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American college football season

1967 NAIA football season
Regular season	August–November 1967
Postseason	November 25–December 9, 1967
National Championship	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV
Champion	Fairmont State
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The 1967 NAIA football season was the 12th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA.

The season was played from August to November 1967, culminating in the 1967 NAIA Championship Bowl, played this year on December 9, 1967 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Fairmont State defeated Eastern Washington in the Championship Bowl, 28–21, to win their first NAIA national title.

Conference realignment

Conference changes

The Montana Collegiate Conference was renamed as the Frontier Conference.

Conference standings

1967 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Arkansas A&M $	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Arkansas Tech	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Southern Arkansas	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
State College of Arkansas	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Ouachita Baptist	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Henderson State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Harding	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 Carolinas Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Lenoir Rhyne $	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Appalachian State	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Elon	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Presbyterian	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Guilford	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Catawba	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Western Carolina	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Newberry	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Omaha $	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Pittsburg State	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Fort Hays State	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Emporia State	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Washburn	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Carthage $	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Illinois Wesleyan	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Carroll (WI)	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Augustana (IL)	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
North Park	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
North Central (IL)	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Millikin	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 Eastern Football Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Central Connecticut State +	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Southern Connecticut State +	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Bridgeport	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Montclair State	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Glassboro State	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Trenton State	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1967 Evergreen Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Eastern Washington $^	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Central Washington	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Western Washington	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Whitworth	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Frontier Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Western Montana $	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Eastern Montana	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	1
Northern Montana	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
Carroll (MT)	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Rocky Mountain	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	1
Montana Tech	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 Gateway Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Lakeland $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
St. Procopius	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Milton	2	–	2	–	0	?	–	?	–	?
Northwestern (WI)	1	–	3	–	0	?	–	?	–	?
Eureka	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 Iowa Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Central (IA) $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Simpson (IA)	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	1
Luther	4	–	2	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
William Penn	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Upper Iowa	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Buena Vista	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Dubuque	1	–	4	–	2	1	–	6	–	2
Wartburg	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Southwestern (KS) $	9	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
Ottawa	8	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Baker	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Kansas Wesleyan	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
College of Emporia	5	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Friends	4	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Sterling	3	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Bethany (KS)	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Bethel (KS)	1	–	8	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
McPherson	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Lone Star Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Texas A&I $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
No. 8 Southwest Texas State	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Howard Payne	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
McMurry	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
East Texas State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Stephen F. Austin	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Sam Houston State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Sul Ross	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 20 Alma $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Olivet	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Albion	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	5	–	1
Hope	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Kalamazoo	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Adrian	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Bluffton $	2	–	0	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Defiance	1	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Wilmington (OH)	0	–	2	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 Midwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Lawrence $	8	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
St. Olaf	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Monmouth (IL)	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Beloit	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Coe	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Cornell (IA)	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Ripon	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Carleton	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Grinnell	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Knox	0	–	7	–	1	0	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1967 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Gustavus Adolphus $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Concordia (MN)	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Minnesota–Duluth	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
St. Thomas (MN)	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Saint John's (MN)	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Hamline	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Macalester	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Augsburg	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tarkio +	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
No. 16 William Jewell +	2	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	1
Missouri Valley	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Central Methodist	1	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Culver–Stockton	1	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Graceland	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	6	–	2

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Nebraska College Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Kearney State $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Wayne State (NE)	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Chadron State	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Peru State	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	7	–	1
Hastings	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 19 Jamestown $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Minot State	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Mayville State	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Valley City State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Ellendale	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	4	–	1
Dickinson State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Wahpeton Science	0	–	4	–	2	0	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
St. Cloud State $	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Winona State	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Mankato State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Bemidji State	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Moorhead State	1	–	3	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Michigan Tech	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1967 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Linfield +	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Willamette +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Lewis & Clark +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Pacific (OR)	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Pacific Lutheran	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Whitman	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
College of Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1967 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
East Central +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
SE Oklahoma State +	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Langston	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Panhandle	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
NW Oklahoma State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Central State (OK)	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Northeastern State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	7	–	1
SW Oklahoma State	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions SW Oklahoma State forfefeited win over Langston, Panhandle A&M, NW Oklahoma State, Central State (OK), and Northeastern State due to an ineligible player.

