1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Big Ten Co-Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#14
1967 record	8-2 (6-1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (14th year)
MVP	Tom Sakal
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1967 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Indiana +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Minnesota +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
#9 Purdue +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Michigan	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Iowa	0	–	6	–	1			1	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	9	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1967 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 8-2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 163 to 106.^[1] The Gophers shared the Big Ten title, the most recent conference title for the University of Minnesota football team.

Back Tom Sakal received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Bob Stein was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, United Press International and Football Writers Association of America. Tackle John Williams, end Bob Stein, tackle McKinley Boston and back Tom Sakal were named All-Big Ten first team. Tight end Charles Sanders and offensive guard Ed Duren were named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Ezell Jones, defensive lineman Ron Kamzelski, defensive lineman Dave Nixon and defensive lineman Bob Stein were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[2]

Total attendance for the season was 287,798 which averaged to 47,966. The season high for attendance was against Michigan State.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
09/23/1967	Utah*		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 13-12	43,105
09/30/1967	at #7 Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 7-0	65,347
10/07/1967	SMU*		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 23-3	41,528
10/14/1967	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 10-7	56,103
10/21/1967	Michigan State		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 21-0	56,334
10/28/1967	Michigan		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 20-15	49,809
11/04/1967	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 10-0	54,731
11/11/1967	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 41-12	55,647
11/18/1967	Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 33-7	50,013
11/25/1967	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 21-14	47,009
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

1. "Minnesota Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse (David DeLassus). Retrieved July 16, 2015.
2. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
3. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160