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The 1967 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. Temple won the championship of the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.

DivisionUniversity Division
Record7–2 (4–0 MAC)
Headcoach
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1967 Temple Owls football
MAC University Division champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record7–2 (4–0 MAC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1966
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1967 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
Temple x4–0–07–2–0
Hofstra3–1–08–2–0
Bucknell3–2–04–6–0
Gettysburg2–3–04–5–0
Delaware2–3–02–7–0
Lafayette2–3–04–5–0
Lehigh0–4–01–8–0
West Chester *0–0–09–0–0
Northern College Division
Wilkes x8–0–08–0–0
Wagner x5–0–09–0–0
Juniata x5–0–07–1–0
Delaware Valley5–2–06–2–0
Albright4–3–05–4–0
Upsala4–4–04–4–0
Lycoming3–5–03–5–0
Moravian3–6–03–6–0
Susquehanna *0–3–01–8–0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x6–0–06–1–0
Western Maryland3–2–06–3–0
Franklin & Marshall4–3–04–4–0
Swarthmore3–5–03–5–0
Lebanon Valley3–5–03–5–0
Dickinson3–5–03–5–0
Pennsylvania Military3–5–03–6–0
Haverford2–4–02–5–0
Muhlenberg2–5–12–5–1
Ursinus1–6–11–6–1
Drexel1–5–03–5–0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
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In its eighth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 7–2 record, 4–0 against MAC opponents.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia. John Konstantinos, John McAneney, and Jerry Prescutti were assistant coaches.[2]

Sophomore halfback Mike Busch set Temple single-game records with 38 carries and 176 rushing yards in the team's November 4 victory over Bucknell.[3] In addition, end Jim Callahan broke Andy Tomasic's Temple career scoring records with 22 touchdowns and 132 points.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Merchant Marine*
W 18–123,000[5]
September 30Boston University*W 22–1610,000[6]
October 7at Buffalo*L 14–449,275[7]
October 14 No. 9 Hofstra
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 35–2310,500[8]
October 21at Dayton*L 6–5614,208[9]
October 28at DelawareW 26–1713,255[10]
November 4at BucknellW 13–88,500[11]
November 11Gettysburg
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 45–2711,000[12]
November 18Akron*
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–215,000[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game
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