1967 American Football League season
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The 1967 AFL season was the eighth regular season of the American Football League.
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1967 AFL season | |
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Regular season | |
Duration | September 3 – December 17, 1967 |
Playoffs | |
Date | December 31, 1967 |
Eastern champion | Houston Oilers |
Western champion | Oakland Raiders |
Site | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California |
Champion | Oakland Raiders |
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The season ended when the Oakland Raiders (13–1) hosted the Houston Oilers (9–4–1) in the AFL championship game on December 31. The Raiders won 40–7 and then met the NFL's Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II two weeks later, won by Green Bay, 33–14.
This was the final season that all AFL on-field officials wore vertically striped red and white uniforms. The next year all officials would wear uniforms mirroring those of their NFL counterparts.