1967 American Football League season explained

Year:1967
Eastchampion:Houston Oilers
Aflchampion:Oakland Raiders
Regular Season:September 3 – December 17, 1967
Playoffs Start:December 31, 1967
Sb Site:Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California

The 1967 AFL 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.

This was the final season that all AFL on-field officials wore vertically striped red and white uniforms. The next year all officials would wear uniforms mirroring those of their NFL counterparts.

Division races

The AFL's nine teams, grouped into two divisions (5 teams in the Eastern Division), 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 a tie in the standings at the top of either division, a one-game playoff would be held to determine the division winner.

WeekEasternRecordWesternRecord
1none0-0-0Denver1–0–0
2Buffalo1–0–03 teams1–0–0
3Miami1–0–03 teams2–0–0
4Miami1–1–03 teams2–0–0
5N.Y. Jets2–1–0Tie (Oak, SD)3–0–0
6N.Y. Jets3–1–0San Diego3–0–1
7N.Y. Jets3–1–1San Diego4–0–1
8N.Y. Jets4–1–1San Diego5–0–1
9N.Y. Jets5–1–1Oakland6–1–0
10N.Y. Jets5–2–1Oakland7–1–0
11N.Y. Jets6–2–1Oakland7–1–0
12N.Y. Jets7–2–1Oakland8–1–0
13N.Y. Jets7–2–1Oakland9–1–0
14Tie (Hou, NYJ)7–3–1Oakland10–1–0
15Tie (Hou, NYJ)7–4–1Oakland11–1–0
16Houston8–4–1Oakland12–1–0
17Houston9–4–1Oakland13–1–0

Regular season

Results

Home/RoadEastern DivisionWestern Division
OAK
EasternBoston Patriots16–4418–741–1024–2910–3314–4831–31*
Buffalo Bills0–233–2035–1320–1720–2120–2417–37
Houston Oilers27–610–317–1410–620–257–1924–17
Miami Dolphins41–3217–1410–4114–3335–210–2441–24
New York Jets30–2320–1028–2829–724–337–2127–14
WesternDenver Broncos26–2116–1718–2024–3824–3817–2121–38
Kansas City Chiefs23–1319–2441–042–1852–922–4416–17
Oakland Raiders35–728–2131–1738–2951–023–2151–10
San Diego Chargers59–4513–324–031–4224–2045–3121–41

(*) Played at San Diego Stadium due to the Fenway Park, Patriots' home field, being used by stadium's owner, Boston Red Sox, for the 1967 World Series.

Standings

Playoffs

See main article: article and 1967 American Football League Championship Game.

Stadium changes

Coaching changes

Lou Saban became the team's new head coach. Mac Speedie resigned after starting the 1966 season 0–2, and then line coach Ray Malavasi served as interim for the remaining 12 games.

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