1969 Continental Football League season

Franchise changes

• The Michigan Arrows moved to Midland, Michigan and became the Tri-City Apollos. They were an informal farm team of the NFL's Detroit Lions.
• The Hawaii Warriors were announced as a new league franchise in January 1969, but were unable to raise the necessary money to keep the team alive. Their spot in the league was instead given to Portland, Oregon.
• A franchise was awarded to Newark, New Jersey, which was subsequently named the Jersey Jays. The Jays were later announced to be a farm team of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.
• The Orange County Ramblers announced a relocation to San Bernardino, California but had their franchise revoked several weeks later for failing to confirm conditional approval. Their player contracts were later assumed by the Portland Loggers.
• On September 21, 1969 the Mexico Golden Aztecs ceased operations and forfeited the remainder of their 1969 schedule.
• The Spokane Shockers became a farm team of the AFL's Oakland Raiders.
• The TFL's El Paso Jets franchise was revoked for failure to comply with league regulations regarding several issues.

  General news

• James Dunn was named commissioner of the league.
• On January 25, 1969 it was announced that the COFL was adding the entirety of the eight-team Texas Football League to its ranks. The TFL joined as a separate entity and was placed into the new Texas Division. The new teams were mostly scheduled to play against each other but did also play interleague contests.
• The league office moved from San Jose to Indianapolis.
• As a result of the addition of the eight TFL franchises, the league was split into four divisions.
• The league established the Glen Hepburn Memorial Award for Community Service, named for an Omaha Mustangs player who died from an injury sustained during a game the previous September.

  Regular season