1967 Buffalo Bills season

1967 Buffalo Bills season
1967 Buffalo Bills season
Owner	Ralph Wilson
Head coach	Joe Collier
Home field	War Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	3rd AFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1966; Bills seasons; 1968 →;

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.

Personnel

Staff/coaches

1967 Buffalo Bills staff

Front office

President/majority owner – Ralph Wilson
Vice-president/minority owner – Pat McGroder

Head coaches

Head coach – Joe Collier

Offensive coaches

Running backs/wide receivers – John Mazur
Offensive line – Jerry Smith

Defensive coaches

Linebackers/Defensive Backs – Richie McCabe

Final roster

1967 Buffalo Bills roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

36 Charlie Bivins RB/TE/KR
82 Paul Costa
87 Billy Masters SE/TE

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive 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 FS

Special teams

55 Paul Maguire P/LB
7 Mike Mercer K

Note: rookies in italics

Offseason

1967 NFL/AFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1967 Buffalo Bills draft
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
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
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
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

Date: December 24
Location: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	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