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1967 Tennessee

9–⁠2 (6–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey, finished No. 2 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1967, game by game: lost at No. 8 UCLA 16–20; won vs. Auburn 27–13; won vs. Georgia Tech 24–13; won at No. 6 Alabama 24–13; won vs. LSU 17–14; won at Tampa 38–0; won vs. Tulane 35–14; won vs. Ole Miss 20–7; won at Kentucky 17–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 41–14; lost vs. No. 5 Oklahoma 24–26+38−4Lost 16–20 at No. 8 UCLA-4No. 8 UCLAWon 27–13 vs. Auburn+14AuburnWon 24–13 vs. Georgia Tech+11Georgia TechWon 24–13 at No. 6 Alabama+11No. 6 AlabamaWon 17–14 vs. LSU+3LSUWon 38–0 at Tampa+38TampaWon 35–14 vs. Tulane+21TulaneWon 20–7 vs. Ole Miss+13Ole MissWon 17–7 at Kentucky+10KentuckyWon 41–14 vs. Vanderbilt+27VanderbiltLost 24–26 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma-2No. 5 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16at8UCLAL 16–⁠2040%
Sep 30vsAuburnW 27–⁠1372%
Oct 14vsGeorgia TechW 24–⁠1356%
Oct 21at6AlabamaW 24–⁠1329%
Oct 28vsLSUW 17–⁠1465%
Nov 4atTampaW 38–⁠088%
Nov 11vsTulaneW 35–⁠1484%
Nov 18vsOle MissW 20–⁠767%
Nov 25atKentuckyW 17–⁠781%
Dec 2vsVanderbiltW 41–⁠1492%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5OklahomaOrange BowlL 24–⁠2657%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 26–⁠24 in the Orange Bowl; No. 2 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 6: 7
  3. Wk 7: 4
  4. Wk 8: 3
  5. Wk 9: 2
  6. Wk 10: 2
  7. Wk 11: 2
  8. Final: 2

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.

National championsa title the school claims

Southeastern Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanBob Johnson, C

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 2 peak No. 2
Points
283–⁠141
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1720 +103 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.6 No. 4 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 1Bob Johnson CCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6Dewey Warren QBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6Walt Chadwick RBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7John Boynton OTMiami Dolphins

All-SEC

4 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.