1967 NFL season

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The 1967 NFL season was the National Football League campaign that introduced the first Super Bowl era structure, culminating in the NFL Championship Game whose winner advanced to face the AFL champion.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
1967 NFL season canonical 2
National Football League season 1967 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NFL season ⓘ
sports season ⓘ
champion Green Bay Packers ⓘ
championshipGame 1967 NFL Championship Game ⓘ
championshipGameCity Green Bay, Wisconsin ⓘ
championshipGameDate 1967-12-31 ⓘ
championshipGameNickname Ice Bowl ⓘ
championshipGameScore Green Bay Packers 21–17 Dallas Cowboys ⓘ
championshipGameSite Lambeau Field ⓘ
commissioner Pete Rozelle ⓘ
conferenceChampionEastern Dallas Cowboys ⓘ
conferenceChampionWestern Green Bay Packers ⓘ
conferenceStructure Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defensivePlayerOfTheYear Deacon Jones ⓘ
defensivePlayerOfTheYearTeam Los Angeles Rams ⓘ
divisionStructure Capitol Division ⓘ
Central Division ⓘ
Century Division ⓘ
Coastal Division ⓘ
endTime 1967-12-23 ⓘ
expansionOrRelocationStatus no team expansion; realignment into four divisions ⓘ
followedBy 1968 NFL season ⓘ
introducedFeature NFL–AFL World Championship Game qualification format ⓘ
Super Bowl era structure ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
MVP Johnny Unitas ⓘ
MVPTeam Baltimore Colts ⓘ
notableRuleChange introduction of divisional playoffs ⓘ
numberOfGamesPerTeam 14 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
playoffFormat four-team playoff (two conference championship games) ⓘ
playoffsStartDate 1967-12-23 ⓘ
precededBy 1966 NFL season ⓘ
regularSeasonEndDate 1967-12-17 ⓘ
regularSeasonStartDate 1967-09-17 ⓘ
relatedCompetition 1967 AFL season ⓘ
rookieOfTheYear Mel Farr ⓘ
rookieOfTheYearTeam Detroit Lions ⓘ
runnerUp Dallas Cowboys ⓘ
seasonNumberInNFLHistory 48 ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
startTime 1967-09-17 ⓘ
superBowlForSeason Super Bowl II ⓘ
superBowlForSeasonLoser Oakland Raiders ⓘ
linked to: Las Vegas Raiders
superBowlForSeasonScore Green Bay Packers 33–14 Oakland Raiders ⓘ
superBowlForSeasonWinner Green Bay Packers ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1966 NFL season → followedBy → 1967 NFL season ⓘ
Century Division → startSeason → 1967 NFL season ⓘ
Zeke Bratkowski → participatedIn → National Football League season 1967 ⓘ
linked to: 1967 NFL season
Alex Hawkins → participatedIn → National Football League season 1967 ⓘ
linked to: 1967 NFL season