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The 1967 season was the Chicago Bears' 48th season in the National Football League.The team improved on their 5–7–2 record from 1966 and finished with a 7–6–1 record and earning them a second-place finish in the newly formed Central Division within the NFL's Western Conference.
Decatur Staleys regular season record (1920) 9 1 1 .864 Chicago Staleys regular season record (1921) 779 644 39 .546 Chicago Bears regular season record (1922–present) 798 646 42 .551 All-time regular season record (1920–present) [49] 17 20 — .459 All-time postseason record (1933–present) [49] 815 666 42 .549
The NFL playoffs following the 1967 NFL season culminated in the NFL championship game on New Year's Eve, and determined who would represent the league against the American Football League champions in Super Bowl II. With 16 teams in the league in 1967, this was the first season that the NFL used a four-team playoff tournament.
1967 was the first year where a pre-scheduled playoff (rather than regular season results) determined participation in the championship. It also marked the first year in which if there was a tie for first place in a division, the division champion was determined by a system of tiebreakers, rather than via a playoff game (as detailed in the 1933 ...
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
Chicago Bears vs Washington Redskins, Dec 8, 1940 (NFL Championship Game) St. Louis Rams vs Green Bay Packers, Jan 20, 2002 (Divisional Round) Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Oakland Raiders, Jan 26, 2003 (Super Bowl XXXVII) Most Touchdowns Returning Interceptions, Both Teams, Game, 3; Chicago Bears (3) vs Washington Redskins (0), Dec 8, 1940 (NFL ...
In 1938, the Bears fell off the NFL map, with a record of 6–5. The Bears finished off the decade on a down note, losing twice to the Green Bay Packers in 1939. During the late 1930s, George Halas and University of Chicago football coach Clark Shaughnessy collaborated on a revolutionary approach to the offense and the quarterback position.
The 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League.The league expanded to 16 teams with the addition of the New Orleans Saints.. The two eight-team divisions became two eight-team conferences split into two divisions each: the newly renamed Eastern Conference divisions were Capitol (Dallas, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Washington) and Century (Cleveland, New York ...