1967 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Southern Oregon +	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Oregon College +	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Eastern Oregon	2	–	2	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Oregon Tech	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
George Fox	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1967 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northern State $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Huron	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Dakota Wesleyan	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Southern State (SD)	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
General Beadle	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
South Dakota Tech	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Black Hills State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1967 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Whittier $	4	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Occidental	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Redlands	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Pomona	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Claremont-Mudd	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Caltech	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Caltech forfeited to Whittier and Redlands; the forfeits were included only in conference records.

1967 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Grambling $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Texas Southern	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Jackson State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Southern	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Alcorn A&M	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Prairie View A&M	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Wiley	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Tri-State Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Westmar $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Yankton	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Sioux Falls	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Dana	2	–	3	–	1	2	–	4	–	2
Midland	1	–	3	–	2	2	–	6	–	0
Concordia (NE)	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Northwestern (IA)	0	–	5	–	1	0	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1967 West Penn Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Waynesburg $	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Westminster (PA)	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Grove City	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Geneva	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Fairmont State $^	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Concord	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Glenville State	5	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Salem	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
West Liberty State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
West Virginia Wesleyan	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Bluefield State	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
West Virginia State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
West Virginia Tech	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Shepherd *	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant * – Did not qualify for conference standings Conference standings based on power ratings Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 18 Whitewater State $	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Stevens Point State	6	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Oshkosh State	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
La Crosse State	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Platteville State	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Superior State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Eau Claire State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
River Falls State	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Stout State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1967 NAIA independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 12 Ashland		–		8	–	0	–	1
No. 17 Doane		–		8	–	0	–	1
No. 5 New Mexico Highlands ^		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Northern Michigan ^		–		9	–	1	–	0
Cal Lutheran		–		7	–	2	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		7	–	2	–	0
Simon Fraser		–		6	–	2	–	0
Emory and Henry		–		7	–	3	–	0
Austin		–		6	–	3	–	0
Iowa Wesleyan		–		6	–	3	–	0
La Verne		–		6	–	3	–	0
Kentucky State		–		5	–	3	–	1
Carson–Newman		–		6	–	4	–	0
Findlay		–		4	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma Panhandle State		–		6	–	5	–	0
Wofford		–		4	–	6	–	0
Azusa Pacific		–		3	–	5	–	1
Hillsdale		–		3	–	5	–	0
Southern Colorado State		–		3	–	6	–	1
Eastern New Mexico		–		3	–	6	–	0
St. Mary of the Plains		–		2	–	5	–	2
Georgetown (KY)		–		2	–	7	–	0

Rankings from NAIA poll

Postseason

Semifinals November 25, 1967		NAIA Champions Bowl December 9, 1967 Morgantown, WV

Eastern Washington	28

New Mexico Highlands*	14
		Eastern Washington	21

		Fairmont State	28
Northern Michigan	7

Fairmont State*	21

Champion Bowl: Eastern Washington

Champion Bowl: E. Washington vs Fairmont State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Washington	0	14	0	7	21
• Fairmont State	0	7	14	7	28

Date: December 9
Location: Morgantown, WV
Game attendance: 12,250 (est)

Scoring summary

2	E. WASH.	Dave Svendsen 3-yard pass from Bill Diedrick (Pat Zlateff kick)	E. WASH. 7–0

2	E. WASH.	Zlateff 34-yard pass from Diedrick (Zlateff kick)	E. WASH. 14–0

2	FAIRMONT	Larry Blackstone 1-yard run (John Huff kick)	E. WASH 14–7

3	FAIRMONT	Jim Mertens 18-yard pass from Roy Michael (Huff kick)	TIE 14–14

3	FAIRMONT	Blackstone 1-yard run (Huff kick)	FAIRMONT 21–14

4	E. WASH.	Rick Hardie 31-yard pass from Roy Stookey (Zlateff kick)	TIE 21–21

4	FAIRMONT	George Edwards 27-yard run (Huff kick)	FAIRMONT 28–21

References

"1967 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

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