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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.
The 1967 NCAA University Division football season was the last one in which college football's champion was crowned before the bowl games. During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A and now as the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
College Division teams (also referred to as "small college") were ranked in polls by the AP (a panel of writers) and by UPI (coaches). The national champion(s) for each season were determined by the final poll rankings, published at or near the end of the regular season, before any bowl games were played.
Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears. Fullbacks: Don Perkins, Dallas Cowboys. Johnny Roland, St. Louis Cardinals. Wide receivers/flankers: Gary Collins, Cleveland Browns. Willie Richardson, Baltimore Colts Pat Studstill, Detroit Lions. Wide receivers/split ends: Boyd Dowler, Green Bay Packers. Bob Hayes, Dallas Cowboys Homer Jones, New York Giants
The Chiefs were sick of the American Football League being denigrated so they went out and destroyed the Chicago Bears in a 1967 preseason game.
Robert Gilchrist Douglass (born June 22, 1947) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks before being selected by the Bears in the second round of the 1969 NFL/AFL draft.
The 1967 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1967. The NCAA recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1967 season.
They faced the problem of increased operating costs and flatlined attendance. The Bears would only draw roughly 5,000–6,000 fans a game, while a University of Chicago game would draw 40,000–50,000 fans a game. By adding top college football draw Red Grange to the roster, the Bears knew that they found something to draw more fans to their games.