1967 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

1967 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
Conference Independent
1967 record 6–3
Head coach Dan Boisture (1st year)
Captain Ron Arnold, Bob Edelbrock
Home stadium Walter O. Briggs Field

The 1967 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University as an independent during the 1967 college football season. In their first season under head coach Dan Boisture, the Hurons compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents, 173 to 77.[1]

Eastern Michigan hired Boisture as its head football coach in July 1967.[2] Boisture later commented that he was willing to go to a smaller school, saying, "There weren't many jobs open . . . Joan and I looked at the campus. It was a cute campus."[3] Under his leadership, the team produced the longest period of sustained success since Elton Rynearson's days. The team posted winning seasons in all seven years of Boisture's coaching, including a 13-game winning streak that remains a school record.[4]

References

  1. "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 164, 170. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  2. "Boisture New Head Football Coach at Eastern". The Owosso Argus-Press. 1957-08-01.
  3. Slezak, Joe (July 27, 2003). "Athlete follows in family footsteps". The News-Herald. Heritage Newspapers. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  4. "Former EMU football coach Boisture, two administrative secretaries die". Focus EMU Online. Eastern Michigan University. June 12, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
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