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1967 California

5–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Ray Willsey.

Schedule and results

California in 1967, game by game: won vs. Oregon 21–13; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 8–41; won vs. Michigan 10–9; won vs. Air Force 14–12; lost at No. 4 UCLA 14–37; lost at Syracuse 14–20; lost vs. Washington 6–23; lost vs. No. 1 USC 12–31; won vs. San José State 30–6; won at Stanford 26–3+24−33Won 21–13 vs. Oregon+8OregonLost 8–41 at No. 1 Notre Dame-33No. 1 Notre DameWon 10–9 vs. Michigan+1MichiganWon 14–12 vs. Air Force+2Air ForceLost 14–37 at No. 4 UCLA-23No. 4 UCLALost 14–20 at Syracuse-6SyracuseLost 6–23 vs. Washington-17WashingtonLost 12–31 vs. No. 1 USC-19No. 1 USCWon 30–6 vs. San José State+24San José StateWon 26–3 at Stanford+23Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsOregonW 21–⁠1354%
Sep 23at1Notre DameL 8–⁠4116%
Sep 30vsMichiganW 10–⁠941%
Oct 7vsAir ForceW 14–⁠1265%
Oct 14at4UCLAL 14–⁠3718%
Oct 21atSyracuseL 14–⁠2024%
Oct 28vsWashingtonL 6–⁠2339%
Nov 4vs1USCL 12–⁠3120%
Nov 11vsSan José StateW 30–⁠669%
Nov 18atStanfordW 26–⁠330%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 26–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠3 6th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
155–⁠195
Coach
Ray Willsey
Elo
1492 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.7 No. 58 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pac-8

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Wayne StewartEAP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2
  • Mike McCaffreyDECoaches-1
  • Bobby SmithDBAP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2
  • Ken WiedemannDBAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Paul WilliamsBAP-2
  • Jim FeatherstoneLBCoaches-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 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠110–⁠11
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠17
Washington3–⁠45–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠45–⁠5
California2–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon1–⁠52–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠52–⁠8

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