1968 Stanford Indians football team
The 1968 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.
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Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
1968 record | 6–3–1 (3–3–1 Pac-8) |
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Home stadium | Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 USC $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Oregon State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season
The Indians led by sixth-year head coach John Ralston. On the field, the offense was headed by future Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett, in his first season as starting quarterback, and senior wide receiver Gene Washington.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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September 21 | San Jose State* | W 68–20 | ||
September 28 | at Oregon | W 28–12 | ||
October 5 | at No. 13 Air Force* |
| W 24–13 | |
October 10 | No. 2 USC | No. 18 |
| L 24–27 |
October 19 | at Washington State | No. 14 | T 21–21 | |
October 26 | at UCLA | L 17–20 | ||
November 2 | Oregon State |
| L 7–29 | |
November 9 | Washington |
| W 35–20 | |
November 16 | at No. 4 Pacific* | W 24–0 | ||
November 23 | at No. 18 California | W 20–0 | ||
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Roster
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Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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NFL/AFL Draft
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
Gene Washington | Wide receiver | 1 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers |
George Buehler | Guard | 2 | 50 | Oakland Raiders |
Malcolm Snider | Guard | 3 | 54 | Atlanta Falcons |
Bill Nicholson | Defensive end | 6 | 144 | Chicago Bears |
Bill Shoemaker | Kicker | 15 | 369 | Cincinnati Bengals |
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References
- "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1968–1972". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "1969 NFL Draft". Retrieved May 24, 2013.
External links
- Game program: Stanford vs. Washington State at Spokane – October 19. 1968
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