1967 Miami Dolphins season

The 1967 Miami Dolphins season was the team's second in the American Football League (AFL). The Dolphins improved by 1 game over their 3–11 inaugural season from 1966, finishing 4–10 and in 4th place in the AFL Eastern Division. The team began its season with two straight bye weeks. In the first game, they beat Denver, 35–21, to win their first ever season opener. However, the Dolphins then lost 8 straight games before beating the Buffalo Bills, 17–14, at home, for their first ever win against Buffalo. The Dolphins went winless on the road this season, the last time they would do that until the 2007 season. However, one of the high points during the season was scoring 40 points in back-to-back games, with 41–24 and 41–32 wins over the Chargers and Patriots, respectively. This season was also the rookie campaign for quarterback Bob Griese, who would spend his entire NFL career with the Dolphins which involved 3 Super Bowl trips and 2 Super Bowl titles, along with the only perfect season in NFL history.

1967 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach	George Wilson
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	4th AFL Eastern
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	4 DB Dick Westmoreland LB John Bramlett LE Jack Clancy QB Bob Griese
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Offseason

Common draft

Main article: 1967 NFL/AFL draft

1967 Miami Dolphins draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	4	Bob Griese * †	Quarterback	Purdue
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff / Coaches

1967 Miami Dolphins staff

Front office President – Joe Robbie Director of player personnel – Joe Thomas Head coaches Head coach – George Wilson Offensive coaches Offensive backs – John Idzik Receivers – Bobby Walston Offensive line – Ernie Hefferle

Defensive coaches Defensive line – Les Bingaman Linebackers – Bob Pellegrini Defensive backs – Tom Keane Special teams coaches Kicking – Bobby Walston

Roster

1967 Miami Dolphins roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Bob Griese 11 Rick Norton 16 Archie Roberts 15 John Stofa Running backs (RB) 32 Joe Auer 31 George Chesser 29 Jack Harper 35 Stan Mitchell Wide receivers (WR) 24 Jack Clancy 26 Frank Jackson 89 Karl Noonan 81 Howard Twilley Tight ends (TE) 36 Preston Carpenter 82 Doug Moreau

Offensive linemen (OL) 73 Norm Evans T 71 Charlie Fowler G 58 Tom Goode C 63 Billy Neighbors G 65 Jack Pyburn T 78 Maxie Williams T 61 Fred Woodson G Defensive linemen (DL) 86 Mel Branch DE 81 Ed Cooke DE 84 Ray Jacobs DT 76 Tom Nomina DT 74 John Richardson DT 70 Jim Riley DE

Linebackers (LB) 57 John Bramlett OLB 56 Bob Bruggers OLB 50 Frank Emanuel OLB 51 Jerry Hopkins MLB 54 Wahoo McDaniel MLB Defensive backs (DB) 47 Tom Beier SS 43 Bob Neff FS 48 Bob Petrella FS 49 Jimmy Warren CB 22 Willie West SS 25 Dick Westmoreland CB Special teams (ST)  5 Booth Lusteg K 20 Larry Seiple P

Practice squad Claude Brownlee DE Bill Darnall S Marv Davis T/G Rick Kestner WR 45 Mack Lamb S Gary Tucker Reserve 53 Tom Erlandson LB (IR) -- Bud Norris TE (IR) 30 Sammy Price RB (IR) 75 Ken Rice G (IR) 87 John Roderick WR (IR) 59 Jack Thornton LB (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Game Recap
1	Bye
2	Bye
3	September 17	Denver Broncos	W 35–21	1–0	Miami Orange Bowl	29,072	Recap
4	September 24	Kansas City Chiefs	L 0–24	1–1	Miami Orange Bowl	33,280	Recap
5	October 1	at New York Jets	L 7–29	1–2	Shea Stadium	59,433	Recap
6	October 8	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 0–41	1–3	Municipal Stadium	42,920	Recap
7	October 15	at Boston Patriots	L 10–41	1–4	Fenway Park	17,859	Recap
8	October 22	New York Jets	L 14–33	1–5	Miami Orange Bowl	28,392	Recap
9	Bye
10	November 5	at Buffalo Bills	L 13–35	1–6	War Memorial Stadium	30,950	Recap
11	November 12	at San Diego Chargers	L 0–24	1–7	San Diego Stadium	32,395	Recap
12	November 19	at Oakland Raiders	L 17–31	1–8	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	33,753	Recap
13	November 26	Buffalo Bills	W 17–14	2–8	Miami Orange Bowl	24,357	Recap
14	December 3	at Houston Oilers	L 14–17	2–9	Rice Stadium	20,979	Recap
15	December 10	San Diego Chargers	W 41–24	3–9	Miami Orange Bowl	23,007	Recap
16	December 17	Boston Patriots	W 41–32	4–9	Miami Orange Bowl	22,079	Recap
17	December 23	Houston Oilers	L 10–41	4–10	Miami Orange Bowl	29,628	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 14

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oilers	7	7	17	10	41
Dolphins	0	3	7	0	10

• Date: December 23
• Location: Orange Bowl

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

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