• Halfback Pervis Atkins, whose AFL signing rights had been awarded to the Raiders after the short-lived Minneapolis/St. Paul franchise had drafted him as a redshirt out of New Mexico State, signed with the Rams
• The team signed a pair of draft choices, their first from the most recent draft: 25th-round pick, end Paul Yanke of Northwestern, and 27th-pick, end Clar Appledoorn of San Jose State
Eastern Division | ||||
Houston | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 |
New York | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 |
Buffalo | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 |
Boston | 5 | 9 | 0 | .357 |
Western Division | ||||
Los Angeles | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 |
Dallas | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 |
Oakland | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 |
Denver | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 |