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1968 Stanford Indians football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–3–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadium Stanford Stadium
Seasons
←  1967
1969 →
1968 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 USC $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 15 Oregon State 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Stanford 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
California 2 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Oregon 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
UCLA 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Washington State 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Washington 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

The Indians led by sixth-year head coach John Ralston. On the field, the offense was headed by future Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett, a sophomore in his first season as starting quarterback, and senior wide receiver Gene Washington.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 San Jose State*
W 68–20
September 28at Oregon
W 28–1225,000 [1] [2]
October 5at No. 13 Air Force*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–13
October 12No. 2 USCNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA ( rivalry)
L 24–2781,000
October 19at Washington StateNo. 14
T 21–2115,700
October 26at UCLA
L 17–2037,935 [3]
November 2 Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 7–2929,000 [4]
November 9 Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 35–2033,000
November 16at No. 4 Pacific (CA)*
W 24–0
November 23at No. 18 California
W 20–073,987
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[5]

Roster

1968 Stanford Indians football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 16 Jim Plunkett So
WR 18 Gene Washington Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

NFL/AFL Draft

Main article: 1969 NFL/AFL draft
Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Gene Washington Wide receiver 1 16 San Francisco 49ers
George Buehler Guard 2 50 Oakland Raiders
Malcolm Snider Guard 3 54 Atlanta Falcons
Bill Nicholson Defensive end 6 144 Chicago Bears
Bill Shoemaker Kicker 15 369 Cincinnati Bengals
Source: [6]

References

  1. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 29, 1968). "Tribe's circus downs Ducks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. ^ "Tribe trims Ducks". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 29, 1968. p. 16.
  3. ^ "UCLA stops Tribe". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 27, 1968. p. 3B.
  4. ^ "OSU smells Roses, 29-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 3, 1968. p. 1B.
  5. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1968–1972". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  6. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2013.

External links

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