1967 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

The 1967 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press International (UPI), and the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) coaches (Coaches) as the best college football players by position in the Pac-8 during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.

The 1967 USC Trojans football team won the national championship and placed seven players on the first team: running back O. J. Simpson; end Earl McCullouch; offensive tackle Ron Yary; offensive guard Mike Scarpace; defensive end Tim Rossovich; linebacker Adrian Young; and defensive back Mike Battle. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Gary Beban , UCLA (AP-1 [back]; UPI-1 [back]; Coaches-1 [quarterback])
• Steve Preece, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2 [back]; Coaches-2 [quarterback])

Backs

• Bill Enyart , Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• O. J. Simpson , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Gene Washington , Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Rick Purdy, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
• Greg Jones, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Paul Williams, California (AP-2)
• Jim Lawrence, USC (UPI-2)
• Bill Main, Oregon State (Coaches-2)
• Claxton Welch, Oregon (Coaches-2)

Ends

• Earl McCullouch , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Wayne Stewart, California (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
• George Buehler, Stanford (UPI-1)
• Gary Houser, Oregon State (Coaches-1)
• Dave Nuttall, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Doug Flansburg, Washington State (AP-2)
• Bob Klein, USC (Coaches-2)

Tackles

• Larry Slagle, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Ron Yary , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Mal Snider, Stanford (UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Bob Richardson, Washington (AP-2; Coaches-2)
• Roger Stalick, Oregon State (AP-2)
• Mike Taylor, USC (UPI-2)

Guards

• Dave Marlette, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Mike Scarpace, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-2)
• Dennis Murphy, UCLA (AP-2; Coaches-1)
• Dave Middendorf, Washington State (UPI-1; Coaches-2)
• Bob Heffernan, Stanford (AP-2)
• Ken Bajema, UCLA (UPI-2)

Centers

• John Erquiaga, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• John Didion, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

• Tim Rossovich , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Dean Halverson, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-2)
• Mike McCaffrey, California (Coaches-1)
• Jimmy Gunn, USC (UPI-2; Coaches-2)
• Tom Hazelrigg, Stanford (AP-2)
• Harry Gunner, Oregon State (AP-2)
• Cam Molter, Oregon (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

• Steve Thompson , Washington (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Jess Lewis, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
• Blaine Nye, Stanford (AP-2; Coaches-1)
• Ron Boley, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Al Claman, UCLA (UPI-2; Coaches-2)

Guard

• George Dames, Oregon (AP-1 [guard]; UPI-1 [linebacker]; Coaches-1 [guard])
• Jon Sandstrom, Oregon State (AP-2 [guard]; UPI-2 [linebacker])
• Mike Maggart, Washington (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

• Don Manning , UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Adrian Young , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Martin Brill, Stanford (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
• Skip Vanderbundt, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
• Jim Snow, USC (AP-2; Coaches-2)
• George Jugum, Washington (AP-2)
• Jim Featherstone, California (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

• Jim Smith , Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Mark Gustafson, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
• Mike Battle, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
• Bobby Smith, California (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
• Ken Wiedemann, California (AP-2; UPI-1)
• Mark Waletich, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2)
• Bob Pederson, Washington (UPI-2)
• Dan Sprlesterbach, Washington (UPI-2)
• Pat Cashman, USC (Coaches-2)
• Andy Herrera, UCLA (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kicker

• Zenon Andrusyshyn, UCLA (UPI-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

UPI = United Press International ^[2]

Coaches = chosen by the Pac-8 head coaches ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• 1967 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "AP Picks Stewart on All Coast". Oakland Tribune. December 1, 1967. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Cal Soph On UPI All Coast". Oakland Tribune. December 1, 1967. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Beban Heads All-Pacific 8 Grids". Valley Times. December 6, 1967. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Dames, Smith named to Pacific 8 first team". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. December 6, 1967. p. 1D.