1968 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
| 1968 Arkansas Razorbacks football | |
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SWC co-champion Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 16–2 vs. Georgia | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| Record | 10–1 (6–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Razorback Stadium War Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 6 Arkansas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 SMU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the
AP Poll and #9 in the final UPI Coaches Poll and went on to defeat Georgia in the 1969 Sugar Bowl. Offensive guard Jim Barnes was selected by the AP and Central Press as a first-team player on the 1968 College Football All-America Team
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | Oklahoma State* | W 32–15 | 53,307 | ||||
| September 28 | Tulsa* | W 56–13 | 41,712 | ||||
| October 5 | at TCU | No. 20 | W 17–7 | 41,126 | |||
| October 12 | Baylor | No. 14 |
| W 35–19 | 41,429 | ||
| October 19 | at No. 17 Texas | No. 9 | L 29–39 | 66,397 | [3] | ||
| October 26 | North Texas State* | No. 16 |
| W 17–15 | 45,802 | ||
| November 2 | at Texas A&M | No. 17 | W 25–22 | 41,925 | |||
| November 9 | Rice | No. 14 |
| W 46–21 | 43,817 | ||
| November 16 | SMU | No. 10 |
| W 35–29 | 49,112 | ||
| November 23 | at Jones Stadium ) | W 42–7 | 48,165 | ||||
| January 1 | vs. No. 4 Georgia | No. 9 | NBC | W 16–2 | 82,113 | [4] | |
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Roster
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Defense
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Special teams
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Sugar Bowl
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| Razorbacks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Georgia's number-one ranked defense matched up against Arkansas ninth-ranked offense on New Year's Day in New Orleans.
Razorback QB Bill Montgomery led the only scoring drive, capped with a 23-yard strike to
safety, after which Razorback kicker
Bob White took over, adding three unanswered field goals. The game ended with a 16–2 Razorback win. Chuck Dicus caught twelve passes for 169 yards and a score, and was named player of the game.
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References
- ^ "Arkansas Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ^ "1968 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
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