1967 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1967 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–7 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBruce Gunstra
CaptainBruce Gunstra[1]
Home stadiumDyche 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 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7 record (2–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Bill Melzer with 1,146 passing yards, Bob Olso with 507 rushing yards, and Don Anderson with 376 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23No. 8 Miami (FL)*
W 12–7
September 30Missouri*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 6–13
October 7at No. 4 Purdue
L 16–2561,093
October 14at Rice*
L 6–50
October 21Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 2–642,812
October 28at Wisconsin
W 17–1361,918
November 4at Michigan
L 3–762,063[3]
November 11Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 39–24
November 18Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 21–2736,679
November 25at Michigan State
L 27–4145,022
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Curt Sylvester (November 5, 1967). "M Keeps Trying -- Finally Wins, 7-3". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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