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1967 Clemson

6–⁠4 (6–⁠0 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Frank Howard.

Clemson, 1967
Photo: Taps staff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1967, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 23–6; lost vs. No. 5 Georgia 17–24; lost at Georgia Tech 0–10; lost at Auburn 21–43; won at Duke 13–7; lost vs. Alabama 10–13; won at North Carolina 17–0; won vs. Maryland 28–7; won vs. No. 10 NC State 14–6; won at South Carolina 23–12+21−22Won 23–6 vs. Wake Forest+17Wake ForestLost 17–24 vs. No. 5 Georgia-7No. 5 GeorgiaLost 0–10 at Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechLost 21–43 at Auburn-22AuburnWon 13–7 at Duke+6DukeLost 10–13 vs. Alabama-3AlabamaWon 17–0 at North Carolina+17North CarolinaWon 28–7 vs. Maryland+21MarylandWon 14–6 vs. No. 10 NC State+8No. 10 NC StateWon 23–12 at South Carolina+11South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsWake ForestW 23–⁠671%
Sep 30vs5GeorgiaL 17–⁠2439%
Oct 7atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠1029%
Oct 14atAuburnL 21–⁠4343%
Oct 21atDukeW 13–⁠734%
Oct 28vsAlabamaL 10–⁠1331%
Nov 4atNorth CarolinaW 17–⁠066%
Nov 11vsMarylandW 28–⁠779%
Nov 18vs10NC StateW 14–⁠639%
Nov 25atSouth CarolinaW 23–⁠1259%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 23–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanHarry Olszewski, OG

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
166–⁠128
Coach
Frank Howard
Elo
1577 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.9 No. 29 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jimmy Addison and Frank Liberatore

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 3Harry Olszewski OGCleveland Browns
Rd 4Wayne Mass OTChicago Bears
Rd 5Jackie Jackson RBCleveland Browns

All-ACC

6 first team

First 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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠06–⁠4
NC State5–⁠19–⁠2
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠5
Virginia3–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest3–⁠44–⁠6
Duke2–⁠44–⁠6
North Carolina2–⁠52–⁠8
Maryland0–⁠60–⁠9

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