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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.
Players Left defensive ends: Willie Davis, Green Bay Packers. Carl Eller, Minnesota Vikings Deacon Jones, Los Angeles Rams. Right defensive ends: George Andrie, Dallas Cowboys. Ordell Braase, Baltimore Colts Bill Glass, Cleveland Browns Lamar Lundy, Los Angeles Rams. Left defensive tackles: Alex Karras, Detroit Lions. Fred Miller, Baltimore Colts
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.
The Bears have retired fourteen uniform numbers, which is the most in the NFL, and ranks fourth behind the NBA's Boston Celtics (21), MLB's New York Yankees (20), and NHL's Montreal Canadiens (15) for the most in the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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.
Petitbon also holds the Bears' record for the longest interception return, after scoring on a 101-yard return against the Rams in 1962. [4] As of 2019 [update] , he also holds the Bears record for the most interceptions in a game—3 against the Green Bay Packers in 1967—and most interception return yards in a season (212 in 1962).
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.
Stats at Pro Football Reference Clarence Childs (born January 13, 1938) is a former American football defensive back and halfback . He played for the New York Giants from 1964 to 1967 and for the Chicago Bears in 1968.