List of Playoff Bowl broadcasters

The Playoff Bowl (officially, the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl) was a post-season game for third place in the NFL, played ten times following the 1960-69 seasons. It was abandoned in favor of the current playoff structure with the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that broadcast the Playoff Bowl during its existence.

Season	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
1969^[1]	CBS	Jack Whitaker	Frank Gifford and Don Perkins
1968^[2]	CBS	Ray Scott	Paul Christman	Frank Glieber
1967^[3]	CBS	Frank Glieber	Frank Gifford
1966^[4]	CBS	Chuck Thompson	Tom Brookshier
1965^[5]	CBS	Frank Glieber (first half) and Chuck Thompson (second half)	Pat Summerall
1964^[6]	CBS	Jack Drees (first half) and Earl Gillespie (second half)	Frank Gifford
1963^[7]	CBS	Ray Scott (first half) and Ken Coleman (second half)	Frank Gifford
1962^[8]	CBS	Chris Schenkel (first half) and Ray Scott (second half)	Warren Lahr
1961^[9]	CBS	Chris Schenkel (first half) and Van Patrick (second half)	Johnny Lujack
1960	CBS	Ken Coleman (first half) and Van Patrick (second half)	Johnny Lujack

References[]

^ 1969 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ "1968 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
^ 1967 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1966 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1965 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1964 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1963 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1962 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 1961 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

The Playoff Bowl (Bert Bell Benefit Bowl)

[1] 1969 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "1968 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

[3] 1967 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

[4] 1966 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

[5] 1965 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

[6] 1964 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

[7] 1963 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

[8] 1962 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] 1961 NFL-AFL Commentator Crews^{[permanent dead link]}

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