1967 Houston Oilers season

1967 Houston Oilers season
Owner	Bud Adams
General manager	Don Klosterman
Head coach	Wally Lemm
Home stadium	Rice Stadium
Results
Record	9–4–1
Division place	1st AFL Eastern
Playoffs	Lost AFL Championship (at Raiders) 7–40

The 1967 Houston Oilers season was the eighth season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise; The team improved on their previous output of 3–11, with a 9–4–1 record.^[1] They won the Eastern Division and qualified for the postseason for the first time in five seasons, but lost to the Raiders in the AFL Championship Game at Oakland.^[2][3][4][5]

Roster

1967 Houston Oilers roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 11 Pete Beathard 15 Jacky Lee Running backs (RB) 32 Hoyle Granger FB 42 Sid Blanks 35 Woody Campbell Wide receivers (WR) 28 Charley Frazier 27 Glenn Bass 87 Lionel Taylor Tight ends (TE) 89 Alvin Reed

Offensive linemen (OL) 78 Glen Ray Hines T 76 Walter Suggs T 61 Bob Talamini G 50 Bobby Maples C Defensive linemen (DL) 75 Don Floyd DE 72 George Rice DT 79 Pat Holmes

Linebackers (LB) 51 Ronnie Caveness 90 George Webster 56 Olen Underwood 52 Garland Boyette Defensive backs (DB) 29 Ken Houston S 22 Zeke Moore 20 Miller Farr CB 33 W.K. Hicks 41 Larry Carwell CB 43 Jim Norton Special teams (ST)

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Main article: 1967 American Football League season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	Bye
2	September 9	Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–25	0–1	Rice Stadium	28,003	Recap
3	September 17	at Buffalo Bills	W 20–3	1–1	War Memorial Stadium	41,384	Recap
4	September 24	at San Diego Chargers	L 3–13	1–2	San Diego Stadium	36,032	Recap
5	October 1	Denver Broncos	W 10–6	2–2	Rice Stadium	21,798	Recap
6	Bye
7	October 15	at New York Jets	T 28–28	2–2–1	Shea Stadium	62,729	Recap
8	October 22	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–19	3–2–1	Municipal Stadium	46,365	Recap
9	October 29	Buffalo Bills	W 10–3	4–2–1	Rice Stadium	30,060	Recap
10	November 5	at Boston Patriots	L 7–18	4–3–1	Fenway Park	19,422	Recap
11	November 12	at Denver Broncos	W 20–18	5–3–1	Bears Stadium	30,392	Recap
12	Bye
13	November 26	Boston Patriots	W 27–6	6–3–1	Rice Stadium	28,044	Recap
14	December 3	Miami Dolphins	W 17–14	7–3–1	Rice Stadium	20,979	Recap
15	December 10	Oakland Raiders	L 7–19	7–4–1	Rice Stadium	36,375	Recap
16	December 16	San Diego Chargers	W 24–17	8–4–1	Rice Stadium	19,870	Recap
17	December 23	at Miami Dolphins	W 41–10	9–4–1	Miami Orange Bowl	25,982	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 16

1 2 3 4 Total • Oilers 7 7 17 10 41 Dolphins 0 3 7 0 10 Date: December 23 Location: Orange Bowl

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance	Recap
AFL Championship	December 31	at Oakland Raiders	L 7–40	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	53,330	Recap

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Houston Oilers	9	4	1	.692	5–1–1	258	199	W2
New York Jets	8	5	1	.615	5–1–1	371	329	W1
Buffalo Bills	4	10	0	.286	3–5	237	285	L1
Miami Dolphins	4	10	0	.286	2–6	219	407	L1
Boston Patriots	3	10	1	.231	3–5	280	389	L5

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

References

1. 1967 Houston Oilers
2. "Oakland, Houston accent defense in AFL title tilt". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 31, 1967.
3. Bock, Hal (January 1, 1968). "Oakland romps past Houston, 40-7; meets Packers in Super Bowl Jan. 14". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 55.
4. "Raiders humble Oilers, 40 to 7". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. January 1, 1968. p. 1, part 2.
5. Shrake, Edwin (January 8, 1968). "Another old pro kicks for sixteen". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.