1967 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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]

1967 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–7 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBruce Gunstra
CaptainBruce Gunstra[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1967 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Indiana + 6 –1 –09 –2 –0
Minnesota + 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
No. 9 Purdue + 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
Ohio State 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
Illinois 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Michigan 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Michigan State 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
Northwestern 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Iowa 0 –6 –11 –8 –1
Wisconsin 0 –6 –10 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23No. 8 Miami*
W 12–7
September 30Missouri*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 6–13
October 7at No. 4 Purdue
L 16–25
October 14at Rice*
L 6–50
October 21Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 2–6
October 28at Wisconsin
W 17–13
November 4at Michigan
L 3–762,063[4]
November 11Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 39–24
November 18Illinois
L 21–27
November 25at Michigan State
L 27–41
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1967 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. 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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