1967 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

The 1967 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. In their first season under head coach Dan Boisture, the Hurons compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents, 173 to 77.[1]

1967 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
ConferenceIndependent
1967 record6–3
Head coach
CaptainRon Arnold, Bob Edelbrock
Home stadiumWalter O. Briggs Field

Eastern Michigan hired Boisture as its head football coach in July 1967.[2] Boisture later commented that he was willing to go to a smaller school, saying, "There weren't many jobs open . . . Joan and I looked at the campus. It was a cute campus."[3] Under his leadership, the team produced the longest period of sustained success since Elton Rynearson's days. The team posted winning seasons in all seven years of Boisture's coaching, including a 13-game winning streak that remains a school record.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 16Findlay
W 17–0
September 23Baldwin Wallace
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 15–13
September 30at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILW 28–12
October 7at Western Reserve
W 47–0
October 14John Carroll
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 34–0
October 21at Ferris StateBig Rapids, MIW 13–6
October 28at Wayne StateDetroitL 3–20
November 4at Northeast Louisiana State
L 10–12
November 11at State College of IowaCedar Falls, IAL 6–14
  • Homecoming

References
  1. "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 164, 170. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  2. "Boisture New Head Football Coach at Eastern". The Owosso Argus-Press. 1957-08-01.
  3. Slezak, Joe (July 27, 2003). "Athlete follows in family footsteps". The News-Herald. Heritage Newspapers. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  4. "Former EMU football coach Boisture, two administrative secretaries die". Focus EMU Online. Eastern Michigan University. June 12, 2007. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
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