1968 Texas Longhorns football team

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1968 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 3
1968 record9–1–1 (6–1 SWC)
Head coach
  • Darrell Royal (12th season)
Offensive coordinatorEmory Bellard
Offensive schemeI-formation (first two games)
Wishbone (last nine games)
Defensive coordinatorMike Campbell
Base defense4–4
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 66,397)
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Southwest Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Arkansas + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Texas + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 14 SMU 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Texas Tech 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Baylor 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Texas A&M 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
TCU 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Rice 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 217:30 p.m.No. 11 Houston*No. 4
T 20–2066,397
September 287:30 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 6
L 22–3150,167
October 57:30 p.m.Oklahoma State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 31–351,000
October 122:00 p.m.vs. Oklahoma*
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)
CBSW 26–2071,938
October 192:00 p.m.No. 9 ArkansasNo. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 39–2966,397
October 267:30 p.m.at RiceNo. 13
W 38–1465,000
November 22:00 p.m.No. 13 SMUNo. 11
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 38–766,397
November 92:00 p.m.at BaylorNo. 10
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 47–2640,000
November 161:00 p.m.at TCUNo. 8
W 47–2140,000
November 282:00 p.m.Texas A&MNo. 6
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 35–1466,397
January 11:30 p.m.vs. No. 8 Tennessee*No. 5
CBSW 36–1372,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster[]

1968 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 18 Bill Bradley Sr
G 66 Mike Dean So
RB 24 Ted Koy Jr
T 62 Bob McKay Jr
G 64 Bobby Mitchell So
TE 40 Randy Peschel Jr
QB 16 James Street Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 71 Leo Brooks Jr
ROV 86 Mike Campbell Jr
CB 84 Tom Campbell Jr
DB 41 Dick Watt Sr
OLB 80 Bill Zapalac So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • Darrell Royal
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Emory Bellard
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Awards and honors[]

  • James Street, quarterback, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Cotton Speyrer, wide receiver, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • , linebacker, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
  • Chris Gilbert, back, Consensus All-American

References[]

  1. ^ Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.


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