I will be replaying the 1967 AFL/NFL season with the recently released card set sold by APBA. The replay will consist of (63 AFL – 112 NFL) 175 regular season games and six playoff games including Super Bowl II. I will be using the Master game booklet and will limit Rare Plays to one per game per situation:

• Run Plays (RP1 – 4)
• Pass Plays (RP5 – 8)
• Kicks (RP9-10)
• Placekicking (RP11 – 13)
• Returns (RP14 – 17)
• Punts (RP18 – 20)

As noted previously, I’ve replayed this season once before using a first-generation card set created by my best friend, Mr. Mark Zarb. So why play it again? Simple, after replaying Joe Namath’s worst season how can I not replay his 4,007-yard season?

The 1967 season introduced the current slingshot goalposts and 6-foot-wide border around the field to designate the closest that non-participants could be to the field, thus enabling game officials a running lane to work in. In addition, this season introduced a new tie-breaker scenario. 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 the team that had less recently played in a title game. As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the win–loss record was the same.

Throughout the 1960s, there was an average of 2 or 3 passers with 3,000-yards or more, but there were seven signal callers with 3,000-yards and Namath’s 4,000-plus yards during the 1967 season. 

Regardless of which team hoists the trophy at the end, I will once again witness the likes of Lance Alworth, Gale Sayers, Sonny Jurgensen, and many others perform at the pinnacle of their careers.