NFL Empires: 1967

This is a continuation of my "empire" maps (where victors take the territory of the losers) of the NFL. Different than most such imperialism sports maps, instead of gaining all the loser's land from a victory home or away, the victor only gets territory for an away victory, and just two-thirds of it (or one-third for an away tie).

Before the season, New Orleans was added. I've given them the land within a 100-mile radius to start.

Since the AFL-NFL World Championship Game was played at a neutral site, the winner gains one third of the territory of the loser (splitting the difference between a home game and an away game).

My data was from Pro Football Reference and most of the logos from SportsLogos.net.

Here then is the map of the NFL empires after the 1967 season:

Green Bay (kelly green) had a bad season, including a loss to Pittsburgh (yellow) the final week of the season, but they still won the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. Pittsburgh was last place in the Century Division. Los Angeles (red) and Baltimore (royal blue) were first and second in the Coastal Division, both with large empires. Dallas (gray green) and Cleveland (brown) won their divisions, but neither amassed much of an empire.

In the AFL, Oakland (light green yellow) beat Houston (dark green yellow) in the championship game for the right to lose to Green Bay. Despite that final loss, Oakland still managed to have the largest empire of the AFL teams.

Here is the map before the season started:

New Orleans did all right for an expansion team, eh?