The 1967 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Ray Louthen, the team compiled a 7–2 record in the regular season and lost to Eastern Kentucky in the 1967 Grantland Rice Bowl.[1]
| 1967 Ball State Cardinals football | |
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ICC champion | |
Grantland Rice Bowl, L 13–27 vs. Eastern Kentucky | |
| Conference | Indiana Collegiate Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (5–1 ICC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State $^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePauw | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Joseph's (IN) | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | Central Missouri State* |
| W 41–7 | 9,400 | [2] |
| September 23 | at Valparaiso | W 39–7 | 5,737 | [3] | |
| September 30 | Evansville | Muncie, IN | W 31–10 | 8,250 | |
| October 7 | at Northern Illinois* | L 14–28 | 12,527 | [4] | |
| October 14 | at DePauw | Greencastle, IN | W 7–3 | 4,200 | |
| October 21 | Butler | Muncie, IN | W 65–7 | 17,700 | |
| October 28 | at Indiana State | Terre Haute, IN (Blue Key Victory Bell) | W 26–24 | 7,000 | |
| November 4 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | Muncie, IN | L 2–7 | 5,800 | |
| November 11 | Southern Illinois* | Muncie, IN | W 24–6 | 3,100 | |
| December 9 | vs. Eastern Kentucky* | L 13–27 | 7,000 | [5] | |
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References
edit- ^ "2007 Ball State Football Media Guide". Ball State University. 2007. p. 96. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ Haycock, Brian (September 19, 1967). "Cardinals crush Mules in opener". Ball State News.
- ^ Banet, Dave (September 26, 1967). "B S gridders stop Crusaders". Ball State News.
- ^ Bigger, Roy (October 9, 1967). "Cards Can Beat Just About All but NIU". Muncie Evening Press. p. 12. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Barton, Bill (December 10, 1967). "E. Kentucky Tips Ball State 27-13". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 3, 2022.