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AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1967 AFL CHAMPIONSHIP Here is the summary of the 1967 AFL championship game between the Houston Oilers and the Oakland Raiders held at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California. The winner would go on to face the NFL champion Green Bay Packers in the second AFL-NFL Championship Game in Miami, Florida. A record crowd in Oakland saw QB Daryle Lamonica pass for two TDs, one of them coming on a fake FG, and K George Blanda kicked four FGs as the Raiders won their first-ever AFL title. GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 F Houston Oilers 0 0 0 7 7 Oakland Raiders 3 14 10 13 40 FIRST QUARTER OAKLAND: FG BLANDA 37. SECOND QUARTER OAKLAND: TD DIXON 69 RUN (BLANDA KICK). OAKLAND: TD KOCOUREK 17 PASS FROM LAMONICA (BLANDA KICK). THIRD QUARTER OAKLAND: TD LAMONICA 1 RUN (BLANDA KICK). OAKLAND: FG BLANDA 40. FOURTH QUARTER OAKLAND: FG BLANDA 42. HOUSTON: TD FRAZIER 5 PASS FROM BEATHARD (WITTENBORN KICK). OAKLAND: FG BLANDA 36. OAKLAND: TD MILLER 12 PASS FROM LAMONICA (BLANDA KICK). ATTENDANCE: 53,330. STATISTICS RUSHING HOUSTON: GRANGER 14-19; CAMPBELL 6-15; BLANKS 1-6; BEATHARD 1-(-2). OAKLAND: DIXON 21-144; BANASZAK 15-116; LAMONICA 5-22; HAGBERG 2-(-1); TODD 4-(-8); BILETNIKOFF 1-(-10). RECEIVING HOUSTON: FRAZIER 7-81; REED 4-60; TAYLOR 1-6; CAMPBELL 2-5; GRANGER 1-(-10). OAKLAND: MILLER 3-32; CANNON 23-31; BILETNIKOFF 2-19; KOCOUREK 1-17; DIXON 1-8; BANASZAK 1-4. PASSING HOUSTON: BEATHARD 15-35, 142 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT. OAKLAND: LAMONICA 10-24, 111 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT; BLANDA 0-2, 0 YDS, 0 TD 0 INT. FIRST DOWNS HOUSTON: 11 (4 rush, 4 pass, 3 penalty). OAKLAND: 18 (11 rush, 6 pass, 1 penalty). PENALTIES HOUSTON: 7-45. OAKLAND: 4-69. FUMBLES HOUSTON: 4-2. OAKLAND: 0-0. PUNTING HOUSTON: NORTON 11-423. OAKLAND: EISCHEID 4-177. KICKOFF RETURNS HOUSTON: JANCIK 4-100; MOORE 3-87; BURRELL 1-28; SUGGS 1-0. OAKLAND: GRAYSON 1-47; BIRD 1-32. PUNT RETURNS HOUSTON: NONE. OAKLAND: BIRD 5-49; SHERMAN 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS HOUSTON: NONE. OAKLAND: BROWN 1-2.