1968 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

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1968 UC Riverside Highlanders football
ConferenceIndependent
1968 record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHighlander Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 NCAA College Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 San Diego State   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Chattanooga   –   9 – 1 – 0
Indiana State   –   9 – 1 – 0
IUP   –   9 – 1 – 0
Nevada Southern   –   8 – 1 – 0
UC Riverside   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 7 Eastern Michigan   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lincoln (MO)   –   8 – 2 – 0
La Verne   –   7 – 2 – 0
Tennessee State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Hawaii   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 14 Tampa   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 17 Akron   –   7 – 3 – 1
Northeastern   –   6 – 3 – 0
Southern Illinois   –   6 – 3 – 0
Cortland   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pacific (CA)   –   6 – 4 – 0
Samford   –   6 – 4 – 0
Parsons   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wheaton (IL)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Drake   –   5 – 5 – 0
UC Santa Barbara   –   4 – 4 – 1
Santa Clara   –   4 – 5 – 0
Portland State   –   4 – 6 – 0
Wayne State (MI)   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wabash   –   3 – 6 – 0
Colorado College   –   2 – 6 – 0
Milwaukee   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lake Forest   –   2 – 8 – 0
Northern Illinois   –   2 – 8 – 0
Mississippi Valley State   –   1 – 7 – 0
UC San Diego   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rose Poly   –   0 – 8 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona   –   0 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season.

This was the last year UC Riverside would compete as an independent. They would join the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 1969. UC Riverside was led by fourth-year head coach Pete Kettela. They played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 315–212 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28at Loyola (CA)[note 1]
W 27–13
October 5at La Verne
W 24–19
October 12Saint Mary's
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 40–28[1]
October 19at Redlands
W 35–29
October 26Claremont-Mudd[note 2]
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 49–30
November 2Pomona-Pitzer
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
T 21–21
November 9San Francisco
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 49–26
November 16Azusa Pacific
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 56–6
November 23Cal State Hayward[note 3]
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
L 14–40

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Team players in the NFL[]

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1969 NFL Draft. [3][4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Loyola Marymount University was known as Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1930 to 1973.
  2. ^ The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.
  3. ^ California State University, East Bay was known as California State College at Hayward from 1963 to 1971.

References[]

  1. ^ "SF State Remains Unbeaten". Red Bluff Daily News. Red Bluff, California. October 14, 1968. p. 7. Retrieved March 31, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. ^ "1968 - California-Riverside". Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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