1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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.

1968 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big Eight co-champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 27–28 vs. SMU
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 11
1968 record7–4 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coachChuck Fairbanks (2nd season)
Home stadiumOklahoma Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 61,836)
1968 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21at No. 3 Notre Dame*No. 5
L 21–4558,821
September 28NC State*
W 28–1453,349
October 12vs. Texas*
L 20–2671,837
October 19Iowa State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 42–746,960
October 26at Colorado
L 27–4145,804
November 2Kansas State
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 35–2043,782
November 9at No. 3 Kansas
W 27–2350,658
November 16No. 6 Missouri
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)
W 28–1460,632
November 23NebraskaNo. 14
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK (rivalry)
ABCW 47–046,011
November 30at Oklahoma StateNo. 11
W 41–738,515
December 31vs. No. 20 SMU*No. 10
ABCL 27–2853,453
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster
1968 Oklahoma Sooners football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
RE 84 Jim Files Jr
DHB 26 Jerry Hetherington So
DHB 32 Rick Hetherington Jr
LB 82 Steve Zabel Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

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References
  1. "SoonerSports.com". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
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