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1967 Texas A&M

7–⁠4 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Gene Stallings.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1967, game by game: lost vs. SMU 17–20; lost vs. Purdue 20–24; lost at LSU 6–17; lost vs. Florida State 18–19; won at Texas Tech 28–24; won at TCU 20–0; won vs. Baylor 21–3; won at Arkansas 33–21; won at Rice 18–3; won vs. Texas 10–7; won vs. No. 9 Alabama 20–16+20−11Lost 17–20 vs. SMU-3SMULost 20–24 vs. Purdue-4PurdueLost 6–17 at LSU-11LSULost 18–19 vs. Florida State-1Florida StateWon 28–24 at Texas Tech+4Texas TechWon 20–0 at TCU+20TCUWon 21–3 vs. Baylor+18BaylorWon 33–21 at Arkansas+12ArkansasWon 18–3 at Rice+15RiceWon 10–7 vs. Texas+3TexasWon 20–16 vs. No. 9 Alabama+4No. 9 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsSMUL 17–⁠2047%
Sep 23vsPurdueL 20–⁠2436%
Sep 30atLSUL 6–⁠1727%
Oct 7vsFlorida StateL 18–⁠1948%
Oct 12atTexas TechW 28–⁠2431%
Oct 21atTCUW 20–⁠051%
Oct 28vsBaylorW 21–⁠355%
Nov 4atArkansasW 33–⁠2131%
Nov 18atRiceW 18–⁠358%
Nov 23vsTexasW 10–⁠751%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9AlabamaCotton BowlW 20–⁠1629%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 20–⁠16 in the Cotton Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

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

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
211–⁠154
Coach
Gene Stallings
Elo
1606 +135 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.9 No. 20 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 1Mo Moorman OGKansas City Chiefs

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team

First team

  • Edd HargettQBAP-1
  • Larry StegentRBAP-1
  • Bob LongEAP-1
  • Grady AllenDEAP-1
  • Bill HobbsLBAP-1

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

1967 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠17–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠4
Texas4–⁠36–⁠4
TCU4–⁠34–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
SMU3–⁠43–⁠7
Rice2–⁠54–⁠6
Baylor0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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