1967 BYU Cougars football team

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1967 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record6–4 (3–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
Seasons
  1966
1968  
1967 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Wyoming $ 5 0 010 1 0
Arizona State 4 1 08 2 0
BYU 3 2 06 4 0
Utah 2 3 04 7 0
Arizona 1 4 03 6 1
New Mexico 0 5 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–2 against conference opponents, finished third in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 278 to 215. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 New Mexico W 44–1426,558 [3]
September 29 Western Michigan *
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 44–1920,672 [4]
October 7at Wyoming L 10–2619,180 [5]
October 14at Oregon State *W 31–1322,322 [6]
October 21at UTEP *L 17–4725,064 [7]
October 28 Utah
W 17–1332,641 [8]
November 4at Utah State *L 9–3015,602 [9]
November 11 Arizona Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 17–1424,442 [10]
November 18at Arizona State L 22–3138,183 [11]
November 25 San Jose State *
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 67–819,895 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

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