1967 Buffalo Bills season
# 1967 Buffalo Bills season

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.

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.

## Offseason

### 1967 NFL/AFL draft

1967 Buffalo Bills draft :

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 | John Pitts | DB | Arizona State |
| 2 | 42 | Jim LeMoine | TE | Utah State |
| 3 | 70 | Tom Rhoades | DE | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 102 | Gary Bugenhagen | G | Syracuse |
| 6 | 149 | Bill Wilkerson | DE | UTEP |
| 7 | 181 | George Gaiser | T | SMU |
| 8 | 207 | Tommy Luke | DB | Ole Miss |
| 9 | 233 | Gerald Seither | E | Kent State |
| 10 | 259 | Tom Croft | DB | Louisiana Tech |
| 11 | 284 | Paul Tomich | T | Drake |
| 12 | 292 | Ernie Ames | DT | Kent State |
| 12 | 311 | Bob Bonner | DT | Southern |
| 13 | 318 | Howard Finley | DB | Tennessee State |
| 13 | 319 | George Carter | HB | St. Bonaventure |
| 13 | 337 | Randy Wheeler | HB | Georgia |
| 14 | 362 | Vern Moore | HB | Central State (OK) |
| 15 | 389 | Grant Martinsen | DB | Utah State |
| 16 | 415 | Mike Irwin | HB | Penn State |
| 17 | 441 | Grover Smith | HB | Fort Valley State |
| Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

## Regular season

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 2 | September 10 | New York Jets | W 20–17 | 1–0 | War Memorial Stadium | 45,748 | Recap |
| 3 | September 17 | Houston Oilers | L 3–20 | 1–1 | War Memorial Stadium | 41,384 | Recap |
| 4 | September 24 | Boston Patriots | L 0–23 | 1–2 | War Memorial Stadium | 45,748 | Recap |
| 5 | October 1 | San Diego Chargers | L 17–37 | 1–3 | War Memorial Stadium | 39,310 | Recap |
| 6 | October 8 | at Denver Broncos | W 17–16 | 2–3 | Bears Stadium | 35,188 | Recap |
| 7 | October 15 | Oakland Raiders | L 20–24 | 2–4 | War Memorial Stadium | 45,758 | Recap |
| 8 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 9 | October 29 | at Houston Oilers | L 3–10 | 2–5 | Rice Stadium | 30,060 | Recap |
| 10 | November 5 | Miami Dolphins | W 35–13 | 3–5 | War Memorial Stadium | 31,622 | Recap |
| 11 | November 12 | at New York Jets | L 10–20 | 3–6 | Shea Stadium | 62,671 | Recap |
| 12 | November 19 | Denver Broncos | L 20–21 | 3–7 | War Memorial Stadium | 30,891 | Recap |
| 13 | November 26 | at Miami Dolphins | L 14–17 | 3–8 | Orange Bowl | 27,050 | Recap |
| 14 | December 3 | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 13–23 | 3–9 | Municipal Stadium | 41,943 | Recap |
| 15 | December 9 | at Boston Patriots | W 44–16 | 4–9 | Fenway Park | 20,627 | Recap |
| 16 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 17 | December 24 | at Oakland Raiders | L 21–28 | 4–10 | Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum | 30,738 | Recap |

Note:

* Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries

**Week 14**

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bills | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| • Raiders | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

## Standings

AFL Eastern Division :

| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Houston Oilers | 9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 5–1–1 | 258 | 199 | W2 |
| New York Jets | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 5–1–1 | 371 | 329 | W1 |
| Buffalo Bills | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 3–5 | 237 | 285 | L1 |
| Miami Dolphins | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 2–6 | 219 | 407 | L1 |
| Boston Patriots | 3 | 10 | 1 | .231 | 3–5 | 280 | 389 | L5 |

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL.

