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1967 Utah State Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Seasons
←  1966
1968 →
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 1
New Mexico State   –   7 – 2 – 1
UTEP   –   7 – 2 – 1
Utah State   –   7 – 2 – 1
Florida State   –   7 – 2 – 2
West Texas State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Houston   –   7 – 3 – 0
VPI   –   7 – 3 – 0
Memphis State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Southern Miss   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 1
Xavier   –   6 – 3 – 1
Miami (FL)   –   7 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Colorado State   –   4 – 5 – 1
Pacific   –   4 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   4 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Air Force   –   2 – 6 – 2
Tulane   –   3 – 7 – 0
San Jose State   –   2 – 7 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Utah State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah State University as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Chuck Mills, the Aggies compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored their opponents 205 to 143. [1] [2] This was the Aggies' final season at the original Romney Stadium; they moved to a larger venue of the same name in 1968, located several blocks north.

The team's statistical leaders included John Pappas with 1,424 passing yards, Altie Taylor with 717 rushing yards, Mike O'Shea with 599 receiving yards, Jim Murphy with 43 points scored (eight field goals and 19 extra points), and Bill Staley with 132 total tackles. [3] [4]

Hired in February, Mills was previously the offensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs, [5] [6] the champions of the American Football League (AFL). Tony Knap had resigned in January for an assistant coaching position with the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL). [7] [8]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Wichita State
T 3–311,392
September 23at West Texas State
W 44–2711,900
September 30at New Mexico State
L 9–1011,500
October 7vs. Memphis State
W 28–1410,048 [9]
October 14 Pacific (CA)
W 7–614,662 [10]
October 21at Colorado State
L 14–1714,178
November 4 BYU
W 30–915,602
November 11 Montana
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
W 20–148,396
November 18at Utah
W 19–1823,216
November 25at San Diego State
W 31–2544,318

NFL / AFL Draft

Fullback MacArthur Lane was the thirteenth overall selection of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals, [11] and played eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

References

  1. ^ "1967 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Utah State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Utah State University. 2018. pp. 190, 195.
  3. ^ "1967 Utah State Aggies Stats". SR/College Football. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  4. ^ 2018 Media Guide, pp. 154-155.
  5. ^ "Ags name grid coach". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). February 9, 1967. p. D1.
  6. ^ Ferguson, George (February 10, 1967). "USU grid coach maps battle plan". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D1.
  7. ^ Miller, Hack (January 18, 1967). "Aggies' Tony Knap resigns". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B2.
  8. ^ "Tony Knap resigns". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 19, 1967. p. 11.
  9. ^ Marion Dunn (October 8, 1967). "Ags Boost Grid Prestige, Smash Memphis St., 28-14". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Marion Dunn (October 15, 1967). "Utah State Nips Pacific: Aggies Squeeze Past Tough Tigers, 7-6". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 2D.
  11. ^ "Aggie, Weber ace go early!". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 30, 1968. p. B5.
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