1968 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1968 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by fifth-year head coach Doug Dickey and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC) and a loss against Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
| 1968 Tennessee Volunteers football | |
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Cotton Bowl Classic, L 13–36 vs. Texas | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 7 |
| AP | No. 13 |
| 1968 record | 8–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Neyland Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Georgia $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Alabama | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Auburn | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neyland Stadium installed artificial turf prior to the season;[1] it was one of four university division venues (Astrodome (Houston), Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin), and Husky Stadium (Washington)) with synthetic grass in 1968.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 14 | Georgia | No. 9 | ABC | T 17–17 | 60,603[1] | |
| September 28 | Memphis State* | No. 16 |
| W 24–17 | ||
| October 5 | at Rice* | No. 15 | W 52–0 | |||
| October 12 | at Georgia Tech* | No. 10 | W 24–7 | 60,011 | ||
| October 19 | Alabama | No. 8 |
| ABC | W 10–9 | 63,392[2] |
| November 2 | UCLA* | No. 5 |
| W 42–18 | 64,078[3] | |
| November 9 | at No. 18 Auburn | No. 5 | L 14–28 | |||
| November 16 | Ole Miss | No. 11 |
| W 31–0 | ||
| November 23 | Kentucky | No. 8 |
| W 24–7 | 60,899[4] | |
| November 30 | at Vanderbilt | No. 7 | W 10–7 | |||
| January 1 | vs. No. 5 Texas | No. 8 | CBS | L 13–36 | 72,000 | |
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Roster
| 1968 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Special teams
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Team players drafted into the NFL/AFL
Four Volunteers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft, the third common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Richmond Flowers | Fullback | 2 | 49 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Karl Kremser | Kicker | 5 | 128 | Miami Dolphins |
| Jim Weatherford | Defensive back | 15 | 366 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Chick McGeehan | Fullback | 15 | 375 | Miami Dolphins |
References
General
- 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
Specific
- "Vols catch Georgia". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 15, 1968. p. 4B.
- "Vols edge Bama". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 20, 1968. p. 4B.
- "Bruins buried by Vol avalanche". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 3, 1968. p. 4B.
- "Vols overcome Kentucky, 24-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 24, 1968. p. 5B.
- 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 123
- 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book, p. 100
- "1969 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.