1968 BYU Cougars football team

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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.

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[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Western Michigan*W 17–7
September 28Iowa State*L 20–2823,059
October 12Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 17–20
October 19at ArizonaL 3–19
October 26UTEPdagger
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 25–31
November 2at UtahL 21–30
November 9Utah State*
L 8–3420,740
November 16Arizona StateL 12–47
November 23at New MexicoW 35–6
November 30at San Jose State*L 21–25
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster[edit]

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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References[edit]

  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.