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1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
Record8–2 (6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTom Sakal
CaptainTom Sakal
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Indiana + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Minnesota + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 9 Purdue + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Illinois 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Michigan 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Michigan State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Iowa 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
Wisconsin 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 9 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 14th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 163 to 106.[1] The Gophers shared the Big Ten title, the most recent conference title for the University of Minnesota football team.

The Gophers did not receive the conference's bid to the Rose Bowl despite their 33-7 victory vs. Indiana. Minnesota, Indiana and Purdue finished in a three-way tie for first place, and each went 1-1 against the other two. The Boilermakers were ineligible since they played in Pasadena the previous year. This invoked the next tiebreaker, which favored the team which had gone the longest since its most recent Rose Bowl trip. Indiana had never been, while Minnesota last appeared in 1962.

Back Tom Sakal received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Bob Stein was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, United Press International and Football Writers Association of America. Tackle John Williams, end Bob Stein, tackle McKinley Boston and back Tom Sakal were named All-Big Ten first team. Tight end Charles Sanders and offensive guard Ed Duren were named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Ezell Jones, defensive lineman Ron Kamzelski, defensive lineman Dave Nixon and defensive lineman Bob Stein were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance at six home games was 287,798, an average of 47,966 per game. The largest crowd was against Michigan State.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Utah*
W 13–1243,105–45,963[4]
September 30at No. 7 Nebraska*
L 0–765,347
October 7SMU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 23–341,528
October 14at Illinois
W 10–756,103
October 21Michigan Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–056,554
October 28Michigan
W 20–1550,006[5]
November 4at Iowa
W 10–054,731
November 11at No. 5 Purdue
L 12–4755,647
November 18No. 5 Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 33–750,013
November 25Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 21–1447,009
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Sluggish Gophers edge surprising Utah 13–12". The Winona Daily News. September 24, 1967. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ John Wiebusch (October 29, 1967). "Gophers Win 20-15". The Minneapolis Tribune. pp. 1S, 5S – via Newspapers.com.
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