1967 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1967 West Virginia Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Virginia $ 3 0 1 5 4 1
East Carolina 4 1 0 8 2 0
Richmond 5 2 0 5 5 0
William & Mary 2 2 1 5 4 0
VMI 2 3 0 6 4 0
Furman 2 3 0 5 5 0
The Citadel 2 4 0 5 5 0
Davidson 1 5 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1967 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Mountaineers' 75th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Conference. The team was led by head coach Jim Carlen, in his second year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of 5–4–1 overall and 3–0–1 in the SoCon, winning the conference title.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9Villanova*W 40–027,000[1]
September 16at RichmondW 27–67,000[2]
September 23VMI
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 21–928,000[3]
September 30at Syracuse*L 6–2328,435[4]
October 7Pittsburgh*
W 15–035,000[5]
October 21at
University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 14–2143,704–44,460[6]
October 28
rivalry)
L 7–2031,500[7]
November 4at Kentucky*L 7–2230,000[8]
November 11William & Mary
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
T 16–1611,500[9]
November 18Davidson
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 35–012,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game

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