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===Green Bay Packers===
{{Main article|1967 Green Bay Packers season}}
{{See also|1967 NFL Championship Game}}

The Packers advanced to their second straight AFL–NFL World Championship Game, but had a much more difficult time than in the previous season. Both of their starting running backs from the previous year, future [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]rs [[Paul Hornung]] and [[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]], had left the team. Their replacements, [[Elijah Pitts]] and [[Jim Grabowski]], both went down with season-ending injuries, forcing Green Bay coach [[Vince Lombardi]] to use second-year reserve running back [[Donny Anderson]] and rookie [[Travis Williams (running back)|Travis Williams]]. Fullbacks [[Chuck Mercein]] and [[Ben Wilson (fullback)|Ben Wilson]], who were signed as free agents after being discarded by many other teams, were also used to help compensate for the loss of Hornung and Taylor. Meanwhile, the team's 33-year-old veteran quarterback [[Bart Starr]] had missed 4 games during the season with injuries, and finished the season with nearly twice as many interceptions (17) as touchdown passes (9).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bart Starr 1967 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StarBa00/gamelog/1967/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615011635/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StarBa00/gamelog/1967/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The team's deep threat was provided by veteran receivers [[Carroll Dale]], who recorded 35 receptions for 738 yards (a 21.1 average), and 5 touchdowns; and [[Pro Bowl]]er [[Boyd Dowler]], who had 54 catches for 846 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Packers still had the superb blocking of guard [[Jerry Kramer]], [[Fred Thurston]] and [[Forrest Gregg]].  Grabowski was the team's leading rusher with 466 yards, while Wilson had 453.  Anderson had 733 yards from scrimmage and 9 total touchdowns, while also gaining another 324 yards returning kicks.  On special teams, Williams returned 18 kickoffs for 749 yards and an NFL record 4 touchdowns, giving him a whopping 41.1 yards per return average. The team ranked just 9th out of 16 NFL teams in scoring with 332 points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1967 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1967.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514233558/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1967.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Packers defense, however, allowed only 209 points, the 3rd best in the NFL.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1967 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1967/opp.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en}}</ref> Even this figure was misleading, since Green Bay had yielded only 131 points in the first 11 games (when they clinched their division), the lowest total in professional football. Three members of Green Bay's secondary, the strongest aspect of their defense, were named to the Pro Bowl: [[Willie Wood (American football)|Willie Wood]], [[Herb Adderley]], and [[Bob Jeter]]. The Packers also had a superb defensive line led by [[Henry Jordan]] and [[Willie Davis (defensive end)|Willie Davis]]. Behind them, the Packers linebacking corps was led by [[Ray Nitschke]].

The Packers won the NFL's Central Division with a 9–4–1 regular season record, clinching the division in the 11th week of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1967 NFL Standings & Team Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1967/index.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203073542/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1967/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> During the last three weeks, the Packers gave up an uncharacteristic total of 78 points, after having yielded only about a dozen points per game in their first 11 contests. In the playoffs, Green Bay returned to its dominant form, blowing away their first playoff opponent, the [[Los Angeles Rams]], in the Western Conference Championship Game, 28–7.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Divisional Round - Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers - December 23rd, 1967 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196712230gnb.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301152610/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196712230gnb.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The next week, Green Bay then came from behind to defeat the [[Dallas Cowboys]] in the NFL championship game for the second year in a row, in one of the most famous games in NFL lore: The [[NFL Championship Game, 1967|Ice Bowl]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Championship - Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers - December 31st, 1967 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196712310gnb.htm |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |language=en |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203195323/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/196712310gnb.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Branch |first=John |date=2008-01-20 |title=Games Hardened by Winter Stay Deeply Etched in Memory |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/sports/football/20game.html |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615011834/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/sports/football/20game.html |url-status=live }}</ref>