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1968 BYU Cougars football team

The 1968 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 1–5 against conference opponents, finished seventh in the WAC, and were outscored by a total of 247 to 179.[1][2]

1968 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Arizona State 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Arizona 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
UTEP 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Utah 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Colorado State * 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
BYU 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Western Michigan*
W 17–726,571[3]
September 28Iowa State*
L 20–2824,959[4]
October 12Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 17–2026,468[5]
October 19at Arizona
L 3–1937,650[6]
October 26UTEP 
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 25–3127,010[7]
November 2at Utah
L 21–3028,677[8]
November 9Utah State*
L 8–3420,740[9]
November 16Arizona State
L 12–4713,026[10]
November 23at New Mexico
W 35–66,950[11]
November 30at San Jose State*
L 21–252,875[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming

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Roster

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1968 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 36 Steve Densley Jr
DB 19 Chris Farasopoulos So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

References

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  1. ^ "1968 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "BYU ends W. Michigan home string". The Atlanta Journal. September 22, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "I.S.U. pulls 28–20 upset over B.Y.U." The Des Moines Register. September 29, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wyoming's field goal beats BYU". The Arizona Daily Star. October 13, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Arizona pounds Cougars". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 20, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sub leads UTEP past BYU, 31–25". The Austin American-Statesman. October 27, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Groth engineers Utah over BYU". The Arizona Daily Star. November 3, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Aggies explode, blister BYU 34–8". The Arizona Republic. November 10, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Sun Devils roll over Cougars by 47–12 margin". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 17, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "BYU Cats halt losing streak with 35–6 win". The Sunday Herald. November 24, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "San Jose wins over BYU, 25–21". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 1, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1968 NCAA Football Statistics (BYU)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 16, 2024.


 

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