1967 American Football League season
1967 American Football League season | |
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Regular season | |
Duration | September 3 – December 17, 1967 |
Playoffs | |
Date | December 31, 1967 |
Eastern Champion | Houston Oilers |
Western Champion | Oakland Raiders |
Site | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California |
Champion | Oakland Raiders |
The 1967 American Football League season was the eighth regular season of the American Football League.
The season ended when the Oakland Raiders (13–1) hosted the Houston Oilers (9–4–1) in the AFL championship game on December 31. The Raiders won 40–7 and then met the NFL's Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II two weeks later, won by Green Bay, 33–14.
Division races
The AFL's nine teams, grouped into two divisions, faced each other at least once, and each team would play six others twice. Though the New York Jets and the Houston Oilers were both in the Eastern Division, they met only once that season, on October 15. The best team in the Eastern Division would play against the best in the Western Division in a championship game. If there was tie in the standings, a playoff would be held to determine the division winner.
Week | Eastern | Record | Western | Record |
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1 | none | 0-0-0 | Denver | 1–0–0 |
2 | Buffalo | 1–0–0 | 3 teams | 1–0–0 |
3 | Miami | 1–0–0 | 3 teams | 2–0–0 |
4 | Miami | 1–1–0 | 3 teams | 2–0–0 |
5 | N.Y. Jets | 2–1–0 | Tie (Oak, SD) | 3–0–0 |
6 | N.Y. Jets | 3–1–0 | San Diego | 3–0–1 |
7 | N.Y. Jets | 3–1–1 | San Diego | 4–0–1 |
8 | N.Y. Jets | 4–1–1 | San Diego | 5–0–1 |
9 | N.Y. Jets | 5–1–1 | Oakland | 6–1–0 |
10 | N.Y. Jets | 5–2–1 | Oakland | 7–1–0 |
11 | N.Y. Jets | 6–2–1 | Oakland | 7–1–0 |
12 | N.Y. Jets | 7–2–1 | Oakland | 8–1–0 |
13 | N.Y. Jets | 7–2–1 | Oakland | 9–1–0 |
14 | Tie (Hou, NYJ) | 7–3–1 | Oakland | 10–1–0 |
15 | Tie (Hou, NYJ) | 7–4–1 | Oakland | 11–1–0 |
16 | Houston | 8–4–1 | Oakland | 12–1–0 |
17 | Houston | 9–4–1 | Oakland | 13–1–0 |
Regular season
Results
Home/Road | Eastern Division | Western Division | ||||||||
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BOS | BUF | HOU | MIA | NY | DEN | KC | OAK | SD | ||
Eastern | Boston Patriots | 16–44 | 18–7 | 41–10 | 24–29 | 10–33 | 14–48 | 31–31* | ||
Buffalo Bills | 0–23 | 3–20 | 35–13 | 20–17 | 20–21 | 20–24 | 17–37 | |||
Houston Oilers | 27–6 | 10–3 | 17–14 | 10–6 | 20–25 | 7–19 | 24–17 | |||
Miami Dolphins | 41–32 | 17–14 | 10–41 | 14–33 | 35–21 | 0–24 | 41–24 | |||
New York Jets | 30–23 | 20–10 | 28–28 | 29–7 | 24–33 | 7–21 | 27–14 | |||
Western | Denver Broncos | 26–21 | 16–17 | 18–20 | 24–38 | 24–38 | 17–21 | 21–38 | ||
Kansas City Chiefs | 23–13 | 19–24 | 41–0 | 42–18 | 52–9 | 22–44 | 16–17 | |||
Oakland Raiders | 35–7 | 28–21 | 31–17 | 38–29 | 51–0 | 23–21 | 51–10 | |||
San Diego Chargers | 59–45 | 13–3 | 24–0 | 31–42 | 24–20 | 45–31 | 21–41 |
(*) Played at San Diego Stadium due the Fenway Park, Patriots' home field, used by stadium's owner, Boston Red Sox, for 1967 World Series.
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. |
Playoffs
- AFL Championship Game
- Oakland Raiders 40, Houston Oilers 7, on December 31, 1967, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California
- Super Bowl II
- Green Bay (NFL) 33, Oakland (AFL) 14, on January 14, 1968, at Orange Bowl in Miami