1968 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–3–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1968 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 USC $ 6 –0 –09 –1 –1
No. 15 Oregon State 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Stanford 3 –3 –16 –3 –1
California 2 –2 –17 –3 –1
Oregon 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
UCLA 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Washington State 1 –3 –13 –6 –1
Washington 1 –5 –13 –5 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football 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, a sophomore in his first season as starting quarterback, and senior wide receiver Gene Washington.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21San Jose State*
W 68–20
September 28at Oregon
W 28–1225,000[1][2]
October 5at No. 13 Air Force*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–13
October 12No. 2 USCNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 24–2781,000
October 19at Washington StateNo. 14
T 21–2115,700
October 26at UCLA
L 17–2037,935[3]
November 2Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 7–2929,000[4]
November 9Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 35–2033,000
November 16at No. 4 Pacific (CA)*
W 24–0
November 23at No. 18 California
W 20–073,987
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1968 Stanford Indians football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 16 Jim Plunkett So
WR 18 Gene Washington Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

NFL/AFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Gene WashingtonWide receiver116San Francisco 49ers
George BuehlerGuard250Oakland Raiders
Malcolm SniderGuard354Atlanta Falcons
Bill NicholsonDefensive end6144Chicago Bears
Bill ShoemakerKicker15369Cincinnati Bengals
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References

  1. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 29, 1968). "Tribe's circus downs Ducks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. ↑ "Tribe trims Ducks". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 29, 1968. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "UCLA stops Tribe". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 27, 1968. p. 3B.
  4. ↑ "OSU smells Roses, 29-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 3, 1968. p. 1B.
  5. ↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1968–1972". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ "1969 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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