• Following a strong lobbying effort by Barron Hilton and Frank Leahy of the Los Angeles Chargers, the American Football League awarded its eighth franchise to the group from Oakland.
• The Oakland partnership consisted of eight men: developer Art Beckett, restaurateur Harvey Binns, stockbroker Don Blessing, contractor Charles Harney, developer Ed McGah, manufacturer Robert Osborne, contractor Chet Soda, and developer Wayne Valley.
• Former Navy football coach and Millbrae resident Eddie Erdelatz, currently a candidate for the opening with the University of California position, said he would be interested in coaching the Oakland team.
• The league transferred the signing rights of the Minneapolis/St Paul draft picks to the new team, though a number of the players had been signed by other AFL teams in the meantime.