1967 Chicago Bears season

1967 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	7–6–1
Division place	2nd Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1967 Chicago Bears season was their 48th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7–6–1 record, earning them a second-place finish in the newly formed Central Division within the NFL's Western Conference. 1967 also marked the final season with George Halas, as the team's head coach. Halas, one of the founders of the NFL, continued as the owner of the franchise until his death in 1983.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 17, 1967	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13-41	53,365
2	September 24, 1967	at Green Bay Packers	L 10-13	50,861
3	October 1, 1967	at Minnesota Vikings	W 17–7	44,868
4	October 8, 1967	Baltimore Colts	L 3-24	47,190
5	October 15, 1967	Detroit Lions	W 14–3	46,024
6	October 22, 1967	at Cleveland Browns	L 0-24	83,183
7	October 29, 1967	Los Angeles Rams	L 17-28	46,073
8	November 5, 1967	at Detroit Lions	W 27–13	55,606
9	November 12, 1967	New York Giants	W 34–7	46,223
10	November 19, 1967	St. Louis Cardinals	W 30–3	47,147
11	November 26, 1967	Green Bay Packers	L 13-17	47,513
12	December 3, 1967	at San Francisco 49ers	W 28–14	25,613
13	December 10, 1967	Minnesota Vikings	T 10–10	40,110
14	December 17, 1967	at Atlanta Falcons	W 23–14	54,107

Game summaries

Week 14

1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 7 10 3 3 23 Falcons 7 0 0 7 14 Date: December 17 Location: Atlanta Stadium

Standings

NFL Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	9	4	1	.692	4–1–1	6–3–1	332	209	L2
Chicago Bears	7	6	1	.538	3–2–1	5–4–1	239	218	W1
Detroit Lions	5	7	2	.417	1–3–2	3–5–2	260	259	W2
Minnesota Vikings	3	8	3	.273	1–3–2	1–6–3	233	294	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Johnny "Petey Baby" Smuckers (TE) Fred "Boom Boom" Bucknowsk (QB)

References