1967 Missouri

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1967, game by game: won vs. SMU 21–0; won at Northwestern 13–6; won vs. Arizona 17–3; lost at No. 6 Colorado 9–23; won at Iowa State 23–7; lost vs. Oklahoma 0–7; won at Oklahoma State 7–0; won vs. Kansas State 28–6; won vs. Nebraska 10–7; lost at Kansas 6–17+22−14Won 21–0 vs. SMU+21SMUWon 13–6 at Northwestern+7NorthwesternWon 17–3 vs. Arizona+14ArizonaLost 9–23 at No. 6 Colorado-14No. 6 ColoradoWon 23–7 at Iowa State+16Iowa StateLost 0–7 vs. Oklahoma-7OklahomaWon 7–0 at Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateWon 28–6 vs. Kansas State+22Kansas StateWon 10–7 vs. Nebraska+3NebraskaLost 6–17 at Kansas-11Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas 17–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The tied 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 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
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
134–⁠76
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1585 +21 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.9 No. 32 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 1Russ Washington OTSan Diego Chargers
Rd 4John Douglas LBDallas Cowboys
Rd 5Mike Wempe OTCleveland Browns

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Alan PepperOGAP-2
  • Conway ReesCAP-2
  • Elmer BenhardtDEAP-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 Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠13
Colorado5–⁠29–⁠2
Kansas5–⁠25–⁠5
Missouri4–⁠37–⁠3
Nebraska3–⁠46–⁠4
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa State1–⁠62–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠9

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