1967 Washington State Cougars football team

1967 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Record	2–8 (1–5 AAWU)
Head coach	Bert Clark (4th season)
Home stadium	Rogers Field, Joe Albi Stadium
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Bert Clark, the Cougars compiled a 2–8 record (1–5 in AAWU, tied for last), and were outscored 266 to 141.^[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Jerry Henderson with 836 passing yards, Mark Williams with 415 rushing yards, and Doug Flansburg with 461 receiving yards.^[3]

The Cougars won their first Apple Cup in nine years, a 9–7 win over the Huskies in Seattle. It was the final game on natural grass in Husky Stadium, which switched to AstroTurf in 1968.

The Cougars played six conference opponents and finally met USC and UCLA; both were last on the schedule in 1958, the final season of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The only conference team missed by WSU in 1967 was California.

Clark was fired in late November with a season remaining on his three-year contract.^[4][5] He was succeeded in early January 1968 by Jim Sweeney, the head coach at Montana State in Bozeman, who agreed to a one-year contract at $20,000,^[6][7][8] and led the Cougars for eight seasons.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at No. 7 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–49	44,364
September 23	at Oklahoma*	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 0–21	51,700
September 30	No. 4 UCLA	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 23–51	24,200
October 7	at Baylor*	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–10	20,000
October 14	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 10–31	26,000
October 21	Arizona State*	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 20–31	16,500	[9]
October 28	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 7–35	18,115
November 4	Oregon	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 13–17	19,000
November 11	Idaho*	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 52–14	15,100
November 25	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 9–7	47,500	[10][11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

One Cougar was selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft.

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• Game program: UCLA vs. WSU at Spokane – September 30, 1967
• Game program: Arizona State vs. WSU at Spokane – October 21, 1967
• Game program: Idaho at WSU – November 11, 1967