The Southern Football League (SFL) was a professional football league which played from 1963-1965. The league was an attempt to be a minor league for the National Football League (NFL) with teams located throughout the Southeastern United States. Cities included: Jacksonville (FL), Daytona Beach (FL), Chattanooga (TN), Huntsville (AL), Tuscaloosa (AL), Orlando (FL), Gadsden (AL), Rome (GA), Mobile (AL), Columbus (MS), Knoxville (TN), Charlotte (NC) and Atlanta/Columbus (GA). In 1964, the Daytona Beach Thunderbirds would go on to have an impressive 12-1-1 record to take the Blue Division, while the Chattanooga Cherokees would finish with a 9-5 record and take the Grey Division, setting up the 1964 SFL Championship game. The Championship game would be played on November 21, 1964 at Chamberlain Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Daytona Beach would go on to win the game 21-9 to claim the 1964 SFL Championship.