1968 BYU Cougars football team
American college football season
| 1968 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (1–5 WAC) |
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| Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Western Michigan* | W 17–7 | 26,571 | [3] | |||
| September 28 | Iowa State* | L 20–28 | 24,959 | [4] | |||
| October 12 | Wyoming |
| L 17–20 | 26,468 | [5] | ||
| October 19 | at Arizona | L 3–19 | 37,650 | [6] | |||
| October 26 | UTEP |
| L 25–31 | 27,010 | [7] | ||
| November 2 | at Utah |
| L 21–30 | 28,677 | [8] | ||
| November 9 | Utah State* |
| L 8–34 | 20,740 | [9] | ||
| November 16 | Arizona State | L 12–47 | 13,026 | [10] | |||
| November 23 | at New Mexico |
| W 35–6 | 6,950 | [11] | ||
| November 30 | at San Jose State* | L 21–25 | 2,875 | [12] | |||
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Roster
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| Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ^ "1968 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ "BYU ends W. Michigan home string". The Atlanta Journal. September 22, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Wyoming's field goal beats BYU". The Arizona Daily Star. October 13, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Arizona pounds Cougars". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 20, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sub leads UTEP past BYU, 31–25". The Austin American-Statesman. October 27, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Groth engineers Utah over BYU". The Arizona Daily Star. November 3, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies explode, blister BYU 34–8". The Arizona Republic. November 10, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sun Devils roll over Cougars by 47–12 margin". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 17, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "BYU Cats halt losing streak with 35–6 win". The Sunday Herald. November 24, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Jose wins over BYU, 25–21". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 1, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1968 NCAA Football Statistics (BYU)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
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