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1967 Michigan State

3–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Duffy Daugherty.

Schedule and results

Michigan State in 1967, game by game: lost vs. Houston 7–37; lost vs. No. 2 USC 17–21; won vs. Wisconsin 35–7; won at Michigan 34–0; lost at Minnesota 0–21; lost at Notre Dame 12–24; lost vs. Ohio State 7–21; lost vs. No. 6 Indiana 13–14; lost at No. 3 Purdue 7–21; won vs. Northwestern 41–27+34−30Lost 7–37 vs. Houston-30HoustonLost 17–21 vs. No. 2 USC-4No. 2 USCWon 35–7 vs. Wisconsin+28WisconsinWon 34–0 at Michigan+34MichiganLost 0–21 at Minnesota-21MinnesotaLost 12–24 at Notre Dame-12Notre DameLost 7–21 vs. Ohio State-14Ohio StateLost 13–14 vs. No. 6 Indiana-1No. 6 IndianaLost 7–21 at No. 3 Purdue-14No. 3 PurdueWon 41–27 vs. Northwestern+14Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsHoustonL 7–⁠3767%
Sep 30vs2USCL 17–⁠2159%
Oct 7vsWisconsinW 35–⁠784%
Oct 14atMichiganW 34–⁠053%
Oct 21atMinnesotaL 0–⁠2157%
Oct 28atNotre DameL 12–⁠2434%
Nov 4vsOhio StateL 7–⁠2173%
Nov 11vs6IndianaL 13–⁠1460%
Nov 18at3PurdueL 7–⁠2124%
Nov 25vsNorthwesternW 41–⁠2773%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northwestern 41–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 122 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3

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
3–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
173–⁠193
Coach
Duffy Daugherty
Elo
1550 −128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.1 No. 39 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Anthony Conti and Drake Garrett
Most valuable player
Dwight Lee

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 4Jess Phillips DBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 4Drake Garrett DBDenver Broncos
Rd 5Dwight Lee RBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 7Joe Przybycki OGPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • George ChatlosDEAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Joe PrzbyyckiOTAP-2; UPI-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 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Indiana6–⁠19–⁠24
Minnesota6–⁠18–⁠2
Purdue6–⁠18–⁠29
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠3
Michigan3–⁠44–⁠6
Illinois3–⁠44–⁠6
Michigan State3–⁠43–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Wisconsin0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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