1968 Maine Black Bears football team
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Conference | Yankee Conference |
1968 record | 3–5 (2–3 Yankee) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Donald Loranger, Francis Griffin, E. Quackenbush |
Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its second season under head coach Walter Abbott, the team compiled a 3–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for third place in the Yankee Conference. Donald Loranger, Francis Griffin, and E. Quackenbush were the team captains.[1]
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 21 | at UMass | L 3–21 | |||||
September 28 | Boston University*![]() | L 3–6 | |||||
October 5 | Vermont |
| W 28–0 | [2] | |||
October 12 | at New Hampshire | L 17–42 | |||||
October 19 | at Connecticut | L 0–29 | |||||
October 26 | Rhode Island |
| W 21–14 | ||||
November 2 | at Bucknell* | L 21–42 | 5,700 | [3] | |||
November 9 | Hofstra* |
| W 42–7 | 3,750 | [4] | ||
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References[]
- ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Abbott looks to UNH after first victory". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bucknell in 42-21 Romp over Maine". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. November 3, 1968. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Osborne, Owen (November 11, 1968). "Bears Bow Out Beating Hofstra". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1968 Yankee Conference football season
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- 1968 in Maine