AFL playoffs, 1967

Playoffs

*AFL Championship Game
*:Oakland Raiders 40, Houston Oilers 7, December 31, 1967, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

*Super Bowl II
*:Green Bay (NFL) 33, Oakland (AFL) 14, at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

1967 Championship

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Oilers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
RT=7
Home=Raiders
H1=3
H2=14
H3=10
H4=13
HT=40

Oakland Raiders 40, Houston Oilers 7:"December 31, 1967 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California"

The Oakland Raiders were ten and a half point favorites over the Houston Oilers in the 1967 AFL Championship Game. Quarterback Daryle Lamonica, claimed on waivers from the Buffalo Bills in the offseason, led the Raiders to a 13-1 record, throwing 30 touchdown passes in the process. The Oilers went from last place in the Eastern Conference in 1966 to first in '67, beating out the New York Jets by a game. Most of the Oilers' offense centered on big fullback Hoyle Granger, and a midseason quarterback trade for the shifty Pete Beathard (sending their own starter, Jacky Lee, to the Kansas City Chiefs) proved to be the spark that turned Houston's season around.

The previous meeting between the two teams had been a close game won 19-7 by the Raiders, with Lamonica struggling offensively. This was not the case in the rematch. Oakland took a 10-0 lead in the second quarter on a 69 yard run down the left sidelines by Hewritt Dixon, and on a fake field goal attempt Lamonica passed to Dave Kocourek for the 17-0 halftime margin. Former Oilers quarterback George Blanda, who had led Houston to the AFL's first two championships, kicked four field goals for the Raiders. Houston did not score until the fourth quarter, when they already trailed 30-0.

Scoring
*OAK - Field goal Blanda 37
*OAK - Dixon 69 run (Blanda kick)
*OAK - Kocourek 17 pass from Lamonica (Blanda kick)
*OAK - Lamonica 1 run (Blanda kick)
*OAK - Field goal Blanda 40
*OAK - Field goal Blanda 42
*HOU - Frazier 5 pass from Beathard (Wittenborn kick)
*OAK - Field goal Blanda 36
*OAK - Miller 12 pass from Lamonica (Blanda kick)

ee also

*"1967 AFL season"