1967 Temple Owls football team

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.

1967 Temple Owls football
MAC University Division champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record7–2 (4–0 MAC University)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1967 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University
Temple x 4 0 07 2 0
Hofstra 3 1 08 2 0
Bucknell 3 2 04 6 0
Gettysburg 2 3 04 5 0
Delaware 2 3 02 7 0
Lafayette 2 3 04 5 0
Lehigh 0 4 01 8 0
West Chester * 0 0 09 0 0
College–Northern
Wilkes x 8 0 08 0 0
Wagner x 5 0 09 0 0
Juniata x 5 0 07 1 0
Delaware Valley 5 2 06 2 0
Albright 4 3 05 4 0
Upsala 4 4 04 4 0
Lycoming 3 5 03 5 0
Moravian 3 6 03 6 0
Susquehanna * 0 3 01 8 0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x 6 0 06 1 0
Western Maryland 3 2 06 3 0
Franklin & Marshall 4 3 04 4 0
Swarthmore 3 5 03 5 0
Lebanon Valley 3 5 03 5 0
Dickinson 3 5 03 5 0
Pennsylvania Military 3 5 03 6 0
Haverford 2 4 02 5 0
Muhlenberg 2 5 12 5 1
Ursinus 1 6 11 6 1
Drexel 1 5 03 5 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

In its eighth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 7–2 record, 4–0 against MAC opponents. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia. John Konstantinos, John McAneney, and Jerry Prescutti were assistant coaches.

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. In addition, end Jim Callahan broke Andy Tomasic's Temple career scoring records with 22 touchdowns and 132 points.

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