The World Bowl, also known as World Bowl 1, was the only American football championship game of the short-lived World Football League. The Birmingham Americans defeated the Florida Blazers 22–21 on Thursday, December 5, 1974 [1] [2] at …

The World Bowl was the annual American football championship game of the World League of American Football, later called NFL Europe. The World Bowl was played each year from 1991 to 2007 (except 1993 and 1994).

The league championship—the World Bowl, or "World Bowl I"—was staged in Birmingham between the hometown Birmingham Americans and the Florida Blazers. Not even the World Bowl could go off without a hitch.

Jan 28, 2018 · Rare video footage of the World Bowl 1974, championship game of the World Football League between the Birmingham Americans and the Florida Blazers. ...more. The video starts with the final...

History of the defunct World Football League that operated in 1974 and 1975, including a list of all of the league's franchises and World Bowl champions. WFL.

On December 5, 1974 the WFL’s only championship game, The World Bowl took place. A crowd of 32,376 attended the game at Birmingham’s Legion Field. Keeping pace with the craziness of the WFL’s first season the game was decided by a controversial touchdown.

World Football League began play in July of '74 with twelve franchises; the New York Stars, Florida Blazers, Jacksonville Sharks, Philadelphia Bell, Chicago Fire, Memphis Southmen, Birmingham Americans, Detroit Wheels, Southern California Sun, Houston Texans, Honolulu Hawaiians and the Portland Storm.

Dec 8, 2013 · The Birmingham Americans were the first and only champions of the World Football League during the autumn of 1974. The Ams drew big crowds to Legion Field and won the World Bowl on their home turf in December 1974.

Sep 4, 2014 · A few days after the World Bowl, shaken, battered, and determined league officials met in New York City to concoct a survival strategy.

Johnson hit Vin Clements with a 17-yard scoring pass to cut the Birmingham lead to 22-19, but the Americans held and won a birth to the World Bowl. Birmingham defeated the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFL's only World Bowl before 32,376 fans at Legion Field.