1967 NFL

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1967 NFL season
Regular season
season September 17, 1967 - December 17, 1967
Play-offs
East Champions Dallas Cowboys
West Champions Green Bay Packers
Championship game
NFL Champion Green Bay Packers
NFL season
 <1966 1968> 

The 1967 NFL season was the 48th season of American football in the National Football League (NFL), which at the time, along with the American Football League (AFL), was the top football league in the United States . The regular season began on September 17, 1967 and ended exactly three months later, on December 17, 1967.

The New Orleans Saints began playing in the NFL in 1967 as the 16th franchise. The team was assigned to the Eastern Conference. The Atlanta Falcons, who joined last year, moved to the Western Conference. The two conferences were divided into two divisions this season, with four teams playing in each division. The divisions in the Eastern Conference were the Capitol and Century Divisions and in the Western Conference the Central and Coastal Divisions. The division winners were qualified for the play-offs.

In the NFL Championship Game , later known as the Ice Bowl , the Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys . The Super Bowl II was held on 14 January 1968th The Oakland Raiders , champions of the American Football League, lost to the Packers at 14:33.

NFL draft

The 1967 draft took place from March 14-15 at the Gotham Hotel in New York City and was the first joint draft of the NFL and AFL . A total of 445 players were selected in 17 rounds, with the Baltimore Colts choosing the first player in the draft with the Defensive Tackle Bubba Smith from Michigan State University . Actually, the New Orleans Saints should have chosen the first player as the new NFL team , but had swapped the pick with the Colts.

Regular season

Western Conference
Coastal Division
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Los Angeles Rams 11 1 2 .917 398 196
Baltimore Colts 11 1 2 .917 394 198
San Francisco 49ers 7th 7th 0 .500 273 337
Atlanta Falcons 1 12 1 .077 175 422
Central Division
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Green Bay Packers 9 4th 1 .692 332 209
Chicago Bears 7th 6th 1 .538 239 218
Detroit Lions 5 7th 2 .417 260 259
Minnesota Vikings 3 8th 3 .273 233 294
Eastern Conference
Capitol Division
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Dallas Cowboys 9 5 0 .643 342 268
Philadelphia Eagles 6th 7th 1 .462 351 409
Washington Redskins 5 6th 3 .455 347 353
New Orleans Saints 3 11 0 .214 233 379
Century Division
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Cleveland Browns 9 5 0 .643 334 297
New York Giants 7th 7th 0 .500 369 379
St. Louis Cardinals 6th 7th 1 .462 333 356
Pittsburgh Steelers 4th 9 1 .308 281 320

Legend:

S iege N iederlagen U nentschieden SQ games won (relative)
P + points made P− opposing points Playoff participant

Play-offs

The play-offs took place from December 23, 1967 to January 7, 1968. The winners of the four divisions competed against each other. The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers defeated their opponents in the Conference Championship Games and competed against each other on December 31st. The Packers won the game with 21:17 and became champions of the NFL.

  Conference Championship Games NFL Championship Game
                 
Cleveland Browns 14th    
Dallas Cowboys 52  
Dallas Cowboys 17th
  Green Bay Packers 21st
Los Angeles Rams 7th
Green Bay Packers 28  

Super Bowl II

Super Bowl II took place on January 14, 1968 at the Orange Bowl in Miami , Florida . The NFL champions, the Green Bay Packers team, competed against the AFL champions, the Oakland Raiders . The Packers defeated the Raiders 33:14, and Bart Starr was elected Super Bowl MVP for the second time in a row .

1 2 3 4th total
Oakland Raiders 0 7th 0 7th 14th
Green Bay Packers 3 13 10 7th 33

Pro Bowl

The Pro Bowl was held on January 21, 1968 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum between the Eastern and Western Conference. The Western Conference team won 38:20. Running back Gale Sayers and linebacker Dave Robinson were selected as the most valuable players in the Pro Bowl .

Awards

Most Valuable Player Johnny Unitas , quarterback , Baltimore Colts
Coach of the Year George Allen , Los Angeles Rams
Don Shula , Baltimore Colts
Offensive Rookie of the Year Mel Farr , running back , Detroit Lions
Defensive Rookie of the Year Lem Barney , Cornerback , Detroit Lions

Individual evidence

  1. ^ National Football League: NFL Draft History. NFL , accessed April 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Huddle Football Magazine . February 2017, ISSN  0340-3718 , p. 50 .
  3. ↑ Super Bowl II. In: nfl.com. National Football League , accessed September 9, 2015 .