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1967 UTEP Miners football team

Summary

The 1967 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso as an independent during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. This was the first season for the program, since changing its name from Texas Western to UTEP. In its third season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, defeated Ole Miss in the 1967 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 337 to 145.[1] The September 23 game against San Jose State was canceled after student protests against racist policies on campus.[2][3]

1967 UTEP Miners football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSun Bowl
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
VPI   –   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
Pacific   –   4 – 5 – 0
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

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16UC Santa Barbara
W 50–1429,642[4]
September 23at San Jose State
Canceled[2][3]
October 7at Arizona State
L 32–33
October 14at Arizona
T 9–9
October 21BYU
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 47–17
October 27at New Mexico
W 75–12
November 4New Mexico State
W 46–2428,233[5]
November 11Colorado State
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
W 17–0
November 18 No. 6 Wyoming
  • Sun Bowl
  • El Paso, TX
L 19–21
November 25at Utah
W 28–815,843
December 30vs. Ole Miss
W 14–734,685[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "1967 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Clark Cancels Saturday's Game; 'Action Necessary'". The Spartan Daily. September 22, 1967.
  4. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Rodger McKown (November 5, 1967). "Miners Wear Down NM Aggies, 46-24". The El Paso Times. pp. 1A, 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Miners find place in Sun". Abilene Reporter-News. December 31, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.