1967 Kansas Jayhawks football team

1967 Kansas Jayhawks football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	5–5 (5–2 Big 8)
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (1st season)
Captain	Mike Sweatman
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1967 Big Eight Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Oklahoma $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Colorado	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Kansas	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Missouri	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Kansas State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Pepper Rodgers, the Jayhawks compiled a 5–5 record (5–2 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the Big Eight Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 166 to 146.^[1][2] They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

The team's statistical leaders included Bobby Douglass with 1,326 passing yards and 415 rushing yards and John Mosier with 495 receiving yards.^[3] Mike Sweatman was the team captain.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 20–21	21,824
September 30	at Indiana*	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 15–18	31,804–34,861	[4]
October 7	Ohio*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 15–30	31,124
October 14	No. 8 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	W 10–0	36,896
October 21	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 26–15	32,619
October 28	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	W 28–14	36,131
November 4	Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	W 17–16	42,435
November 11	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 8–12	38,581–40,200
November 18	at No. 7 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 10–14	57,649
November 25	Missouri	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (Border War)	W 17–6	42,956
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1967 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
2. 2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 185.
3. "1967 Kansas Jayhawks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
4. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.