1967 NFL season
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The 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 16 teams with the addition of the New Orleans Saints. The league's teams were realigned into four divisions: the Capitol and Century Divisions in the Eastern Conference, and the Central and Coastal Divisions in the Western Conference. The Saints and the New York Giants agreed to switch divisions in 1968 and return to the 1967 alignment in 1969.
The NFL season concluded on December 31, when the Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Championship Game (in a game that would be known as the "Ice Bowl"). Two weeks later, the Packers handily defeated the AFL's Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II in Miami's Orange Bowl, Vince Lombardi's final game as the Packers' head coach.
The Baltimore Colts had tied for the NFL's best record at 11-1-2, but were excluded from the four team playoff after losing the divisional tiebreaker to the L.A. Rams. The other three division winners had only nine victories.
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[edit] Major rule changes
- The "slingshot" goalpost, with one curved support from the ground and offset behind the crossbar, was made standard in the NFL. This replaced the previous year's offset goalpost, which had two non-curved supports from the ground. Before the introduction of the offset goalpost, the supports were directly on the goal line.
- A six-foot-wide border around the field was also made standard in the league. Its outer edge designates the closest that non-players can be to the field, and thus enables the game officials to have a running lane to work in.
[edit] Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
| Qualified for playoffs |
| Eastern Conference | ||||||
| Capitol Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 342 | 268 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 7 | 1 | .462 | 351 | 409 |
| Washington Redskins | 5 | 6 | 3 | .455 | 347 | 353 |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 233 | 379 |
| Century Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| Cleveland Browns | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 334 | 297 |
| New York Giants | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 369 | 379 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 7 | 1 | .462 | 333 | 356 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 281 | 320 |
| Western Conference | ||||||
| Coastal Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 398 | 196 |
| Baltimore Colts | 11 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 394 | 198 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 273 | 337 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 12 | 1 | .077 | 175 | 422 |
| Central Division | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
| Green Bay Packers | 9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 332 | 209 |
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 6 | 1 | .538 | 239 | 218 |
| Detroit Lions | 5 | 7 | 2 | .417 | 260 | 259 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 8 | 3 | .273 | 233 | 294 |
[edit] Tiebreakers
Los Angeles won the Coastal Division based on better point differential in head-to-head games (net 24 points) vs. Baltimore. The Rams and Colts played to a 24-24 tie in Baltimore in October before the Rams won 34-10 on the season's final Sunday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
[edit] Playoffs
- Main article: NFL playoffs, 1967
- Home team in capitals
Conference championships
- DALLAS 52, Cleveland 14
- GREEN BAY 28, Los Angeles 7
NFL championship
- GREEN BAY 21, Dallas 17
[edit] See also
- Super Bowl II
- Green Bay (NFL) 33, Oakland (AFL) 14, at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
[edit] References
- NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 193299436X)
- NFL History 1961-1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
- Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0062701746)
