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1967 Nebraska

6–⁠4 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Bob Devaney.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1967, game by game: won at Washington 17–7; won vs. Minnesota 7–0; won at Kansas State 16–14; lost at Kansas 0–10; lost vs. No. 4 Colorado 16–21; won at TCU 29–0; won vs. Iowa State 12–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 9–0; lost at Missouri 7–10; lost vs. No. 5 Oklahoma 14–21+29−10Won 17–7 at Washington+10WashingtonWon 7–0 vs. Minnesota+7MinnesotaWon 16–14 at Kansas State+2Kansas StateLost 0–10 at Kansas-10KansasLost 16–21 vs. No. 4 Colorado-5No. 4 ColoradoWon 29–0 at TCU+29TCUWon 12–0 vs. Iowa State+12Iowa StateWon 9–0 vs. Oklahoma State+9Oklahoma StateLost 7–10 at Missouri-3MissouriLost 14–21 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma-7No. 5 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atWashingtonW 17–⁠753%
Sep 30vsMinnesotaW 7–⁠075%
Oct 7atKansas StateW 16–⁠1482%
Oct 14atKansasL 0–⁠1080%
Oct 21vs4ColoradoL 16–⁠2155%
Oct 28atTCUW 29–⁠075%
Nov 4vsIowa StateW 12–⁠085%
Nov 11vsOklahoma StateW 9–⁠081%
Nov 18atMissouriL 7–⁠1046%
Nov 25vs5OklahomaL 14–⁠2154%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 10
  2. Wk 3: 7
  3. Wk 4: 7
  4. Wk 5: 8

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.

Consensus All-AmericanWayne Meylan, LB

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
127–⁠83
Coach
Bob Devaney
Elo
1600 −33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.1 No. 31 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 4Wayne Meylan LBCleveland Browns
Rd 5Ben Gregory RBBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Bob Taucher OTDallas Cowboys

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Dennis RichnafskyEAP-1
  • Dick DavisBAP-1
  • Jim McCordDTAP-1
  • Wayne MeylanMGAP-1

Second 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 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.