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1967 Texas

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1967, game by game: lost at No. 4 USC 13–17; lost vs. Texas Tech 13–19; won vs. Oklahoma State 19–0; won vs. Oklahoma 9–7; won at Arkansas 21–12; won vs. Rice 28–6; won at SMU 35–28; won vs. Baylor 24–0; lost vs. TCU 17–24; lost at Texas A&M 7–10+24−7Lost 13–17 at No. 4 USC-4No. 4 USCLost 13–19 vs. Texas Tech-6Texas TechWon 19–0 vs. Oklahoma State+19Oklahoma StateWon 9–7 vs. Oklahoma+2OklahomaWon 21–12 at Arkansas+9ArkansasWon 28–6 vs. Rice+22RiceWon 35–28 at SMU+7SMUWon 24–0 vs. Baylor+24BaylorLost 17–24 vs. TCU-7TCULost 7–10 at Texas A&M-3Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23at4USCL 13–⁠1742%
Sep 30vsTexas TechL 13–⁠1969%
Oct 7vsOklahoma StateW 19–⁠071%
Oct 14vsOklahomaW 9–⁠752%
Oct 21atArkansasW 21–⁠1240%
Oct 28vsRiceW 28–⁠675%
Nov 4atSMUW 35–⁠2870%
Nov 11vsBaylorW 24–⁠083%
Nov 18vsTCUL 17–⁠2483%
Nov 23atTexas A&ML 7–⁠1049%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 3: 8

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
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
186–⁠123
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1605 −4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.9 No. 22 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Fred Akers
Defensive coordinator
Mike Campbell
Offense
Wing T
Defense
6–⁠2

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 6Howard Fest OTCincinnati Bengals

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team

First team

  • Chris GilbertRBAP-1
  • Danny AbbottOGAP-1
  • Loyd WainscottDefensive guardsAP-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.