1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team

1968 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight co-champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 27–28 vs. SMU
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 11
Record	7–4 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Chuck Fairbanks (2nd season)
Home stadium	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 61,836)

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 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Chuck Fairbanks.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	at No. 3 Notre Dame*	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN		L 21–45	58,821
September 28	NC State*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 28–14	53,349
October 12	vs. Texas*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)		L 20–26	71,837
October 19	Iowa State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 42–7	46,960
October 26	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		L 27–41	45,804
November 2	Kansas State		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 35–20	43,782
November 9	at No. 3 Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 27–23	50,658
November 16	No. 6 Missouri		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)		W 28–14	60,632
November 23	Nebraska	No. 14	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK (rivalry)	ABC	W 47–0	46,011
November 30	at Oklahoma State	No. 11	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Series)		W 41–7	38,515
December 31	vs. No. 20 SMU*	No. 10	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	ABC	L 27–28	53,453
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WB 33 Eddie Hinton Jr SE 88 Preshie Hodge So WB 37 Gary Jamar So TB 22 Marcellous Johnson So C 52 Joe Justice So WR 83 Joe Killingsworth Jr C 54 Bob Klitzman So C 50 Ken Mendenhall Jr TB 36 Steve Owens Jr QB 11 Bob Warmack Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class RE 84 Jim Files Jr DHB 26 Jerry Hetherington So DHB 32 Rick Hetherington Jr LB 82 Steve Zabel Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Chuck Fairbanks Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster