Experienced energy industry executive and former United States Air Force captain Mike Elmore has owned and led Sun Mountain, LLC as principal, chief executive officer, and president since 2014. When he is not overseeing projects with California utility providers, Mike Elmore is an avid sports fan. He plays a wide range of sports and follows professional teams such as the Kansas City Chiefs.

1. The First AFL, NFL Super Bowl
Blowout
Mike Elmore

2. Introduction
• Experienced energy industry executive and former United States Air Force
captain Mike Elmore has owned and led Sun Mountain, LLC as principal,
chief executive officer, and president since 2014. When he is not
overseeing projects with California utility providers, Mike Elmore is an avid
sports fan. He plays a wide range of sports and follows professional teams
such as the Kansas City Chiefs.
Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs have longed for a third league championship
for nearly five decades. Fortunately, the future of the franchise can in no
way influence the team’s place in history as the second American Football
League (AFL) champion to defeat the reigning NFL champion. More
importantly, they became the first AFL team to do so in convincing fashion.
Entering Super Bowl IV, the perception remained that AFL teams were
inferior to their NFL counterparts. The New York Jets had narrowly
defeated the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III by a score of 16-7. The game
was viewed as one of the greatest upsets in sports history at the time and
was considered by some to be a mixture of controversy and good luck.

3. Super Bowl Blowout
• Kansas City finished the 1969 regular season with a record of 11-3. After
defeating the reigning champion Jets in the first round of the playoffs, the
Chiefs dismissed the Oakland Raiders 17-7 to advance to a Super Bowl
meeting with the favored Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota, who led the
league in both points scored and points allowed during the regular season,
made little impact over the course of the game.
After a quiet first quarter that saw a Kansas City field goal as the only
points on the board, the Chiefs opened up their offense for a 13-0 second
quarter run. The 16-0 lead briefly fell to 16-7 towards the end of the third
quarter, but a 46 yard Len Dawson touchdown pass to Otis Taylor just
three minutes later capped the scoring for Super Bowl IV, bringing Kansas
City its first Super Bowl trophy and the NFL its harshest loss to the AFL.
The following year, the two leagues officially merged, making the Chiefs
the last true AFL Super Bowl champions.