1968 Oregon State Beavers football team

1968 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 15
1968 record 7–3 (5–1 Pac-8)
Head coach Dee Andros (4th season)
Captain Steve Preece
Jon Sandstrom
Home stadium Parker Stadium
Civic Stadium (Portland)
1968 Pacific-8 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1968 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.[1]

Under fourth-year head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 7–3 overall and 5–1 in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). They were fifteenth in the final AP Poll, and outscored their opponents, 285 to 179.[2] The 17–13 loss at USC in November decided the conference title and the Rose Bowl berth.[3] Prior to the 1975 season, the Pac-8 and Big Ten conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.

The Beavers were led on offense by quarterback Steve Preece and fullback Bill Enyart,[4] nicknamed "Earthquake."[5] Center John Didion was a consensus All-American.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 21 at Iowa* No. 8 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa [6] L  20–21   46,892
September 28 at Utah* No. 18 Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City [7] W 24–21   19,265
October 5 Washington Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon [8] ABC W 35–21   30,220
October 12 at Kentucky* No. 20 McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky [9] L  34–35   32,000
October 19 Arizona State* Civic Stadium • Portland, Oregon [1] W 28–9   27,507
October 26 at Washington State Rogers Field • Pullman, Washington [10][11] W 16–8   20,781
November 2 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California [12] W 29–7   29,000
November 9 UCLAdagger No. 15 Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon [4] W 45–21   41,361
November 16 at No. 1 USC No. 13 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles [3][5] L  13–17   59,236
November 23 Oregon No. 16 Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon [13] (Civil War) W 41–19   40,144
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[14][15]

Roster

Season summary

Utah

  • Bill Enyart 50 Rush, 299 Yds, 3 TD
  • Oregon State did not complete a pass (0/4, INT) [15]

Washington

  • Roger Cantlon 4 Rec, 116 Yds [15]

Kentucky

Washington State

UCLA

Oregon

Statistics

  • Bill Enyart 293 Rush, 1304 Yds, 17 TD (all three were single season school records until 1999 – Ken Simonton)
  • Billy Main 32.1 yards per kick return [15]

Awards

  • Team MVP: Steve Preece, Jon Sandstrom
  • All Pac 8: John Didion, Bill Enyart, Jon Sandstrom
  • All-American: John Didion (AFCA – 1st, AP, Central Press Association, Football News, FWAA – 1st, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Sporting News, Time, UPI, Walter Camp), Bill Enyart (UPI – 1st)[15]

Draft picks

Oregon State players selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft

Rnd. Pick # NFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
2 27 Buffalo Bills Bill Enyart  FB Oregon St Pac-8
3 67 Atlanta Falcons Jon Sandstrom  DT Oregon St Pac-8
7 213 Washington Redskins John Didion  C Oregon St Pac-8
9 216 Detroit Lions Rocky Raisley  OT Oregon St Pac-8
9 229 Los Angeles Rams Mike Foote  LB Oregon St Pac-8

Source:[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Cawood, Neil (October 20, 1968). "Beavers rip Devils, 28-9". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  2. ↑ "1968 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Cawood, Neil (November 17, 1968). "OSU bowl hopes shattered by Trojans, 17-13". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  4. 1 2 Cawood, Neil (November 10, 1968). "Beavers rip Bruins, 45-21". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  5. 1 2 "O.J. & Co. get 3rd straight bowl berth with 17-13 win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 17, 1968. p. 11.
  6. ↑ "Preece hurt, O-State upset by Iowa 21-20". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. September 22, 1968. p. 1B.
  7. ↑ "Enyart keys Beaver victory 24-21". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. September 29, 1968. p. 1B.
  8. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 6, 1968). "Beavers open up, drub Huskies in second half, 35-21". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1B.
  9. ↑ "Lyons ruins State, 35-34". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 13, 1968. p. 1B.
  10. ↑ "Enyart paces Beavers' win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. October 27, 1968. p. 1B.
  11. ↑ "Preece, Enyart help Beavers spoil Cougars' Homecoming". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. October 27, 1968. p. 15.
  12. ↑ "OSU smells Roses, 29-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. November 3, 1968. p. 1B.
  13. ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 24, 1964). "Webfoots 'Pumpkinized' by Enyart, Beavers, 41-19". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 3B.
  14. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Dec-11.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2016 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide. Retrieved 2016-Dec-11.
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