1968 Air Force Falcons football team

The 1968 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1968 college football season as a University Division Independent. They were led by eleventh–year head coach Ben Martin. The Falcons played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They outscored their opponents 251–156 and finished with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses (7–3).

1968 Air Force Falcons football
Conference	Independent
1968 record	7–3
Head coach	Ben Martin (11th season)
Home stadium	Falcon Stadium

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State			–					11	–	0	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	2	–	0
West Texas State			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Florida State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Air Force			–					7	–	3	–	0
Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Houston			–					6	–	2	–	2
Utah State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					7	–	3	–	0
VPI			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	0
Xavier			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	5	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					5	–	5	–	0
New Mexico State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					4	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	6	–	1
San Jose State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	8	–	0
Tulane			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	at No. 6 Florida	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	L 20–23
September 28	Wyoming	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 10–3
October 5	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 13–24
October 12	vs. Navy	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	W 26–20
October 19	at Colorado State	Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	W 31–0
October 26	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 27–14
November 2	North Carolina	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 28–15
November 9	Arizona	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 10–14
November 16	Tulsa	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	W 28–8
November 23	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	W 58–35
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

• Reference:[1]

Roster

1968 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 18 Gary Baxter Sr OT 76 John Bierie So WR Ernie Jennings So WR 85 Charlie Longnecker Jr TE 89 Dave MacGhee Jr RB 41 Curtis Martin So C 55 George Rayl Jr OT 75 Dick Swanson Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 33 Phil Bauman So DT 77 Ed Epping Jr DT 71 Ken Hamlin Sr DE 82 Mark Ewig Jr DB 41 Ralph Hallenbeck Sr LB 23 Glenn Leimbach Jr DE 31 Dennis Leuthauser Jr DB 44 Terry Petrzelka Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ben Martin Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "1968 Air Force Falcons Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference. Retrieved November 30, 2017.