnati wanted revenge for losing that game and almost losing their division title.  Q1 The Rivs got off to a slow start on their first possession, punting the ball away on a three-and-out but got the ball back once the Hogs did the same. Cincinnati got hot for a minute, as QB Lester Parker hit top WR Alfred Dunn for a 46 yard gain to put them within scoring range. However, Chicago’s front 7 were a bit too much to handle, failing to advance any further and K Bryan Singer scored 3 to give the Rivermen the first lead of the game. The H...

East Division With the introduction of the Buffalo Hammers and Pittsburgh Shamrocks into the AFL, many were skeptical if they were able to compete at the same level of the other 6 teams. The NYPL was seen as a mid-tier league at best, and the level of play in the Midwest was far better. In fact, some sports pundits were claiming that Detroit or even Cleveland would win the East Division due to the disparity between the two leagues. Even if Buffalo and Pittsburgh were on par in skill level, Detroit was set to make a huge step up after two years of disappointment. Those who picked Cleveland to win the East were quickly disappointed, as they lost 9 games in a row to secure the first overall draft pick in 1953, in a season they would love to forget. RB Perry Ferguson took a huge step back in his second season, resulting in fellow second-year QB Ronnie Hart to carry more of the offensive load for the Crows, and with the majority of offensive playmakers either in the first or second seasons ...

  The 8 AFL owners gathered in a conference room in the historic Blackstone Hotel in Chicago for the first ever Player Selection Meeting on January 18, 1952. A few of the top players were in attendance, along with some media personnel to relay the information to newspaper and radio companies of the teams’ cities. After some final deliberations between teams, Commissioner Hasenkamp gave a final few words before stepping aside to let team representatives announce their picks for the draft, starting with Detroit with the first pick.  Round 1 1 - Detroit - WR Paul Kent - Washington State - DireBear 2 - Columbus - RB Rip Rooney - Chicago Christian - Dan O’Mac 3 - Cleveland - OL Charles Harvester - North Carolina - idm 4 - Detroit (From TRI) - OL Kelly Molesworth - Michigan - Wallflower 5 - Pittsburgh - LB Barry Moore - Wisconsin State - idm 6 - Buffalo - DL Larry Corn - Rogers Clark - Dan O’Mac 7 - Cincinnati - DB Bobby Richmond - U. Cleveland - DireBear 8 - Chicago - LB Barry Reyn...