American college football season
The 1967 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season . In its eleventh season under head coach Jim Owens , the team compiled a 5–5 record, tied for fourth place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (Pac-8), and outscored its opponents 136 to 130.[1]
Washington won only two of its six home games; the notable victory was over the "Giant Killers" of Oregon State in the conference opener.[2] The Huskies had just one loss after five games,[3] but won only one of the last five.
This was the last year for natural grass in Husky Stadium ; AstroTurf was installed prior to the 1968 season .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 16 Nebraska * L 7–1757,481 September 23 Wisconsin * W 17–054,564 September 30 at Air Force * W 30–734,379 October 7 Oregon State W 13–656,033 October 14 at Oregon W 36–033,500 [4] October 21 No. 1 USC L 6–2358,754 October 28 at California W 23–630,000 November 4 Stanford L 7–1452,048 November 11 at No. 4 UCLA L 0–4846,368 November 25 Washington State L 7–949,041 [5] [6] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1967 Washington Huskies football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class G 61 Ken Ballenger So OT 73 Mac Bledsoe (C) Sr RB 28 Jim Cope Jr G 60 Jim Harris Jr C 56 Ron Hudson Sr SE 89 Jeff Huget Jr QB 15 Tom Manke Jr FB 30 Jim McCabe Sr C 54 Bob Schoepper Jr OT 75 Avery Schwartz So RB 39 Carl Wojciechowski Jr SE 92 Harrison Wood Jr G 68 Dick Zatkovich Sr HB 24 Gerald Wea Sr
Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK , P 5 Don Martin Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Source: [7] [8] NFL/AFL Draft selections [ edit ] Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft , which lasted seventeen rounds with 462 selections.
References [ edit ] ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1965-1969)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015 . ^ "Huskies turn fumble to win" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. October 8, 1967. p. 1B. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 15, 1967). "Ducks suffer double loss" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1B. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 15, 1967). "Ducks suffer double loss" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1B. ^ Missildine, Harry (November 26, 1967). "Pluck, luck, defense! Cougars 9-7" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports. ^ Wilson, Mike (November 26, 1967). "Defensive unit shines as Cougars beat Washington 9-7" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 10. ^ "Probable starting lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). October 13, 1967. p. 3B. ^ "Huskies-Cougars: probable starters" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). November 25, 1967. p. 8. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
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