1967 Northwestern Wildcats football team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 3–7 (2–5 Big Ten) |
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MVP | Bruce Gunstra |
Captain | Bruce Gunstra[1] |
Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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No. 4 Indiana + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1967 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1967 Big Ten Conference 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.[2]
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.[3]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 23 | No. 8 Miami (FL)* | W 12–7 | |||
September 30 | Missouri* |
| L 6–13 | ||
October 7 | at No. 4 Purdue | L 16–25 | 61,093 | ||
October 14 | at Rice* | L 6–50 | |||
October 21 | Ohio State |
| L 2–6 | 42,812 | |
October 28 | at Wisconsin | W 17–13 | 61,918 | ||
November 4 | at Michigan | L 3–7 | 62,063 | [4] | |
November 11 | Iowa |
| W 39–24 | ||
November 18 | Illinois |
| L 21–27 | 36,679 | |
November 25 | at Michigan State | L 27–41 | 45,022 | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ Curt Sylvester (November 5, 1967). "M Keeps Trying -- Finally Wins, 7-3". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
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