1967 American Football League season

Regular season

Duration

September 3, 1967 – December 17, 1967

Playoffs

Date

December 31, 1967

Eastern Champion

Houston Oilers

Western Champion

Oakland Raiders

Site

Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California

Champion

Oakland Raiders

American Football League seasons

< 1966

1968 >

The 1967 American Football League season was the eighth regular season of the American Football League, and one of the last before the AFL-NFL Merger.

The season ended when the Oakland Raiders defeated the Houston Oilers in the AFL Championship Game, only to be defeated by the National Football League's Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II.

1 Division Races
2 Standings [1]
3 Playoffs
4 External links

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		WESTERN
1	none	0-0-0	DENVER	1–0–0
2	BUFFALO	1–0–0	Tie (KC, Oak, SD)	1–0–0
3	MIAMI	1–0–0	Tie (KC, Oak, SD)	2–0–0
4	MIAMI	1–1–0	Tie (KC, Oak, SD)	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

Standings [2]

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Eastern Division
*Houston Oilers	9	4	1	.692	258	199
New York Jets	8	5	1	.615	371	329
Buffalo Bills	4	10	0	.286	237	285
Miami Dolphins	4	10	0	.286	219	407
Boston Patriots	3	10	1	.231	280	389

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Western Division
*Oakland Raiders	13	1	0	.929	468	233
Kansas City Chiefs	9	5	0	.643	408	254
San Diego Chargers	8	5	1	.615	360	352
Denver Broncos	3	11	0	.214	256	409

* — Qualified for Championship Game.

Playoffs

AFL Championship Game
- Oakland Raiders 40, Houston Oilers 7, December 31, 1967, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California

Super Bowl II
- Green Bay (NFL) 33, Oakland (AFL) 14, at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

External links

Football Database

American Football League seasons

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1967 AFL season

Eastern Division	Boston	Miami	Denver	Oakland	Western Division
	Buffalo	New York Jets	Kansas City	San Diego
	Houston

Related: 1967 NFL season

NFL on NBC

Related programs

College football programs	College Football on NBC (Notre Dame) College Football on USA

Other pro football programs	Arena Football League on NBC Canadian Football League World League of American Football on USA XFL on NBC

American Football League	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Baltimore Colts	1960 1961

Pittsburgh Steelers	1960 1961

Prime-time results	Monday night NFL games prior to 1970 Sunday Night Football results (2006-present)

Commentators

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	AFL Championship Game AFL All-Star Game NFL Championship Game

Holiday games	Christmas games Thanksgiving Day games

Preseason games	American Bowl Hall of Fame Game

Lore

Postseason lore	"The Epic in Miami" "Ghost to the Post" "Immaculate Reception" "Red Right 88" "Santonio Holmes Tiptoe Catch" "The Freezer Bowl" "The Drive" "The Fumble" "Beast Quake" "The Comeback"

Pre-AFL–NFL merger lore	"The Greatest Game Ever Played" "Heidi Game"

Sunday Night Football lore	"4th and 2" 16–0 "The Beckham Catch" "The Butt Fumble"

Music

Songs	"Don't Turn Away" "Forever Young" "In Your Eyes" "War"

Sunday Night Football	"I Hate Myself for Loving You" Faith Hill Pink Carrie Underwood John Williams

NFL Championship

AFL Championship

Super Bowl

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	I III

AFC package carrier (1970-1997)	V VII IX XI XIII XV XVII XX XXIII XXVII XXVIII XXX XXXII

Sunday Night Football era (2006-present)	XLIII XLVI XLIX LII

Pro Bowl

Website: NBC Sports - NFL News

Categories

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