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1968 BYU Cougars football team

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1968 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBYU 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 in 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 a 2–8 record (1–5 against WAC opponents), finished seventh in the WAC, and were outscored by a total of 247 to 179.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 21at Western Michigan*W 17–7
September 28Iowa State*Provo, UTL 20–28
October 12WyomingProvo, UTL 17–20
October 19at ArizonaL 3–19
October 26UTEPdaggerProvo, UTL 25–31
November 2at UtahL 21–30
November 9Utah State*Provo, UT (rivalry)L 8–34
November 16Arizona StateL 12–47
November 23at New MexicoAlbuquerque, NMW 35–6
November 30at San Jose State*L 21–25
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster

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

  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. Retrieved January 3, 2019.