The 1967 Buffalo Bills season was the team's eighth season in the American Football League. It was the second season with the Bills for head coach Joe Collier.[1]
Buffalo was coming off a season in which they were one game away from the first Super Bowl, but could only win four games in 1967. It was Buffalo's first losing season since 1961.
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The 1967 Buffalo Bills season was the team s eighth season in the American Football League It was the second season with the Bills for head coach Joe Collier 1 1967 Buffalo Bills seasonOwnerRalph WilsonHead coachJoe CollierHome fieldWar Memorial StadiumResultsRecord4 10Division place3rd AFL EasternPlayoff finishDid not qualify 1966 Bills seasons 1968 Buffalo was coming off a season in which they were one game away from the first Super Bowl but could only win four games in 1967 It was Buffalo s first losing season since 1961 Contents 1 Personnel 1 1 Staff coaches 1 2 Final roster 2 Offseason 2 1 1967 NFL AFL draft 3 Regular season 3 1 Season schedule 3 2 Game summaries 3 2 1 Week 14 4 Standings 5 Awards and records 6 ReferencesPersonnel editStaff coaches edit 1967 Buffalo Bills staffFront office President majority owner Ralph Wilson Vice president minority owner Pat McGroderHead coaches Head coach Joe CollierOffensive coaches Running backs wide receivers John Mazur Offensive line Jerry Smith Defensive coaches Linebackers Defensive Backs Richie McCabeFinal roster edit 1967 Buffalo Bills rosterQuarterbacks 16 Tom Flores 15 Jack KempRunning backs 33 Teddy Bailey 34 Gene Donaldson FB 30 Wray Carlton 20 Keith Lincoln 40 Ed Rutkowski 32 Jack SpikesWide receivers 83 Bobby Crockett 44 Elbert Dubenion 43 Monte Ledbetter 84 Art PowellTight ends 36 Charlie Bivins RB TE KR 82 Paul Costa 87 Billy Masters SE TE Offensive linemen 77 Stew Barber T 50 Al Bemiller C 76 Gary Bugenhagen G 62 Dick Cunningham T 79 Dick Hudson T 73 Howard Kindig T 60 Jim LeMoine G 57 Bob Schmidt C 66 Billy Shaw GDefensive linemen 78 Jim Dunaway DT 72 Ron McDole DE 75 Dudley Meredith DT 85 Bob Petrich DE 65 Remi Prudhomme DE 70 Tom Sestak DT 81 Rich Zecher DT Linebackers 52 Edgar Chandler 59 Paul Guidry 64 Harry Jacobs 56 Marty Schottenheimer 58 Mike Stratton 51 John TraceyDefensive backs 42 Butch Byrd CB 45 Hagood Clarke SS 24 Booker Edgerson CB 27 Tom Janik FS 47 Charlie King CB 46 Tony King CB 23 Bobby Ply CB 48 John Pitts SS 26 George Saimes FSSpecial teams 55 Paul Maguire P LB 7 Mike Mercer KNote rookies in italicsOffseason edit1967 NFL AFL draft edit 1967 Buffalo Bills draftRound Pick Player Position College Notes1 22 John Pitts DB Arizona State2 42 Jim LeMoine TE Utah State3 70 Tom Rhoades DE Notre Dame4 102 Gary Bugenhagen G Syracuse6 149 Bill Wilkerson DE UTEP7 181 George Gaiser T SMU8 207 Tommy Luke DB Ole Miss9 233 Gerald Seither E Kent State10 259 Tom Croft DB Louisiana Tech11 284 Paul Tomich T Drake12 292 Ernie Ames DT Kent State12 311 Bob Bonner DT Southern13 318 Howard Finley DB Tennessee State13 319 George Carter HB St Bonaventure13 337 Randy Wheeler HB Georgia14 362 Vern Moore HB Central State OK 15 389 Grant Martinsen DB Utah State16 415 Mike Irwin HB Penn State17 441 Grover Smith HB Fort Valley State Made roster Pro Football Hall of Fame Made at least one Pro Bowl during careerRegular season editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it March 2015 Season schedule edit Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap1 Bye2 September 10 New York Jets W 20 17 1 0 War Memorial Stadium 45 748 Recap3 September 17 Houston Oilers L 3 20 1 1 War Memorial Stadium 41 384 Recap4 September 24 Boston Patriots L 0 23 1 2 War Memorial Stadium 45 748 Recap5 October 1 San Diego Chargers L 17 37 1 3 War Memorial Stadium 39 310 Recap6 October 8 at Denver Broncos W 17 16 2 3 Bears Stadium 35 188 Recap7 October 15 Oakland Raiders L 20 24 2 4 War Memorial Stadium 45 758 Recap8 Bye9 October 29 at Houston Oilers L 3 10 2 5 Rice Stadium 30 060 Recap10 November 5 Miami Dolphins W 35 13 3 5 War Memorial Stadium 31 622 Recap11 November 12 at New York Jets L 10 20 3 6 Shea Stadium 62 671 Recap12 November 19 Denver Broncos L 20 21 3 7 War Memorial Stadium 30 891 Recap13 November 26 at Miami Dolphins L 14 17 3 8 Orange Bowl 27 050 Recap14 December 3 at Kansas City Chiefs L 13 23 3 9 Municipal Stadium 41 943 Recap15 December 9 at Boston Patriots W 44 16 4 9 Fenway Park 20 627 Recap16 Bye17 December 24 at Oakland Raiders L 21 28 4 10 Oakland Alameda County Coliseum 30 738 RecapNote Intra division opponents are in bold text Game summaries edit Week 14 edit 1 234TotalBills 10 038 21 Raiders 7 777 28Date December 24Location Oakland Alameda County ColiseumStandings editAFL Eastern Divisionviewtalkedit W L T PCT DIV PF PA STKHouston Oilers 9 4 1 692 5 1 1 258 199 W2New York Jets 8 5 1 615 5 1 1 371 329 W1Buffalo Bills 4 10 0 286 3 5 237 285 L1Miami Dolphins 4 10 0 286 2 6 219 407 L1Boston Patriots 3 10 1 231 3 5 280 389 L5Note Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL Awards and records editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2010 References edit Collier coached the Bills from 1966 1968 Buffalo Bills on Pro Football Reference Buffalo Bills on jt sw com nbsp This article relating to an American football season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sports 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