NFL Empires: 1965

This is a continuation of my "empire" maps (where victors take the territory of the losers) of the NFL. Different than most such imperialism sports maps, instead of gaining all the loser's land from a victory home or away, the victor only gets territory for an away victory, and just two-thirds of it (or one-third for an away tie).

There were no changes to the teams from the previous season.

My data was from Pro Football Reference and most of the logos from SportsLogos.net and Sports Ecyclopedia.

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1965 season:

The big three on the map (Green Bay (kelly green), San Francisco (burgundy) and Minnesota (violet), came in first, fourth and fifth place, respectively, in the Western Conference. Green Bay beat Baltimore (medium blue) in a playoff game, then Cleveland (brown) in the championship game, but both were played in Green Bay so no land was won. Baltimore ended their season with home losses to Green Bay and Chicago (light blue), so they managed to shrink their empire despite their place in the standings. In the East, Dallas (gray green) and New York (dark blue) tied for second place, but both only managed minimal gains.

Here is the map before the season started:

Goodbye, Detroit. Goodbye, St. Louis!