1967 Houston Oilers season

1967 Houston Oilers season
Head coach Wally Lemm
Owner Bud Adams
Home field Rice Stadium
Results
Record 9–4–1
Division place 1st AFL Eastern
Playoff finish Lost Conference Championship

The 1967 Houston Oilers season was their eighth in the American Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 3–11, winning nine games.[1] They qualified for the playoffs for the first time in five seasons.

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 9, 1967 Kansas City Chiefs L 20-25
28,003
2 September 17, 1967 at Buffalo Bills W 20–3
41,384
3 September 24, 1967 at San Diego Chargers L 3-13
36,032
4 October 1, 1967 Denver Broncos W 10–6
21,798
5 October 15, 1967 at New York Jets T 28–28
62,729
6 October 22, 1967 at Kansas City Chiefs W 24–19
46,365
7 October 29, 1967 Buffalo Bills W 10–3
30,060
8 November 5, 1967 at Boston Patriots L 7-18
19,422
9 November 12, 1967 at Denver Broncos W 20–18
30,392
10 November 26, 1967 Boston Patriots W 27–6
28,044
11 December 3, 1967 Miami Dolphins W 17–14
20,979
12 December 10, 1967 Oakland Raiders L 7-19
36,375
13 December 16, 1967 San Diego Chargers W 24–17
19,870
14 December 23, 1967 at Miami Dolphins W 41–10
25,982

Game summaries

Week 14

1 234Total
Oilers 7 71710 41
Dolphins 0 370 10

Playoffs

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
Conference December 31, 1967 at Oakland Raiders L 7-40
53,330

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Houston Oilers 941.6925–1–1258199W2
New York Jets 851.6155–1–1371329W1
Buffalo Bills 4100.2863–5237285L1
Miami Dolphins 4100.2862–6219407L1
Boston Patriots 3101.2313–5280389L5

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

References

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