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1967 Oklahoma

10–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Big Eight), coached by Chuck Fairbanks, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1967, game by game: won vs. Washington State 21–0; won vs. Maryland 35–0; lost vs. Texas 7–9; won at Kansas State 46–7; won at Missouri 7–0; won vs. No. 9 Colorado 23–0; won at Iowa State 52–14; won vs. Kansas 14–10; won at Nebraska 21–14; won vs. Oklahoma State 38–14; won vs. No. 2 Tennessee 26–24+39−2Won 21–0 vs. Washington State+21Washington StateWon 35–0 vs. Maryland+35MarylandLost 7–9 vs. Texas-2TexasWon 46–7 at Kansas State+39Kansas StateWon 7–0 at Missouri+7MissouriWon 23–0 vs. No. 9 Colorado+23No. 9 ColoradoWon 52–14 at Iowa State+38Iowa StateWon 14–10 vs. Kansas+4KansasWon 21–14 at Nebraska+7NebraskaWon 38–14 vs. Oklahoma State+24Oklahoma StateWon 26–24 vs. No. 2 Tennessee+2No. 2 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsWashington StateW 21–⁠073%
Sep 30vsMarylandW 35–⁠070%
Oct 14vsTexasL 7–⁠948%
Oct 21atKansas StateW 46–⁠774%
Oct 28atMissouriW 7–⁠037%
Nov 4vs9ColoradoW 23–⁠053%
Nov 11atIowa StateW 52–⁠1477%
Nov 18vsKansasW 14–⁠1080%
Nov 25atNebraskaW 21–⁠1446%
Dec 2vsOklahoma StateW 38–⁠1482%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs2TennesseeOrange BowlW 26–⁠2443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 26–⁠24 in the Orange Bowl; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 8
  2. Wk 10: 7
  3. Wk 11: 5
  4. Final: 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.

Big Eight champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanGranville Liggins, MG

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 3
Points
290–⁠92
Coach
Chuck Fairbanks
Elo
1698 +166 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.5 No. 6 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Barry Switzer
Captain
Bob Kalsu

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ken MendenhallOGAP-2
  • Ron ShottsBAP-2
  • John KellerDEAP-2
  • Don PfrimmerLBAP-2
  • Bob StephensonDBAP-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.