The first AFL–NFL World Championship Game (known retroactively as Super Bowl I and referred to in contemporaneous reports, including the game's radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl) [5] was an American football game played on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.
Pages in category "1967 National Football League season" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . 1967 NFL season NFL on television in the 1960s A 1967 All-Pro Team C 1967 NFL Championship Game D 1967 NFL/AFL draft E 1967 NFL expansion draft P 1967–68 NFL playoffs 1968 Pro Bowl S
Leagues Football NFL 1967 Season Overview. The 'sling-shot' goal post and a six-foot-wide border around the field were made standard in the NFL, February 22. Baltimore made Bubba Smith, a Michigan State defensive lineman, the first choice in the first combined AFL-NFL draft, March 14.
STRK : Streak. x : Clinched Playoff. y : Clinched Wild Card. z : Clinched Division. * : Clinched Division and Homefield Advantage. The latest NFL Standings by Division, Conference and League.
1967 NFL Leaders and Leaderboards Previous Season Next Season League Champion: Green Bay Packers AP MVP: Johnny Unitas AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Mel Farr AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Lem Barney Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3747 Yds Rushing Leader: Leroy Kelly, 1205 Yds Receiving Leader: Ben Hawkins, 1265 Yds
With 16 teams in the league in 1967, this was the first season that the NFL used a four-team playoff tournament. The four division winners advanced to the postseason, with the two division winners in each conference meeting in the first round (effectively being conference championship games).
1967 - An AFL Team Defeats an NFL Team for the First Time 1966 1968 - 1967 - Green Bay earned the right to represent the NFL in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game by defeating Dallas 34-27, January 1. The same day, Kansas City defeated Buffalo 31-7 to represent the AFL.