sentences:  Following the merger agreement of June 1966, a common draft was conducted in March 1967.The defending champion Packers finished the regular season with a league best record of 12–2, returning them to the NFL championship game as Western Conference champions.Until , NFL playoff sites were rotated, so the Eastern Conference champion Dallas Cowboys (10–3–1) hosted the title game in 1966 at the Cotton Bowl on January 1, 1967.