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1967 Texas Tech

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by J.T. King.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1967, game by game: won vs. Iowa State 52–0; won at No. 8 Texas 19–13; lost vs. Mississippi State 3–7; lost vs. Texas A&M 24–28; lost at Florida State 12–28; won at SMU 21–7; won vs. Rice 24–10; lost at TCU 0–16; won vs. Baylor 31–29; won at Arkansas 31–27+52−16Won 52–0 vs. Iowa State+52Iowa StateWon 19–13 at No. 8 Texas+6No. 8 TexasLost 3–7 vs. Mississippi State-4Mississippi Sta…Lost 24–28 vs. Texas A&M-4Texas A&MLost 12–28 at Florida State-16Florida StateWon 21–7 at SMU+14SMUWon 24–10 vs. Rice+14RiceLost 0–16 at TCU-16TCUWon 31–29 vs. Baylor+2BaylorWon 31–27 at Arkansas+4Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsIowa StateW 52–⁠068%
Sep 30at8TexasW 19–⁠1331%
Oct 7vsMississippi StateL 3–⁠775%
Oct 12vsTexas A&ML 24–⁠2869%
Oct 21atFlorida StateL 12–⁠2836%
Oct 28atSMUW 21–⁠743%
Nov 4vsRiceW 24–⁠1061%
Nov 11atTCUL 0–⁠1660%
Nov 18vsBaylorW 31–⁠2967%
Nov 25atArkansasW 31–⁠2729%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 31–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 10

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
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
217–⁠165
Coach
J.T. King
Elo
1517 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.8 No. 41 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 4Ed Mooney LBDetroit Lions

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

  • Mike LeinertRBAP-1
  • Phil TuckerOGAP-1
  • Jerry TurnerCAP-1
  • Ed MooneyLBAP-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.