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1967 South Carolina

5–⁠5 (4–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Paul Dietzel.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1967, game by game: won vs. Iowa State 34–3; won vs. North Carolina 16–10; won at Duke 21–17; lost at No. 5 Georgia 0–21; lost at Florida State 0–17; won vs. Virginia 24–23; won vs. Maryland 31–0; lost at Wake Forest 21–35; lost at Alabama 0–17; lost vs. Clemson 12–23+31−21Won 34–3 vs. Iowa State+31Iowa StateWon 16–10 vs. North Carolina+6North CarolinaWon 21–17 at Duke+4DukeLost 0–21 at No. 5 Georgia-21No. 5 GeorgiaLost 0–17 at Florida State-17Florida StateWon 24–23 vs. Virginia+1VirginiaWon 31–0 vs. Maryland+31MarylandLost 21–35 at Wake Forest-14Wake ForestLost 0–17 at Alabama-17AlabamaLost 12–23 vs. Clemson-11Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsIowa StateW 34–⁠354%
Sep 23vsNorth CarolinaW 16–⁠1063%
Sep 30atDukeW 21–⁠1733%
Oct 7at5GeorgiaL 0–⁠2118%
Oct 14atFlorida StateL 0–⁠1736%
Oct 21vsVirginiaW 24–⁠2356%
Oct 28vsMarylandW 31–⁠068%
Nov 4atWake ForestL 21–⁠3555%
Nov 18atAlabamaL 0–⁠1713%
Nov 25vsClemsonL 12–⁠2341%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 23–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠166
Coach
Paul Dietzel
Elo
1419 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.5 No. 55 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Don Somma and Joe Komoroski

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Wayne MuirBAP
  • Don SommaDTAP
  • Tim BiceLBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠06–⁠4
NC State5–⁠19–⁠2
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠5
Virginia3–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest3–⁠44–⁠6
Duke2–⁠44–⁠6
North Carolina2–⁠52–⁠8
Maryland0–⁠60–⁠9

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