1968 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1968 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

1968 Texas Longhorns football
Southwest Conference co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 3
1968 record9–1–1 (6–1 SWC)
Head coachDarrell Royal (12th season)
Offensive coordinatorEmory Bellard
Offensive schemeI-formation (first two games)
Wishbone (last nine games)
Defensive coordinatorMike Campbell
Base defense4–4
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 66,397)
1968 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 217:30 p.m.No. 11 Houston*No. 4T 20–2066,397
September 287:30 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 6
L 22–3150,167
October 57:30 p.m.Oklahoma State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 31–351,000
October 122:00 p.m.vs. Oklahoma*
CBSW 26–2071,938
October 192:00 p.m.No. 9 ArkansasNo. 17
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 39–2966,397
October 267:30 p.m.at RiceNo. 13W 38–1465,000
November 22:00 p.m.No. 13 SMUNo. 11
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 38–766,397
November 92:00 p.m.at BaylorNo. 10
W 47–2640,000
November 161:00 p.m.at TCUNo. 8W 47–2140,000
November 282:00 p.m.Texas A&MNo. 6
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 35–1466,397
January 11:30 p.m.vs. No. 8 Tennessee*No. 5
CBSW 36–1372,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

Roster

1968 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 18 Bill Bradley Sr
G 66 Mike Dean So
RB 24 Ted Koy Jr
T 62 Bob McKay Jr
G 64 Bobby Mitchell So
TE 40 Randy Peschel Jr
QB 16 James Street Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 71 Leo Brooks Jr
ROV 86 Mike Campbell Jr
CB 84 Tom Campbell Jr
DB 41 Dick Watt Sr
OLB 80 Bill Zapalac So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

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

  1. Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.