1967 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1967 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1967 record 3–7 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Alex Agase (4th year)
Home stadium Dyche 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 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1967 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7 record (2–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Bill Melzer with 1,146 passing yards, Bob Olso with 507 rushing yards, and Don Anderson with 376 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

  1. September 23, 1967: Miami (FL), Win, 12-7
  2. September 30, 1967: Missouri, Loss, 6-13
  3. October 7, 1967: at Purdue, Loss, 16-25
  4. October 14, 1967: at Rice, Loss, 6-50
  5. October 21, 1967: Ohio State Loss, 2-6
  6. October 28, 1967: at Wisconsin, Win, 17-13
  7. November 4, 1967: at Michigan, Loss, 3-7
  8. November 11, 1967: Iowa, Win, 39-24
  9. November 18, 1967: Illinois, Loss, 21-27
  10. November 25, 1967: at Michigan State, Loss, 27-41

References

  1. "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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