1967 LSU Tigers football team

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1967 LSU Tigers football
Old LSU Logo 50s.jpg
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 20–13 vs. Wyoming
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Tiger Stadium
Seasons
←  1966
1968  →
1967 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 –0 –09 –2 –0
No. 8 Alabama 5 –1 –08 –2 –1
Florida 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Ole Miss 4 –2 –16 –4 –1
Georgia 3 –2 –07 –4 –0
LSU 3 –2 –17 –3 –1
Auburn 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Kentucky 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –5 –02 –7 –1
Mississippi State 0 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.

For the second time in three seasons, LSU was extended a bid for a bowl game on New Year's Day, despite having three losses. And as they did in the 1966 Cotton Bowl, the Tigers toppled an undefeated team in the 1968 Sugar Bowl, taking out Wyoming 20–13. It was LSU's last appearance in the Sugar Bowl for 17 years.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Rice *
W 20–1466,000 [1]
September 30 Texas A&M *
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 17–666,510 [2]
October 7at Florida
W 37–659,261 [3]
October 14 Miami (FL) *
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 15–1767,000 [4]
October 21 Kentucky Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 30–766,000 [5]
October 29at No. 4 Tennessee
L 14–1754,596 [6]
November 4at Ole Miss
T 13–1345,000 [7]
November 11 Alabama
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
 ABC L 6–767,510 [8]
November 18 Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 55–057,000 [9]
November 25 Tulane *
W 41–2766,000 [10]
January 1, 196812:30 pmvs. No. 6 Wyoming *
 NBC W 20–1378,963 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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  12. ↑ 1967 season
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