1967 Northwestern
3–7 (2–5 Big Ten), coached by Alex Agase. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 8 Miami 12–7Sep 23
Miami was ranked No. 8, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs 8Miami | W 12–7 | 41% |
| Sep 30 | vs Missouri | L 6–13 | 45% |
| Oct 7 | at 4Purdue | L 16–25 | 22% |
| Oct 14 | at Rice | L 6–50 | 46% |
| Oct 21 | vs Ohio State | L 2–6 | 50% |
| Oct 28 | at Wisconsin | W 17–13 | 51% |
| Nov 4 | at Michigan | L 3–7 | 37% |
| Nov 11 | vs Iowa | W 39–24 | 67% |
| Nov 18 | vs Illinois | L 21–27 | 61% |
| Nov 25 | at Michigan State | L 27–41 | 27% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 41–27; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 2–5 8th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 149–213
- Coach
- Alex Agase
- Elo
- 1402 −72 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −2.1 No. 70 of 118 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Bruce Gunstra
- Most valuable player
- Bruce Gunstra
All-Big Ten
2 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Bruce GunstraOGAP-1; UPI-1- Tom GarretsonDB
Second team
- Richard “Chico” KurzowskiRBAP-2; UPI-2
- Jack RudnayCAP-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| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Indiana | 6–1 | 9–2 | 4 |
 Minnesota | 6–1 | 8–2 | |
| Purdue | 6–1 | 8–2 | 9 |
| Ohio State | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
| Michigan | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Illinois | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Michigan State | 3–4 | 3–7 | |
| Northwestern | 2–5 | 3–7 | |
| Iowa | 0–6–1 | 1–8–1 | |
| Wisconsin | 0–6–1 | 0–9–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.