1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1967 Tennessee Volunteers football
1967 Tennessee Volunteers football
National champion (Litkenhous); SEC champion
Orange Bowl, L 24–26 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	9–2 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach	Doug Dickey (4th season);
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium
	Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2 overall, 6–0 in the SEC) as SEC Champions and with a loss against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The Volunteers' offense scored 283 points while the defense allowed 141 points. At season's end, Tennessee was recognized as national champions by Litkenhous.^[1] Lester McClain became the first African American player in the program.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at No. 8 UCLA*	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 16–20	66,708	^[3]
September 30	Auburn		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 27–13	54,113–54,566	^[4]
October 14	Georgia Tech*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–13	55,119	^[5]
October 21	at No. 6 Alabama	No. 7	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Third Saturday in October)		W 24–13	71,849	^[6]
October 28	LSU	No. 4	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 17–14	54,596	^[7]
November 4	at Tampa*	No. 3	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL		W 38–0	26,500	^[8]
November 11	Tulane*	No. 2	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 35–14	54,828	^[9]
November 18	vs. Ole Miss	No. 2	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)		W 20–7	50,881	^[10]
November 25	at Kentucky	No. 2	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		W 17–7	31,500	^[11]
December 2	Vanderbilt	No. 2	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 41–14	49,787	^[12]
January 1	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 24–26	77,993	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1967 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Alabama	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
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 Georgia's game against Clemson and Vanderbilt's game against Tulane counted in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll