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1967 Ole Miss

6–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1967, game by game: lost at Memphis 17–27; won at Kentucky 26–13; lost at No. 9 Alabama 7–21; won vs. No. 3 Georgia 29–20; won vs. Southern Miss 23–14; won vs. No. 9 Houston 14–13; tied at LSU 13–13; lost at No. 2 Tennessee 7–20; won at Vanderbilt 28–7; won at Mississippi State 10–3; lost vs. UTEP 7–14+21−14Lost 17–27 at Memphis-10MemphisWon 26–13 at Kentucky+13KentuckyLost 7–21 at No. 9 Alabama-14No. 9 AlabamaWon 29–20 vs. No. 3 Georgia+9No. 3 GeorgiaWon 23–14 vs. Southern Miss+9Southern MissWon 14–13 vs. No. 9 Houston+1No. 9 HoustonTied 13–13 at LSU0LSULost 7–20 at No. 2 Tennessee-13No. 2 TennesseeWon 28–7 at Vanderbilt+21VanderbiltWon 10–3 at Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–14 vs. UTEP-7UTEP
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atMemphisL 17–⁠2750%
Sep 30atKentuckyW 26–⁠1361%
Oct 7at9AlabamaL 7–⁠2128%
Oct 14vs3GeorgiaW 29–⁠2043%
Oct 21vsSouthern MissW 23–⁠1467%
Oct 28vs9HoustonW 14–⁠1355%
Nov 4atLSUT 13–⁠1345%
Nov 18at2TennesseeL 7–⁠2033%
Nov 25atVanderbiltW 28–⁠775%
Dec 2atMississippi StateW 10–⁠379%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsUTEPSun BowlL 7–⁠1451%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UTEP 14–⁠7 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 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
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠165
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1622 +15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.9 No. 21 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 2James Keyes LBMiami Dolphins
Rd 2Mac Haik WRHouston Oilers
Rd 3Jim Urbanek OTMiami Dolphins
Rd 3Robert Vaughn OTDenver Broncos
Rd 4Dan Sartin OTNew Orleans Saints
Rd 4Alan Bush OGChicago Bears
Rd 7Jerry Richardson LBSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

2 first team, 7 second team

First team

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 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠09–⁠22
Alabama5–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Florida4–⁠26–⁠4
Ole Miss4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia3–⁠27–⁠4
LSU3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Auburn3–⁠36–⁠4
Kentucky1–⁠62–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠61–⁠9

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