1967 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration	September 17, 1967 - December 17, 1967
Playoffs
East Champions	Dallas Cowboys
West Champions	Green Bay Packers
Championship Game
Champions	Green Bay Packers
National Football League seasons  < 1966 1968 >

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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"). The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National The 1967 National Football League Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys was the 35th championship game in NFL history 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. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland California. The second AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl II, was played on January 14, 1968 The Miami Orange Bowl was a Stadium in the City of Miami, west of Downtown in Little Havana. Vincent Thomas Lombardi ( June 11, 1913 &ndash September 3, 1970) was an American football 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 Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St The other three division winners had only nine victories.

Contents 1 Major rule changes 2 Final standings 2.1 Tiebreakers 3 Playoffs 4 See also 5 References

Major rule changes

• The "slingshot" goalpost, with one curved support from the ground and offset behind the crossbar, was made standard in the NFL. A slingshot (also sometimes called a catapult, shanghai, or katty) is a small hand-powered projectile Weapon. 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. In American football, an official is a person who has responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Qualified for playoffs

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. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition NOTE: The result would be the same under the modern tiebreaker, which relies first on head-to-head record (Los Angeles won the head-to-head series, 1-0-1).

Playoffs

Main article: NFL playoffs, 1967

	Conference Championship Games				NFL Championship Game
	December 24, 1967 - Cotton Bowl
	Cleveland Browns	14
	Dallas Cowboys	52
					December 31, 1967 - Lambeau Field
					Dallas Cowboys	17
					Green Bay Packers	21
	December 23, 1967 - Milwaukee County Stadium
	Los Angeles Rams	7
	Green Bay Packers	28

See also

• Super Bowl II: Green Bay (NFL) 33, Oakland (AFL) 14, at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

References

• NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
• 1967 season in details
• NFL History 1961-1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
• Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)

~The NFL playoffs following the 1967 NFL season determined who would represent the league in Super Bowl II. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Cotton Bowl is a Stadium which opened in 1932 and became known as "The House that Doak Built" due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay Wisconsin, the home of the NFL 's Green Bay Packers. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Milwaukee County Stadium (or just County Stadium in context was a ballpark in Milwaukee Wisconsin from 1953 to 2000 The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The second AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later to be known as Super Bowl II, was played on January 14, 1968 The Miami Orange Bowl was a Stadium in the City of Miami, west of Downtown in Little Havana.

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