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1967 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

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The 1967 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press International (UPI), and the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) coaches (Coaches) as the best college football players by position in the Pac-8 during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season.

The 1967 USC Trojans football team won the national championship and placed seven players on the first team: running back O. J. Simpson; end Earl McCullouch; offensive tackle Ron Yary; offensive guard Mike Scarpace; defensive end Tim Rossovich; linebacker Adrian Young; and defensive back Mike Battle.[1][2][3]

Offensive selections

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Quarterbacks

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  • Gary Beban, UCLA (AP-1 [back]; UPI-1 [back]; Coaches-1 [quarterback])
  • Steve Preece, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2 [back]; Coaches-2 [quarterback])

Backs

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Ends

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  • Earl McCullouch, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Wayne Stewart, California (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
  • George Buehler, Stanford (UPI-1)
  • Gary Houser, Oregon State (Coaches-1)
  • Dave Nuttall, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Doug Flansburg, Washington State (AP-2)
  • Bob Klein, USC (Coaches-2)

Tackles

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  • Larry Slagle, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Ron Yary, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Mal Snider, Stanford (UPI-2; Coaches-1)
  • Bob Richardson, Washington (AP-2; Coaches-2)
  • Roger Stalick, Oregon State (AP-2)
  • Mike Taylor, USC (UPI-2)

Guards

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  • Dave Marlette, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
  • Mike Scarpace, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-2)
  • Dennis Murphy, UCLA (AP-2; Coaches-1)
  • Dave Middendorf, Washington State (UPI-1; Coaches-2)
  • Bob Heffernan, Stanford (AP-2)
  • Ken Bajema, UCLA (UPI-2)

Centers

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  • John Erquiaga, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • John Didion, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

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Defensive ends

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Defensive tackles

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Guard

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  • George Dames, Oregon (AP-1 [guard]; UPI-1 [linebacker]; Coaches-1 [guard])
  • Jon Sandstrom, Oregon State (AP-2 [guard]; UPI-2 [linebacker])
  • Mike Maggart, Washington (Coaches-2)

Linebackers

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  • Don Manning, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Adrian Young, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Martin Brill, Stanford (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
  • Skip Vanderbundt, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
  • Jim Snow, USC (AP-2; Coaches-2)
  • George Jugum, Washington (AP-2)
  • Jim Featherstone, California (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs

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  • Jim Smith, Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Mark Gustafson, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Mike Battle, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Bobby Smith, California (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-2)
  • Ken Wiedemann, California (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Mark Waletich, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Bob Pederson, Washington (UPI-2)
  • Dan Sprlesterbach, Washington (UPI-2)
  • Pat Cashman, USC (Coaches-2)
  • Andy Herrera, UCLA (Coaches-2)

Special teams

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Kicker

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Key

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AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

Coaches = chosen by the Pac-8 head coaches[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "AP Picks Stewart on All Coast". Oakland Tribune. December 1, 1967. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Cal Soph On UPI All Coast". Oakland Tribune. December 1, 1967. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Beban Heads All-Pacific 8 Grids". Valley Times. December 6, 1967. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Dames, Smith named to Pacific 8 first team". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 6, 1967. p. 1D.