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1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Team
The 1967 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 14th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 163 to 106. The Gophers shared the Big Ten title, the most recent conference title for the University of Minnesota football team. The Gophers did not receive the conference's bid to the Rose Bowl despite their 33-7 victory vs. Indiana. Minnesota, Indiana and Purdue finished in a three-way tie for first place, and each went 1-1 against the other two. The Boilermakers were ineligible since they played in Pasadena the previous year. This invoked the next tiebreaker, which favored the team which had gone the longest since its most recent Rose Bowl trip. Indiana had never been, while Minnesota last appeared in 1962. Back Tom Sakal received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Bob Stein was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of 10 universities, and it has 14 members and 2 affiliate institutions. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport. Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations. Large student enrollment is a hallmark of its universities, as 12 of the 14 members enroll more than 30,000 students. They are largely state public universities; fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Utah Utes Football Team
The 1967 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their second and final season under head coach Mike Giddings, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–3 against conference opponents, placing fourth in the WAC. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City. Schedule After the season NFL Draft Three Utah players were selected in the 1968 NFL Draft The 1968 National Football League draft was part of the common draft, in the second year in which the NFL and AFL held a joint draft of college players. It took place at the Belmont Plaza Hotel in New York City on January 30–31, 1968. The M .... References {{Utah Utes football navbox Utah Utah Utes football seasons Utah Redskins football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Team
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The 1967 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by second-year head coach Ray Nagel, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 1–8–1 with a mark of 0–6–1 in conference play, tying for ninth place in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Iowa Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. Schedule This was the first season since 1952 that Iowa faced Illinois, following the chaos of their last matchup.http://www.winsipedia.com/games/illinois/vs/iowa Illinois vs. Iowa All-Time. ''Winsipedia''. References Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes football seasons Iowa Hawkeyes football The Iowa Hawkeyes football program represents the University of Iowa in college football. The Hawkeyes compete in the West division of the Big Ten Conference. Iowa joined the Conference (then known as the Western Conference or Big Nine) in 1899 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Brown Jug (college Football Trophy)
The Little Brown Jug is a trophy contested between the Michigan Wolverines football team of the University of Michigan and the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team of the University of Minnesota. The Little Brown Jug is an earthenware jug that serves as a trophy awarded to the winner of the game. It is one of the oldest and most played rivalries in American college football, dating to 1892. The Little Brown Jug is the most regularly exchanged rivalry trophy in college football, the oldest trophy game in FBS college football, and the second oldest rivalry trophy overall, next to the 1899 Territorial Cup (which did not become a travelling/exchange trophy until 2001), contested between Arizona and Arizona State (which did not become a four-year college until 1925). Both universities are founding members of the Big Ten Conference. As a result of the Big Ten not playing a complete round-robin schedule, Michigan and Minnesota occasionally did not play. In 2011, with the confer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Michigan Wolverines Football Team
The 1967 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In its ninth year under head coach Bump Elliott, Michigan compiled a 4–6 record (3–4 against conference opponents), tied for fifth place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by a total of 179 to 144. After opening the season with a victory over Duke, the team lost its next five games, including a 34–0 to rival Michigan State. After Dennis Brown took over from Dick Vidmer as the starting quarterback, the Wolverines won three consecutive games, coming from behind in each game. The team concluded its season with a 24–14 loss to Woody Hayes' Ohio State Buckeyes. Right halfback Ron Johnson broke Michigan's single-game and season rushing records (270 yards vs. Navy, 1,005 yards for the season) and received the team's most valuable player award. Michigan's other statistical leaders included Dennis Brown with 928 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is included in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area. Champaign shares the main campus of the University of Illinois with its twin city of Urbana. Champaign is also home to Parkland College, which serves about 18,000 students during the academic year. Due to the university and a number of well-known technology startup companies, it is often referred to as the hub, or a significant landmark, of the Silicon Prairie. Champaign houses offices for the Fortune 500 companies Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Caterpillar, John Deere, Dow Chemical Company, IBM, and State Farm. Champaign also serves as the headquarters for several companies, the most notable being Jimmy John's. History Champaign was founded in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, Illinois)
Memorial Stadium is a stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States. The stadium, used primarily for football, is a memorial to the university's students who died in World War I; their names are engraved on the nearly 200 pillars surrounding the stadium's façade. With a capacity of 60,670, the stadium is primarily used as the home of the university's Fighting Illini football team. Construction In the early 1920s, the old football stadium, Illinois Field, was deemed inadequate. There was some sentiment for retaining the site, but it was too congested to expand the stadium adequately, so a new site was selected, in a largely undeveloped area at the south end of the campus. George Huff and Robert Zuppke were responsible for pushing most of the fundraising for this project. Memorial Stadium was completed in 1923 at a cost of US$1.7 million, which, adjusted for inflation, is equal to $25.8 million in 2020. Its original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team
The 1967 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1967 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Valek, the Illini compiled a 4–6 record and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference. The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Dean Volkman with 1,005 passing yards, running back Rich Johnson with 768 rushing yards, and wide receiver John Wright with 698 receiving yards. Wright was selected as the team's most valuable player. Schedule This was the first season since 1952 in which Illinois faced Iowa, following the chaos of their last matchup. References Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons Illinois Fighting Illini football The Illinois Fighting Illini football program represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 SMU Mustangs Football Team
The 1967 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Hayden Fry John Hayden Fry (February 28, 1929 – December 17, 2019) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1962 to 1972, North Texas State University—now known ..., the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a conference mark of 3–4, placing sixth in the SWC. Schedule References SMU SMU Mustangs football seasons SMU Mustangs football {{collegefootball-1960s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota–Nebraska Football Rivalry
The Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team of the University of Minnesota and the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team of the University of Nebraska. History The rivalry can be separated into distinct eras, the first two being Minnesota's glory days, followed by Nebraska's rise to prominence. These match-ups took place when the schools were non-conference rivals, facing each other on a semi-regular basis from 1900 to 1974, then on a more intermittent basis until 1990. The Big Ten era started in 2011, when Nebraska joined the conference and played in the Legends Division (now the West Division) with Minnesota. The trophy era began in 2014 with the creation of the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy. Minnesota leads the series 36–25–2; from 1900 to 1960, they went 29–6–2 against Nebraska. Minnesota gave Nebraska their worst home loss ever with a 61–7 win in 1945. However, since 1960, Neb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the state called the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln- Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 361,921 people, making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States. The city was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes and arroyos of what was to become Lancaster County. Renamed after President Abraham Lincoln, it became Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The Bertram G. Goodhue–designed state capitol building was completed in 1932, and is the second tallest capitol in the United States. As the city is the seat of government for the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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