| 1967Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Big Ten co-champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| Record | 8–2 (6–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Tom Sakal |
| Captain | Tom Sakal |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
Seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4Indiana + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9Purdue + | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented theUniversity of Minnesota in the1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 14th year under head coachMurray 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.
The Gophers did not receive the conference's bid to theRose Bowl despite their 33-7 victory vs.Indiana. Minnesota, Indiana andPurdue finished in a three-way tie for first place, and each went 1-1 against the other two. The Boilermakers were ineligible since they played in Pasadenathe previous year. This invoked the next tiebreaker, which favored the team which had gone the longest since its most recent Rose Bowl trip. Indiana had never been, while Minnesota last appeared in1962.
Back Tom Sakal received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Bob Stein was named an All-American by theWalter Camp Football Foundation,Associated Press,United Press International andFootball Writers Association of America. TackleJohn Williams, end Bob Stein, tackleMcKinley 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 at six home games was 287,798, an average of 47,966 per game. The largest crowd was againstMichigan State.[3]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | Utah* | W 13–12 | 45,963 | [4] | |
| September 30 | at No. 7Nebraska* | L 0–7 | 65,361 | [5] | |
| October 7 | SMU* |
| W 23–3 | 41,840 | [6] |
| October 14 | atIllinois | W 10–7 | 56,103 | [7] | |
| October 21 | Michigan State |
| W 21–0 | 56,554 | [8] |
| October 28 | Michigan |
| W 20–15 | 50,006 | [9] |
| November 4 | atIowa | W 10–0 | 54,731 | [10] | |
| November 11 | at No. 5Purdue | L 12–47 | 55,647 | [11] | |
| November 18 | No. 5Indiana |
| W 33–7 | 50,019 | [12] |
| November 25 | Wisconsin |
| W 21–14 | 47,133 | [13] |
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