1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Chuck Fairbanks.

1968 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight co-champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 2728 vs. SMU
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
1968 record74 (61 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,836)
1968 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Kansas + 6 1 0  9 2 0
No. 11 Oklahoma + 6 1 0  7 4 0
No. 9 Missouri 5 2 0  8 3 0
Nebraska 3 4 0  6 4 0
Colorado 3 4 0  4 6 0
Kansas State 2 5 0  4 6 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0  3 7 0
Iowa State 1 6 0  3 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21at No. 3 Notre Dame*No. 5L 21–4558,821
September 28NC State*W 28–1453,349
October 12vs. Texas*L 20–2671,837
October 19Iowa State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 42–746,960
October 26at ColoradoL 27–4145,804
November 2Kansas State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–2043,782
November 9at No. 3 KansasW 27–2350,658
November 16No. 6 Missouri
W 28–1460,632
November 23NebraskaNo. 14
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
ABCW 47–046,011
November 30at Oklahoma StateNo. 11W 41–738,515
December 31vs. No. 20 SMU*No. 10ABCL 27–2853,453
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WB 33 Eddie Hinton Jr
SE 88 Preshie Hodge So
WB 37 Gary Jamar So
TB 22 Marcellous Johnson So
C 52 Joe Justice So
WR 83 Joe Killingsworth Jr
C 54 Bob Klitzman So
C 50 Ken Mendenhall Jr
TB 36 Steve Owens Jr
QB 11 Bob Warmack Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
RE 84 Jim Files Jr
DHB 26 Jerry Hetherington So
DHB 32 Rick Hetherington Jr
LB 82 Steve Zabel Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Postseason

NFL/AFL draft

Eddie Hinton was drafted into the National Football League following the season.[2]

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Eddie HintonWide receiver125Baltimore Colts

References

  1. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  2. "1969 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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