American college football season
The 1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season . Led by first-year head coach Chuck Fairbanks , they played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference . The Sooners won all seven conference games and finished the season with one loss they upset number 9 Colorado on November 4 by a score of 23-0 in Norman; they defeated Tennessee , 26–24, to win the Orange Bowl in Miami , Florida .[1] [2]
Entering his second season as head coach, 37-year-old Jim Mackenzie suffered a fatal heart attack at his Norman home in late April.[3] [4] Assistant coach Fairbanks, age 33, was promoted several days later.[5]
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 23 Washington State * W 21–047,270
September 30 Maryland * Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK ABC W 35–046,215 [6]
October 14 vs. Texas * L 7–975,504
October 21 at Kansas State W 46–717,375
October 28 at Missouri W 7–055,445
November 4 No. 9 Colorado Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK W 23–061,106
November 11 at Iowa State No. 8 W 52–1418,331
November 18 Kansas No. 7 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK W 14–1057,649
November 23 at Nebraska No. 5 ABC W 21–1459,154
December 2 Oklahoma State No. 3 W 38–1462,038
January 1, 1968 vs. No. 2 Tennessee * No. 3 NBC W 26–2476,563 [7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
[8]
1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
92
Mike Vachon
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Game summaries [ edit ]
Kansas (4-4) at #7 Oklahoma (6-1)
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
3
0 7 0
10
• Oklahoma
0
0 7 7
14
Date: November 18Location: Oklahoma Memorial StadiumGame start: 1:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 57,649Game weather: Sunny
[9]
Orange Bowl [ edit ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Oklahoma
7
12 0 7
26
Tennessee
0
0 14 10
24
Date: January 1Location: Orange Bowl Game attendance: 76,563Television network: NBC
Rankings [ edit ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final AP — — — — — — — — 8 7 5 (1) 3
All-Big 8: OT Bob Kalsu, DE John Koller, NG Granville Liggins, RB Steve Owens, QB Bob Warmack
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Postseason [ edit ]
NFL/AFL draft [ edit ]
The following players were drafted into the National Football League or American Football League following the season.[11]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Grimsley, Will (January 2, 1968). "Oklahoma trips Tennessee, 26-24" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 14.
^ "Oklahoma shades Tennessee in Orange 'doubleheader' " . Pittsburgh Press . UPI. January 2, 1968. p. 36.
^ "OU grid coach dies at age 37 of heart attack" . Lawrence Daily Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. April 28, 1967. p. 13.
^ "OU to name grid coach soon" . Lawrence Daily Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. May 1, 1967. p. 15.
^ "Fairbanks hired as Sooner coach" . Lawrence Daily Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. May 2, 1967. p. 10.
^ "Sooners boom Maryland" . Tulsa World . October 1, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Sooners hold on to win" . The Kansas City Times . January 2, 1968. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "SoonerSports.com" . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012 .
^ SoonerStats.com . Retrieved 2018-Nov-28.
^ Oklahoma Sooners Football Media Guide. p. 186. Retrieved 2018-Nov-28.
^ "1968 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
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