Division Races
The Eastern Conference was split into the Capitol and Century Divisions, and the Western Conference had the Coastal and Central Divisions. (Each of the new division names began with the letter C and contained seven letters.) Under the new system, each team would play six division games (a home-and-away series against teams in its division); a game against each of the other four teams in its conference; and a nonconference game against each member of a four-team division, for a total of 14 games. In the past, if two teams were tied for the division lead at season's end, a one-game playoff was conducted to break the tie. Starting in 1967, a tiebreaking system was implemented that started with net points in head-to-head competition, followed by which team that had less recently been in a title game. As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the won-loss record was the same.
| Week | Capitol | Century | Coastal | Central | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DALLAS | 1–0–0 | PITTSBURGH | 1–0–0 | SAN FRANCISCO | 1–0–0 | DETROIT | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | DALLAS | 2–0–0 | ST. LOUIS | 1–1–0 | SAN FRANCISCO | 2–0–0 | DETROIT | 1–0–1 |
| 3 | PHILADELPHIA | 2–1–0 | ST. LOUIS | 2–1–0 | LOS ANGELES | 3–0–0 | GREEN BAY | 2–0–1 |
| 4 | DALLAS | 3–1–0 | ST. LOUIS | 3–1–0 | BALTIMORE | 4–0–0 | GREEN BAY | 3–0–1 |
| 5 | DALLAS | 4–1–0 | NEW YORK | 3–2–0 | BALTIMORE | 4–0–1 | GREEN BAY | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | DALLAS | 5–1–0 | CLEVELAND | 3–2–0 | BALTIMORE | 4–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 4–1–1 |
| 7 | DALLAS | 5–2–0 | N.Y. GIANTS | 4–3–0 | BALTIMORE | 5–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 5–1–1 |
| 8 | DALLAS | 6–2–0 | ST. LOUIS | 5–3–0 | BALTIMORE | 6–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 5–2–1 |
| 9 | DALLAS | 7–2–0 | ST. LOUIS | 5–3–1 | BALTIMORE | 7–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 6–2–1 |
| 10 | DALLAS | 7–3–0 | CLEVELAND | 6–4–0 | BALTIMORE | 8–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 7–2–1 |
| 11 | DALLAS | 8–3–0 | CLEVELAND | 7–4–0 | BALTIMORE | 9–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 8–2–1 |
| 12 | DALLAS | 8–4–0 | CLEVELAND | 8–4–0 | BALTIMORE | 10–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 9–2–1 |
| 13 | DALLAS | 9–4–0 | CLEVELAND | 9–4–0 | BALTIMORE | 11–0–2 | GREEN BAY | 9–3–1 |
| 14 | DALLAS | 9–5–0 | CLEVELAND | 9–5–0 | LOS ANGELES | 11–1–2 | GREEN BAY | 9–4–1 |
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