1967 LSU

7–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charles McClendon.

Schedule and results

LSU in 1967, game by game: won vs. Rice 20–14; won vs. Texas A&M 17–6; won at Florida 37–6; lost vs. Miami 15–17; won vs. Kentucky 30–7; lost at No. 4 Tennessee 14–17; tied vs. Ole Miss 13–13; lost vs. Alabama 6–7; won vs. Mississippi State 55–0; won vs. Tulane 41–27; won vs. No. 7 Wyoming 20–13+55−3Won 20–14 vs. Rice+6RiceWon 17–6 vs. Texas A&M+11Texas A&MWon 37–6 at Florida+31FloridaLost 15–17 vs. Miami-2MiamiWon 30–7 vs. Kentucky+23KentuckyLost 14–17 at No. 4 Tennessee-3No. 4 TennesseeTied 13–13 vs. Ole Miss0Ole MissLost 6–7 vs. Alabama-1AlabamaWon 55–0 vs. Mississippi State+55Mississippi Sta…Won 41–27 vs. Tulane+14TulaneWon 20–13 vs. No. 7 Wyoming+7No. 7 Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsRiceW 20–⁠1475%
Sep 30vsTexas A&MW 17–⁠673%
Oct 7atFloridaW 37–⁠633%
Oct 14vsMiamiL 15–⁠1767%
Oct 21vsKentuckyW 30–⁠783%
Oct 28at4TennesseeL 14–⁠1735%
Nov 4vsOle MissT 13–⁠1355%
Nov 11vsAlabamaL 6–⁠744%
Nov 18vsMississippi StateW 55–⁠085%
Nov 25vsTulaneW 41–⁠2780%
Jan 1vs7WyomingSugar BowlW 20–⁠1333%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wyoming 20–⁠13 in the Sugar Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
268–⁠127
Coach
Charles McClendon
Elo
1658 +99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.1 No. 8 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 2John Garlington LBCleveland Browns
Rd 7Sammy Grezaffi DBKansas City Chiefs

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Barry WilsonCAP-2
  • Nelson StokleyQBAP-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.