1967 San Francisco State Gators football team

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1967 San Francisco State Gators football team - Wikipedia

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1967 San Francisco State Gators football
FWC champion
Camellia Bowl, L 6–27 vs. San Diego State
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	9–2 (6–0 FWC)
Head coach	Vic Rowen (7th season)
Home stadium	Cox Stadium
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

1967 Far Western Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 17 San Francisco State $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Sacramento State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Humboldt State	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Cal State Hayward	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Nevada	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
UC Davis	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Chico State	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1967 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Vic Rowen, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, winning the FWC for the fifth time in seven years. For the season the team outscored its opponents 235 to 134. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.

San Francisco State was invited to Camellia Bowl, the western regional final for the NCAA College Division, played in Sacramento, California. The Gators lost the game to No. 1-ranked San Diego State, 27–6.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16		Cal Poly*		Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 31–14	1,500–2,000	^[1]
September 23		Long Beach State*		Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 55–27	2,000
September 30		at Santa Clara*	No. 16	Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara, CA	L 21–28	9,600
October 7		Nevada		Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 34–6	1,500
October 14		at Chico State		College Field Chico, CA	W 68–14	6,000
October 21		Cal State Hayward		Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 66–44	4,500–4,800	^[2]
October 28	2:00 p.m.	Sacramento State		Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 28–20	5,917–6,500	^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
November 4		Humboldt State		Cox Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 68–34	3,500
November 11		at UC Davis		Toomey Field Davis, CA	W 21–17	3,700–4,500	^[8]
November 18		at Cal Poly Pomona*	No. 19	Kellogg Field Pomona, CA	W 47–29	1,500
December 9		vs. No. 1 San Diego State*	No. 17	Charles C. Hughes Stadium Sacramento, CA (Camellia Bowl)	L 6–27	15,710	^[9]
*Non-conference game Rankings from UPI Coaches Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

^[10]

Team players in the NFL

The following San Francisco State players were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Joe Koontz	Wide receiver	9	234	New York Giants
Jim Schmidt	Defensive back	17	437	Atlanta Falcons

References

^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
^ Swesey, Ben (October 27, 1967). "Hornets Hope Best FWC Defense Can Stop Top Offense". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. E1. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Swesey, Ben (October 27, 1967). "Hornets Hope Strong Defense Can Halt Gators (continued)". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. E2. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Swesey, Ben (October 29, 1967). "San Francisco, Clock Beat Hornets". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. E1. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Swesey, Ben (October 29, 1967). "SSC Runs Out Of Time In Bid To Overtake Gators (continued)". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. E2. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
^ "Top Rated Aztecs Camellia Victors". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. December 10, 1967. p. C-1. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
^ "1968 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
^ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
^ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.

v t e San Francisco State Gators football
Venues	Ewing Field (1931–1935) Roberts Field (1936–1941) Cox Stadium (1946–1994)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

v t e Northern California Athletic Conference football champions
Far Western Conference (pre-WWII)	Saint Mary's (1925) Saint Mary's (1926) Saint Mary's (1927) Saint Mary's (1928) Cal Aggies (1929) Fresno State (1930) No champion (1931) Nevada & San Jose State (1932) Nevada (1933) Fresno State & San Jose State (1934) Fresno State (1935) Pacific (CA) (1936) Fresno State (1937) Pacific (CA) (1938) Nevada (1939) Pacific (CA) (1940) Pacific (CA) (1941) Pacific (CA) (1942)
Far Western Conference (post-WWII)	No champion (1946) Cal Aggies & Southern Oregon (1947) Southern Oregon & Chico State (1948) Cal Aggies (1949) San Francisco State (1950) Cal Aggies (1951) Humboldt State (1952) Chico State (1953) San Francisco State (1954) No champion (1955) Cal Aggies, San Francisco State, & Humboldt State (1956) San Francisco State (1957) San Francisco State (1958) San Francisco State (1959) Humboldt State (1960) Humboldt State & San Francisco State (1961) San Francisco State (1962) UC Davis, Humboldt State, & San Francisco State (1963) Sacramento State (1964) San Francisco State (1965) Sacramento State (1966) San Francisco State (1967) Humboldt State (1968) Cal State Hayward (1969) Cal State Hayward & Chico State (1970) UC Davis & Chico State (1971) UC Davis (1972) UC Davis & Chico State (1973) UC Davis (1974) UC Davis (1975) UC Davis (1976) UC Davis (1977) UC Davis (1978) UC Davis (1979) UC Davis (1980) Cal State Hayward & UC Davis (1981)
Northern California Athletic Conference	UC Davis (1982) UC Davis (1983) UC Davis (1984) UC Davis (1985) UC Davis (1986) UC Davis (1987) UC Davis (1988) UC Davis (1989) UC Davis (1990) Sonoma State (1991) UC Davis (1992) Chico State (1993) Chico State, Humboldt State, & Sonoma State (1994) Humboldt State (1995) Chico State (1996)

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