1967 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1967 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1966
1968 →
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   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
VPI   –   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
Pacific   –   4 – 5 – 0
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 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1967. The team was led by third-year head coach Harry Anderson, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1967 season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 166–286 for the season. The Spartans' home opener against UTEP was canceled after student protests against San Jose State's racist policies.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Arizona State
L 16–27
September 23UTEP
Canceled [1][2]
September 30at Stanford
L 14–28
October 14at West Texas State
L 14–28
October 21New Mexico
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, California
W 52–14
October 28Pacific (CA)
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 14–34
November 4No. 8 Wyoming
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 7–28
November 11at California
L 6–30
November 18at Fresno State
W 35–305,336[3]
November 25at BYU
L 8–67
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL/AFL[edit]

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1968 NFL Draft.[5][6]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Mike Spitzer Defensive end 6 148 Detroit Lions
Danny Holman Quarterback 8 201 Pittsburgh Steelers
Roy Hall Tackle 16 410 Atlanta Falcons
Walt Blackledge Flanker 16 432 Baltimore Colts

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Chronopoulos, Themis (April 1995). "Racial Turmoil at San Jose State: The Incident of the 1967 University of Texas at El Paso vs. San Jose State Football Game" (PDF). presented at the Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association.
  2. ^ a b "Dr. Clark Cancels Saturday's Game; 'Action Necessary'". The Spartan Daily. September 22, 1967.
  3. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "1968 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.


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