1967 Army Cadets football team

1967 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRichard S. Lyon (1st season)
CaptainBohdan Neswiacheny
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
  –   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
Virginia Tech   –   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
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

The 1967 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their second year under head coach Tom Cahill, the Cadets compiled an 8–2 record and outscored their opponents 183 to 94. In the annual Army–Navy Game in December, the Cadets lost 19–14 to the Midshipmen.[1] Army's other loss was to underdog Duke, by three points in early October;[2][3] the Blue Devils also defeated Navy, by nineteen in November.[4]

After their final home game, a 22–0 shutout of Utah on Veterans Day,[5][6] the Cadets were 7–1 and prime candidates for the academy's first-ever bowl invitation. In the midst of the Vietnam War, Pentagon officials decided against it, citing the "heavy demands on the players' time" as well as an emphasis on football being "not consistent with the academy's basic mission: to produce career Army officers."[7][8]

No Army players received first-team honors on the All-America team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Virginia
W 26–728,500[9]
September 30at Boston College
W 21–1026,000
October 7Duke
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
L 7–1031,000[10]
October 13at SMU
W 24–626,000–26,500[11]
October 21Rutgers
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 14–331,000[12]
October 28Stanford
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 24–2031,500
November 4at Air Force
W 10–749,536
November 11Utah
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 22–031,000–31,500[13]
November 18at Pittsburgh
W 21–1222,310
December 2vs. Navy
L 14–19102,000

[14]

Roster

1967 Army Cadets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
  Van Evans
RB Charlie Jarvis Jr
QB Steve Lindell Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured
    • Redshirt

    References

    1. ^ "Army rally falls short". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 3, 1967. p. 3B.
    2. ^ "Duke upsets Army". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 8, 1967. p. 4B.
    3. ^ "1967 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
    4. ^ "Duke blasts Middies in second half". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. November 12, 1967. p. 61.
    5. ^ "Army blanks Utah, raises record to 7–1". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. November 12, 1967. p. 61.
    6. ^ Miller, Hack (November 13, 1967). "Tame Utes use same plays". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C1.
    7. ^ "Army blocked in bid to play in Sugar Bowl". Rome News-Tribune. (Georgia). UPI. November 17, 1967. p. 11.
    8. ^ "No Sugar Bowls for Cadet Corps either". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). Associated Press. November 17, 1967. p. 16.
    9. ^ "Army downs Virginia, 26–7". The Baltimore Sun. September 24, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
    10. ^ "Duke hands Army 1st defeat, 10–7". The Greenville News. October 8, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
    11. ^ "Army turns back Southern Methodist". The Shreveport Times. October 14, 1967. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    12. ^ Fleming, Jimmie (October 22, 1967). "Army Eleven Tops Stubborn Rutgers, 14-3". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
    13. ^ "Lindell puts Army on march, 22–0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 12, 1967. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
    14. ^ "Schedule/Results (1967 Army)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
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