1967 American Football League season

1967 American Football League season
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
American Football League seasons
 < 1966 1968 > 

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
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
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

AFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Houston Oilers 941.6925–1–1258199W2
New York Jets 851.6155–1–1371329W1
Buffalo Bills 4100.2863–5237285L1
Miami Dolphins 4100.2862–6219407L1
Boston Patriots 3101.2313–5280389L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
AFL Western Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Oakland Raiders 1310.9296–0468233W10
Kansas City Chiefs 950.6432–4408254W3
San Diego Chargers 851.6154–2360352L4
Denver Broncos 3110.2140–6256409L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Playoffs

External links

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