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1967 Alabama

8–⁠2–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bear Bryant, finished No. 8 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1967, game by game: tied at Florida State 37–37; won vs. Southern Miss 25–3; won vs. Ole Miss 21–7; won at Vanderbilt 35–21; lost vs. No. 7 Tennessee 13–24; won at Clemson 13–10; won vs. Mississippi State 13–0; won at LSU 7–6; won vs. South Carolina 17–0; won vs. Auburn 7–3; lost vs. Texas A&M 16–20+22−11Tied 37–37 at Florida State0Florida StateWon 25–3 vs. Southern Miss+22Southern MissWon 21–7 vs. Ole Miss+14Ole MissWon 35–21 at Vanderbilt+14VanderbiltLost 13–24 vs. No. 7 Tennessee-11No. 7 TennesseeWon 13–10 at Clemson+3ClemsonWon 13–0 vs. Mississippi State+13Mississippi Sta…Won 7–6 at LSU+1LSUWon 17–0 vs. South Carolina+17South CarolinaWon 7–3 vs. Auburn+4AuburnLost 16–20 vs. Texas A&M-4Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atFlorida StateT 37–⁠3767%
Sep 30vsSouthern MissW 25–⁠378%
Oct 7vsOle MissW 21–⁠772%
Oct 14atVanderbiltW 35–⁠2181%
Oct 21vs7TennesseeL 13–⁠2471%
Oct 28atClemsonW 13–⁠1069%
Nov 4vsMississippi StateW 13–⁠090%
Nov 11atLSUW 7–⁠656%
Nov 18vsSouth CarolinaW 17–⁠087%
Dec 2vsAuburnW 7–⁠371%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsTexas A&MCotton BowlL 16–⁠2071%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 20–⁠16 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 8 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 2
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 9
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Wk 11: 9
  8. Final: 8

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1967.

2 consensus All-AmericansDennis Homan, E; Bobby Johns, DB

Record
8–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 8 peak No. 2
Points
204–⁠131
Coach
Bear Bryant
Elo
1711 +3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.5 No. 16 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ken Stabler and Bobby Johns

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 1Dennis Homan WRDallas Cowboys
Rd 2Ken Stabler QBOakland Raiders

All-SEC

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Freddie HyattWRAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠09–⁠22
Alabama5–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Florida4–⁠26–⁠4
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠4
LSU3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠61–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.