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The NFL season concluded on December 31, when the Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Championship Game (in a game that would be known as the "Ice Bowl"). Two weeks later, the Packers handily defeated the AFL 's Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II in Miami 's Orange Bowl , Vince Lombardi 's final game as the Packers' head coach.

The Baltimore Colts had tied for the NFL's
best record at 11-1-2, but were excluded from the four team playoff
after losing the divisional tiebreaker to the L.A. Rams . The other three division winners had only nine victories.


MAJOR RULE CHANGES

  • The " Slingshot " goalpost, with one curved support from the ground and offset behind the crossbar, was made standard in the NFL. This replaced the previous year's offset goalpost, which had two non-curved supports from the ground. Before the introduction of the offset goalpost, the supports were directly on the goal line.

  • A six-foot-wide border around the field was also made standard in the league. Its outer edge designates the closest that non-players can be to the field, and thus enables the Game Officials to have a running lane to work in.



FINAL STANDINGS

''W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against''







Tiebreakers

Los Angeles won the Coastal Division based on better point differential in head-to-head games (net 24 points) vs. Baltimore.


PLAYOFFS

See Also: NFL playoffs, 1967


Home team in capitals

Conference championships
  • DALLAS 52, Cleveland 14

  • GREEN BAY 28, Los Angeles 7

  • NFL championship

  • GREEN BAY 21, Dallas 17



SEE ALSO



REFERENCES

  • ''NFL Record and Fact Book'' (ISBN 193299436X)

  • NFL History 1961-1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)

  • ''Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League'' (ISBN 0062701746)



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