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1967 Auburn

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1967, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 40–6; lost at Tennessee 13–27; won vs. Kentucky 48–7; won vs. Clemson 43–21; won at Georgia Tech 28–10; lost at Miami 0–7; won vs. Florida 26–21; won vs. Mississippi State 36–0; lost at Georgia 0–17; lost vs. Alabama 3–7+41−17Won 40–6 vs. Chattanooga+34ChattanoogaLost 13–27 at Tennessee-14TennesseeWon 48–7 vs. Kentucky+41KentuckyWon 43–21 vs. Clemson+22ClemsonWon 28–10 at Georgia Tech+18Georgia TechLost 0–7 at Miami-7MiamiWon 26–21 vs. Florida+5FloridaWon 36–0 vs. Mississippi State+36Mississippi Sta…Lost 0–17 at Georgia-17GeorgiaLost 3–7 vs. Alabama-4Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsChattanoogaW 40–⁠693%
Sep 30atTennesseeL 13–⁠2728%
Oct 7vsKentuckyW 48–⁠764%
Oct 14vsClemsonW 43–⁠2157%
Oct 21atGeorgia TechW 28–⁠1031%
Oct 27atMiamiL 0–⁠738%
Nov 4vsFloridaW 26–⁠2147%
Nov 11vsMississippi StateW 36–⁠081%
Nov 18atGeorgiaL 0–⁠1731%
Dec 2vsAlabamaL 3–⁠729%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 7–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

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.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
237–⁠123
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1563 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.6 No. 9 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 1Forrest Blue CSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 2Fred Hyatt WRSt. Louis Cardinals

All-SEC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Gusty YearoutMGAP-1; UPI

Second team

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.