1967 Ball State Cardinals football team

1967 Ball State Cardinals football
1967 Ball State Cardinals football
ICC champion
Grantland Rice Bowl, L 13–27 vs. Eastern Kentucky
Conference	Indiana Collegiate Conference
Record	7–3 (5–1 ICC)
Head coach	Ray Louthen (6th season);
	Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

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 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion ^ – Grantland Rice Bowl participant

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Central Missouri State*	Ball State Field Muncie, IN	W 41–7	9,400	^[2]
September 23	at Valparaiso	Brown Field Valparaiso, IN	W 39–7	5,737	^[3]
September 30	Evansville	Muncie, IN	W 31–10	8,250
October 7	at Northern Illinois*	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL (rivalry)	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*	Horace Jones Field Murfreesboro, TN (Grantland Rice Bowl)	L 13–27	7,000	^[5]
*Non-conference game