1967 Florida Gators football team

1967 Florida Gators football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1967 record 6–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach Ray Graves (8th season)
Offensive coordinator Ed Kensler (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Gene Ellenson (4th season)
Home stadium Florida Field
(Capacity: 58,750)[1]
1967 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 8 Alabama 5 –1 –0  8 –2 –1
Florida 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Ole Miss 4 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
Georgia 3 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
LSU 3 –2 –1  7 –3 –1
Auburn 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Kentucky 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –7 –1
Mississippi State 0 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1967 college football season. The season was the eighth for Ray Graves as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Graves' 1967 Florida Gators posted a 6–4 overall record and a 4–2 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), tying for third among the ten SEC teams.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 23 Illinois* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 14–0   57,391
September 30 Mississippi State Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi W 24–7   28,000
October 7 LSU Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 6–37   59,261
October 14 Tulane* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 35–0   24,450
October 28 Vanderbiltdagger Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 27–22   61,855
November 4 Auburn Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama L 21–26   42,000
November 11 Georgia Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida ABC W 17–16   69,489
November 18 Kentucky Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 28–12   50,833
November 25 Florida State* Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 16–21   62,944
December 10 Miami (FL)* Orange Bowl Stadium • Miami, Florida ABC L 13–20   53,229
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game; from 1962 to 1967, AP only ranked the top ten teams.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide[2]

Attendance figures: 1968 University of Florida Football (media guide).[3]


References

  1. ↑ Department of Sports Publicity. "Meet the Gators: 1967 University of Florida Football Brochure" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine., University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Department of Sports Publicity. "1968 University of Florida Football" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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