The Eastern Conference was split into the Capitol and Century Divisions, and the Western Conference had the Coastal and Central Divisions. 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 which team that had less recently been in a title game 1. As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the won-loss record was the same.
Week
Capitol
Century
Coastal
Central
1
WASHINGTON*
1-0-0
CLEVELAND
1-0-0
BALTIMORE*
1-0-0
MINNESOTA*
1-0-0
2
N.Y. GIANTS*
2-0-0
CLEVELAND*
1-1-0
BALTIMORE*
2-0-0
MINNESOTA*
2-0-0
3
N.Y. GIANTS*
3-0-0
CLEVELAND*
1-2-0
BALTIMORE*
3-0-0
MINNESOTA*
2-1-0
4
N.Y. GIANTS*
3-1-0
CLEVELAND
2-2-0
BALTIMORE*
4-0-0
MINNESOTA
3-1-0
5
DALLAS
5-0-0
ST. LOUIS*
2-3-0
BALTIMORE*
5-0-0
MINNEOSTA*
3-2-0
6
DALLAS
6-0-0
ST. LOUIS*
3-3-0
LOS ANGELES
6-0-0
DETROIT
3-2-1
7
DALLAS
6-1-0
ST. LOUIS*
4-3-0
BALTIMORE*
6-1-0
DETROIT*
3-3-1
8
DALLAS
7-1-0
ST. LOUIS*
5-3-0
BALTIMORE*
7-1-0
CHICAGO*
4-4-0
9
DALLAS
7-2-0
CLEVELAND
6-3-0
BALTIMORE*
8-1-0
CHICAGO*
5-4-0
10
DALLAS
8-2-0
CLEVELAND
7-3-0
BALTIMORE
9-1-0
MINNESOTA
6-4-0
11
DALLAS
9-2-0
CLEVELAND
8-3-0
BALTIMORE
10-1-0
MINNESOTA
6-5-0
12
DALLAS
10-2-0
CLEVELAND
9-3-0
BALTIMORE
11-1-0
CHICAGO*
6-6-0
13
DALLAS
11-2-0
CLEVELAND
10-3-0
BALTIMORE
12-1-0
CHICAGO*
7-6-0
14
DALLAS
12-2-0
CLEVELAND
10-4-0
BALTIMORE
13-1-0
MINNESOTA
8-6-1
indicates more than one team with record
Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
Note: Prior to 1972, the NFL did not include tie games when calculating a team's winning percentage in the official standings
