NFL Empires: 1968

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).

Before the season, Cincinnati was added. I've given them the land within a 100-mile radius to start.

Since the Super Bowl was played at a neutral site, the winner gains one third of the territory of the loser (splitting the difference between a home game and an away game).

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

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1968 season:

The New York Jets (dark turquoise) beat Baltimore (royal blue) in the Super Bowl, the first AFL victory over the NFL. The Jets thus were the first AFL team with a large empire on this map, including four capitals besides their own. Baltimore were undefeated at home, with plenty of road wins to amass a huge empire, even after losing a third of it to the Jets. Oakland (light green yellow) won the AFL West, but still didn't have much land to show for it.

Cleveland (brown) won the Century Division and amassed a significant chunk of land, despite losing the NFL Championship Game at home to Baltimore. Green Bay (kelly green) came in third place in the four-team Central Division, but are prominent on the map thanks to a last-week victory at Chicago (periwinkle).

Here is the map before the season started:

Hot map; cool map.