1967 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1967 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
Seasons
←  1966
1968  →
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
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
Virginia Tech  – 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
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

The 1967 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College [note 1] during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.

Contents

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1967. The team was led by third-year head coach Harry Anderson, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1967 season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 166–286 for the season. The Spartans' home opener against UTEP was canceled after student protests against San Jose State's racist policies. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Arizona State
L 16–2736,742 [3]
September 23 UTEP
Canceled [1] [2]
September 30at Stanford
L 14–2837,000
October 14at West Texas State
L 14–2811,500
October 21 New Mexico
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
W 52–1413,700 [4]
October 28 Pacific (CA)
L 14–34
November 4No. 8 Wyoming
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 7–2817,300 [5]
November 11at California
L 6–3025,203
November 18at Fresno State
W 35–304,500–5,336 [6]
November 25at BYU
L 8–6719,895 [7]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[8]

Team players in the NFL/AFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft. [9] [10]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Mike SpitzerDefensive end6148 Detroit Lions
Danny HolmanQuarterback8201 Pittsburgh Steelers
Roy HallTackle16410 Atlanta Falcons
Walt BlackledgeFlanker16432 Baltimore Colts

Notes

  1. ↑ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

  1. 1 2 Chronopoulos, Themis (April 1995). "Racial Turmoil at San Jose State: The Incident of the 1967 University of Texas at El Paso vs. San Jose State Football Game" (PDF). presented at the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
  2. 1 2 "Dr. Clark Cancels Saturday's Game; 'Action Necessary'". The Spartan Daily . September 22, 1967.
  3. ↑ "Sun Devils explode late for 27–16 win over SJS". The Daily Breeze. September 17, 1967. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Spartans destroy New Mexico U." Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 22, 1967. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Third-period tallies earn Cowboy win". The Spokesman-Review. November 5, 1967. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Cougars obliterate Spartans". Oakland Tribune. November 26, 1967. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Schedule/Results (1967 San Jose State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  9. ↑ "1968 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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