1967 Houston Oilers season

Date: December 23
Location: Orange Bowl

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
	← 1966; Oilers seasons; 1968 →;

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]

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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.

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oilers	7	7	17	10	41
Dolphins	0	3	7	0	10

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