1967 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

The 1967 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1967.

1967 UC Riverside Highlanders football
ConferenceIndependent
1967 record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHighlander Stadium
1967 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Santa Clara      8 1 0
Northeastern      7 1 0
Wheaton (IL)      7 2 0
Samford      8 2 1
Wayne State (MI)      6 2 0
Chattanooga      7 3 0
Eastern Michigan      6 3 0
La Verne      6 3 0
Tennessee A&I      6 3 0
Parsons      6 3 1
Hawaii      6 4 0
Akron      4 4 1
Carnegie Mellon      4 4 0
Cortland      4 4 0
Northern Illinois      5 5 0
UC Riverside      4 4 1
UC Santa Barbara      5 5 0
Drake      4 5 0
Pacific (CA)      4 5 0
Portland State      4 6 0
Lincoln (MO)      3 5 0
Lake Forest      3 6 0
Milwaukee      3 6 0
Southern Illinois      3 7 0
Colorado College      2 5 1
Rose Poly      1 6 2
Tampa      2 7 0
Wabash      2 7 0
Cal Poly Pomona      2 8 0

UC Riverside was led by third-year head coach Pete Kettela. They played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie (4–4–1). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 169–180 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23UC Davis[note 1]
L 6–19
September 30La Verne
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
L 7–27
October 7at San FranciscoL 7–28
October 14Redlands
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
L 14–27
October 21at Claremont-Mudd[note 2]
W 20–7
October 28at Pomona-Pitzer
W 40–27
November 4Caltech
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 28–14
November 11at Azusa PacificAzusa, CAT 21–21
November 18Coast Guard
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 26–10

[1]

Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1968 NFL Draft. [2][3][4]

Notes

  1. The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  2. The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.

References

  1. "1967 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. "1968 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  4. "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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