1968 Stanford Indians football team

The 1968 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

1968 Stanford Indians football
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
1968 record6–3–1 (3–3–1 Pac-8)
Head coachJohn Ralston (6th season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)
1968 Pacific-8 Conference 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

Season

The Indians were coached by John Ralston in his sixth season. On the field, the offense was led by future Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett in his first season as starting quarterback and senior wide receiver Gene Washington.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 21San Jose State*W 68–20
September 28at OregonW 28–12
October 5at No. 13 Air Force*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 24–13
October 10No. 2 USCNo. 18
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 24–27
October 19at Washington StateNo. 14T 21–21
October 26at UCLAL 17–20
November 2Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 7–29
November 9Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 35–20
November 16at No. 4 Pacific*
W 24–0
November 23at No. 18 CaliforniaW 20–0
  • *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
  • John Ralston
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Players drafted by the NFL

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

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References

  1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1968–1972". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  2. "1969 NFL Draft". Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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