1967 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1967 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Charlie Tate, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. They finished the season 7–4 and were invited to the Bluebonnet Bowl, where they lost to Colorado.

1967 Miami Hurricanes football
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 21–31 vs. Colorado
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record7–4
Head coach
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(capacity: 70,097)
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Army    8 2 0
No. 5 Notre Dame    8 2 0
Syracuse    8 2 0
No. 10 Penn State    8 2 1
New Mexico State    7 2 1
UTEP    7 2 1
Utah State    7 2 1
Florida State    7 2 2
West Texas State    8 3 0
Houston    7 3 0
VPI    7 3 0
Memphis State    6 3 0
Southern Miss    6 3 0
Dayton    6 3 1
Xavier    6 3 1
Miami (FL)    7 4 0
Buffalo    6 4 0
Navy    5 4 1
Holy Cross    5 5 0
Colorado State    4 5 1
Pacific    4 5 0
Boston College    4 6 0
Georgia Tech    4 6 0
Villanova    4 6 0
Air Force    2 6 2
Tulane    3 7 0
San Jose State    2 7 0
Colgate    2 8 0
Pittsburgh    1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 23at NorthwesternNo. 8ABCL 7–12
September 29Penn StateL 8–1739,516
October 6Tulane
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 34–1427,510[1]
October 14at LSUW 17–1567,000[2]
October 21at PittsburghW 58–0
October 27Auburn
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 7–048,422[3]
November 4at Virginia TechW 14–7
November 10Georgia Tech
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 49–7
November 248:15 p.m.No. 6 Notre Dame
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
L 22–2477,265
December 9Florida
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 20–1353,229[4]
December 23vs. ColoradoABCL 21–3130,156[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

References

  1. "Hurricanes come to life, trounce Tulane". The Palm Beach Post. October 7, 1967. Retrieved October 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Hurricanes surprise LSU, 17–15". The Miami Herald. October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Hurricanes down Tigers on intercepted pitchout". Birmingham Post-Herald. October 28, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Canes defense stops Rentz, Gators". The Palm Beach Post-Times. December 10, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Buffs blow down Hurricane, 31-21". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. December 24, 1967. p. 14A.
  6. "1967 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2016.


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