1968 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1968 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference co-champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 36–13 vs. Tennessee | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| 1968 record | 9–1–1 (6–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Darrell Royal (12th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Emory Bellard |
| Offensive scheme |
I-formation (first two games) Wishbone (last nine games) |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Campbell |
| Base defense | 4–4 |
| Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 66,397) |
| 1968 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Arkansas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 SMU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1968 college football season.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 21 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 11 Houston* | No. 4 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | T 20–20 | 66,397 | |||
| September 2 | 7:30 p.m. | at Texas Tech | No. 6 | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (rivalry) | L 22–31 | 50,167 | |||
| October 5 | 7:30 p.m. | Oklahoma State* | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 31–3 | 51,000 | ||||
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma* | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | CBS | W 26–20 | 71,938 | |||
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 9 Arkansas | No. 17 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 39–29 | 66,397 | |||
| October 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at Rice | No. 13 | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (rivalry) | W 38–14 | 65,000 | |||
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 13 SMU | No. 11 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 38–7 | 66,397 | |||
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Baylor | No. 10 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 47–26 | 40,000 | |||
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at TCU | No. 8 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) | W 47–21 | 40,000 | |||
| November 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Texas A&M | No. 6 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | ABC | W 35–14 | 66,397 | ||
| January 1 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. No. 8 Tennessee* | No. 5 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 36–13 | 72,000 | ||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
Awards and honors
- James Street, quarterback, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
- Cotton Speyrer, wide receiver, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
- Tom Campbell, linebacker, Cotton Bowl co-Most Valuable Player
- Chris Gilbert, back, Consensus All-American
References
- ↑ Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine.. MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.
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