1968 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1968 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Charlie Tate, in his fifth year as head coach for the Hurricanes.

1968 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
1968 record5–5
Head coach
CaptainJohn Acuff
Ted Hendricks
Jerry Pierce
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 80,010)
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Penn State      11 0 0
West Texas State      8 2 0
No. 5 Notre Dame      7 2 1
Florida State      8 3 0
Air Force      7 3 0
Army      7 3 0
Buffalo      7 3 0
No. 18 Houston      6 2 2
Utah State      7 3 0
Boston College      7 3 0
West Virginia      7 3 0
VPI      7 4 0
Pacific      6 4 0
Syracuse      6 4 0
Villanova      6 4 0
Xavier      6 4 0
Colgate      5 5 0
Dayton      5 5 0
Miami (FL)      5 5 0
New Mexico State      5 5 0
Georgia Tech      4 6 0
Southern Miss      4 6 0
Holy Cross      3 6 1
San Jose State      3 7 0
Navy      2 8 0
Tulane      2 8 0
Pittsburgh      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 20NorthwesternNo. 19W 28–7
September 28at Georgia TechNo. 15W 10–7
October 5at No. 2 USCNo. 13L 3–2871,189
October 11No. 8 LSU
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 30–0
October 18Virginia TechNo. 12
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
W 13–8
October 26at AuburnNo. 9L 6–31
November 1Pittsburgh
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 48–0
November 9at No. 4 Penn StateL 7–2250,132
November 16No. 16 Alabama
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ABCL 6–1443,418
November 30at FloridaL 10–14
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1968 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB John Acuff Sr
WR Ray Bellamy So
RB Bobby Best So
C Don Brandy
WR 87 Dave Kalina Jr
WR Dieter Matthes So
QB David Olivo Sr
RB Vince Opalsky Jr
QB Lew Pytel So
T James Schneider
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 83 Tony Cline Jr
LB 89 Ted Hendricks (C) Sr
OL 50 Mike George Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

LSU


at USC


at Penn State


References

  1. "1968 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 17, 2016.


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