1968 Utah Redskins football team

1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings. ;

1968 Utah Redskins football
1968 Utah Redskins football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1968 record	3–7 (2–3 WAC)
Head coach	Bill Meek (1st season);
Home stadium	Ute Stadium
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. First-year head coach Bill Meek led the team to a 2–3 mark in the WAC and 3–7 overall.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at No. 14 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 0–31	66,198
September 28	No. 18 Oregon State*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 21–28	19,265
October 5	at Washington State*	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 17–14	16,503
October 12	New Mexico	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 30–7
October 19	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 9–20
October 26	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	L 6–14
November 2	BYU	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 30–21
November 9	at Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 21–59
November 16	Arizona	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 15–16
November 23	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	L 13–28
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source^[1]^[2]

Three Utah players were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft.

^ "1968 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.

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National championship seasons in bold

1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Wyoming $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Arizona State	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Arizona	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
UTEP	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Utah	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Colorado State *	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.