1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 16–20 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
1967 record	8–2–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (10th year)
Captain	Ken Stabler
Captain	Bobby Johns
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

1967 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#8 Alabama	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
Florida	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
LSU	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total Florida State 14 10 3 10 37 #2 Alabama 15 7 0 15 37 Date: September 23 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 71,299 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Southern Miss 0 3 0 0 3 • #9 Alabama 0 7 7 11 25 Date: September 30 Location: Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL Game attendance: 38,285 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Ole Miss 0 0 0 7 7 • #9 Alabama 0 7 7 7 21 Date: October 7 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 69,281 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • #7 Alabama 14 3 11 7 35 Vanderbilt 0 14 0 7 21 Date: October 14 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Game attendance: 33,407 Sources:

Third Saturday in October

1 2 3 4 Total • #7 Tennessee 7 0 10 7 24 #6 Alabama 7 0 0 6 13 Date: October 21 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 71,849 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 7 6 0 0 13 Clemson 3 0 0 7 10 Date: October 28 Location: Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC Game attendance: 49,800 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 3 7 3 13 Date: November 4 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 58,059 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 0 0 7 7 LSU 0 0 0 6 6 Date: November 11 Location: Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA Game attendance: 68,500 Sources:

The 1967 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1967 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 73rd overall and 34th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 10th year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished season with eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1 overall, 5–1 in the SEC) and with a loss against Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

During the spring practice sessions, five African American students attempted to walk-on to the football team. Two of the five, Dock Rone and Andrew Pernell participated in the annual A-Day Game. Although none of the five made it to the varsity squad, their participation as part of the team marked the beginnings of the desegregation of the football program that culminated in the signing of Wilbur Jackson to an athletic scholarship in 1970.

Alabama opened the season ranked #2, but tied unranked Florida State at Birmingham in a game that snapped a 17-game winning streak and surprised many pundits. They rebounded from the tie with victories over Southern Miss in their annual Mobile game, Ole Miss in their first conference game and Vanderbilt in their first road game of the season. In their fifth game against Tennessee, Alabama was defeated 24–13 at Legion Field. The defeat ended a 25-game unbeaten streak for the Crimson Tide that dated back to the 1965 season and was the first for the Volunteers over Alabama since their 1960 season.

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