1967 NC State Wolfpack football team
| 1967 NC State Wolfpack football | |
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Liberty Bowl champion | |
Liberty Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Georgia | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 17 |
| 1967 record | 9–2 (5–1 ACC) |
| Head coach | Earle Edwards (14th season) |
| Home stadium | Carter Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson $ | 6 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 5 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1967 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1967 college football season. The Wolfpack were led by 14th-year head coach Earle Edwards and played their home games at Carter Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in second.
The Wolfpack began the year with 8 consecutive victories, including a win over the second-ranked Houston Cougars. The team climbed as high as No. 3 in the AP Poll, which is to date the highest ranking achieved in school history.[2] A loss to Penn State derailed their perfect season, and a loss to Clemson the next week cost them the ACC title. NC State was ranked 17th in the final Coaches Poll of the season, conducted before bowl season (the AP Poll ranked only 10 teams from 1962 to 1967). They were invited to the 1967 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated Georgia.
Defensive lineman Dennis Byrd became NC State's first ever consensus first-team All-American, being selected by 6 of 7 official selectors.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 16 | North Carolina | Carter Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Rivalry) | W 13–7 | ||||||
| September 23 | Buffalo* | Carter Stadium • Raleigh, NC | W 24–6 | ||||||
| September 30 | at Florida State* | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | W 20–10 | ||||||
| October 7 | at No. 2 Houston* | Astrodome • Houston, TX | W 16–6 | ||||||
| October 14 | at Maryland | No. 9 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 31–9 | |||||
| October 21 | Wake Forest | No. 5 | Carter Stadium • Raleigh, NC (Rivalry) | W 24–7 | |||||
| October 28 | Duke | No. 5 | Carter Stadium • Raleigh, NC | W 28–7 | |||||
| November 4 | at Virginia | No. 4 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA | W 30–8 | |||||
| November 11 | at Penn State* | No. 3 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | L 8–13 | |||||
| November 18 | at Clemson | No. 10 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl) | L 6–14 | |||||
| December 16 | vs. Georgia* | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) | W 14–7 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time. | |||||||||
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References
- ↑ "1967 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ "North Carolina State Wolfpack School History". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ↑ "2017 Wolfpack Media Guide" (PDF). North Carolina State University. p. 116.
- ↑ "1967 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2018.