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
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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
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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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