1967 American Football League season


The 1967 AFL season was the eighth regular season of the American Football League.
The season ended when the [1967 1967 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders] hosted the [1967 1967 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers] in the AFL championship game on December 31. The Raiders won 40–7 and then met the [1967 1967 NFL season|NFL season|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, 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 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 7–3–1Oakland10–1–0
15Tie 7–4–1Oakland11–1–0
16Houston8–4–1Oakland12–1–0
17Houston9–4–1Oakland13–1–0

Regular season

Results

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.

Playoffs

Stadium changes

Coaching changes