1968 Stanford Indians football team

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1968 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
1968 record6–3–1 (3–3–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
  • John Ralston (6th season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)
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.

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, in his first season as starting quarterback, and senior wide receiver Gene Washington.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 21San Jose State*W 68–20
September 28at OregonW 28–12
October 5at No. 13 Air Force*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–13
October 10No. 2 USCNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 24–27
October 19at Washington StateNo. 14T 21–21
October 26at UCLAL 17–20
November 2Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 7–29
November 9Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 35–20
November 16at No. 4 Pacific*
W 24–0
November 23at No. 18 CaliforniaW 20–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source:[1]

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
  • John Ralston (6th year)
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

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
Defensive end 6 144 Chicago Bears
Kicker 15 369 Cincinnati Bengals
Source:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1968–1972". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Retrieved May 24, 2013.

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