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American college football season
The 1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the
University of Oklahoma during the
1967 NCAA University Division football season . Led by first-year head coach
Chuck Fairbanks , they played their home games at
Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the
Big Eight Conference . The Sooners won all seven conference games and finished the season with one loss they upset number 9 Colorado on November 4 by a score of 23-0 in Norman; they defeated
Tennessee , 26–24, to win the
Orange Bowl in
Miami ,
Florida .
[1]
[2]
Entering his second season as head coach, 37-year-old
Jim Mackenzie suffered a fatal
heart attack at his
Norman home in late April.
[3]
[4] Assistant coach Fairbanks, age 33, was promoted several days later.
[5]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 23
Washington State * W 21–047,270
September 30
Maryland * Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK
ABC W 35–046,215
[6]
October 14 vs.
Texas * L 7–975,504
October 21 at
Kansas State W 46–717,375
October 28 at
Missouri W 7–055,445
November 4 No. 9
Colorado Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK W 23–061,106
November 11 at
Iowa State No. 8 W 52–1418,331
November 18
Kansas No. 7 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK W 14–1057,649
November 23 at
Nebraska No. 5 ABC W 21–1459,154
December 2
Oklahoma State No. 3 W 38–1462,038
January 1, 1968 vs. No. 2
Tennessee * No. 3
NBC W 26–2476,563
[7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
[8]
Roster
1967 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
92
Mike Vachon
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Game summaries
Kansas
Kansas (4-4) at #7 Oklahoma (6-1)
1
2 3 4 Total
Kansas
3
0 7 0
10
• Oklahoma
0
0 7 7
14
Date: November 18Location: Oklahoma Memorial StadiumGame start: 1:30 p.m.
CST Game attendance: 57,649Game weather: Sunny
[9]
Orange Bowl
1
2 3 4 Total
• Oklahoma
7
12 0 7
26
Tennessee
0
0 14 10
24
Date: January 1Location:
Orange Bowl Game attendance: 76,563Television network: NBC
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
AP — — — — — — — — 8 7 5 (1) 3
Awards
All-Big 8: OT Bob Kalsu, DE John Koller, NG Granville Liggins, RB Steve Owens, QB Bob Warmack
[10]
Postseason
NFL/AFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League or American Football League following the season.
[11]
References
^
a
b Grimsley, Will (January 2, 1968).
"Oklahoma trips Tennessee, 26-24" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 14.
^
"Oklahoma shades Tennessee in Orange 'doubleheader' " . Pittsburgh Press . UPI. January 2, 1968. p. 36.
^
"OU grid coach dies at age 37 of heart attack" . Lawrence Daily Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. April 28, 1967. p. 13.
^
"OU to name grid coach soon" . Lawrence Daily Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. May 1, 1967. p. 15.
^
"Fairbanks hired as Sooner coach" . Lawrence Daily Journal-World . (Kansas). Associated Press. May 2, 1967. p. 10.
^
"Sooners boom Maryland" . Tulsa World . October 1, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Sooners hold on to win" . The Kansas City Times . January 2, 1968. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"SoonerSports.com" . Archived from
the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012 .
^
SoonerStats.com . Retrieved 2018-Nov-28.
^ Oklahoma Sooners Football Media Guide. p. 186. Retrieved 2018-Nov-28.
^
"1968 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
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