1968 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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1968 Big Eight Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Kansas +	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
No. 9 Missouri	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1968 college football season. This Colorado squad featured 18 sophomores on the two-deep depth chart and endured an up-and-down season, including the second straight win over Oklahoma in Boulder but also the first loss to Air Force in five years.

Schedule

September 21Oregon*

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

W 28–7 44,723 September 28at California*

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, California

ABCL 0–10 27,500 October 5at Iowa State

• Clyde Williams Field
• Ames, Iowa

W 28–18 24,500 October 12at Missouri

• Memorial Stadium
• Columbia, Missouri

L 14–27 50,705 October 19Kansas State

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

W 37–14 32,500 October 26Oklahoma

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

W 41–27 47,724 November 2at No. 3 Kansas

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, Kansas

L 14–27 44,500 November 9at Oklahoma State

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, Oklahoma

L 17–34 17,500 November 16Nebraska

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado (Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry)

L 6–22 48,327 November 23Air Force*

• Folsom Field
• Boulder, Colorado

L 35–38 42,300

Personnel

Roster

1968 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB/RB 11 Bobby Anderson Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Eddie Crowder Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Coaching staff

• Head Coach: Eddie Crowder
• Assistants: Ken Blair (offense), Pat Culpepper (defense), Chet Franklin (offense), Don James (defense), Jim Mora (defense), Steve Ortmayer (offense), Augie Tamariello (offense), Dan Stavely (freshman)