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American college football season
1968 Army Cadets football
Conference Independent Record 7–3 Head coach Defensive coordinator Richard S. Lyon (2nd season)Captain Ken Johnson Home stadium Michie Stadium Seasons
The 1968 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season . In their third year under head coach Tom Cahill , the Cadets compiled a 7–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 270 to 137.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game , the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 21 to 14 score. The Cadets lost to Vanderbilt by a 17 to 13 score, Penn State by 28 to 24, and to Missouri by a 7 to 3 score.[2]
Army linebacker Ken Johnson was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as a first-team player on the 1968 College Football All-America Team .[3]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 21 2:00 p.m. The Citadel W 34–1423,000 [4]
September 28 2:00 p.m. Vanderbilt Michie Stadium West Point, NY L 13–1723,000 [5]
October 5 2:30 p.m. at Missouri L 3–758,576
October 12 2:00 p.m. No. 16 California Michie Stadium West Point, NY W 10–732,000
October 19 2:00 p.m. at Rutgers W 24–028,000 [6]
October 26 2:00 p.m. Duke W 57–2532,000 [7]
November 2 1:00 p.m. at University Park, PA
L 24–2849,122
November 9 1:00 p.m. Boston College Michie Stadium West Point, NY W 58–2532,000
November 16 1:30 p.m. at Pittsburgh W 26–028,072
November 30 1:30 p.m. vs. ABC
W 21–14102,000
Game summaries
The Citadel
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
Cadets
0
Vanderbilt
1
2
3
4
Total
Commodores
0
17
0
0
17
Cadets
7
0
6
0
13
At Missouri
1
2
3
4
Total
Cadets
0
0
0
3
3
Tigers
7
0
0
0
7
California
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Bears
0
Cadets
0
At Rutgers
1
2
3
4
Total
Cadets
14
3
0
7
24
Scarlet Knights
0
0
0
0
0
Duke
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
Cadets
0
At Penn State
1
2
3
4
Total
Cadets
0
7
0
17
24
Nittany Lions
9
0
7
12
28
Boston College
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
Cadets
0
At Pittsburgh
1
2
3
4
Total
Cadets
0
6
7
13
26
Panthers
0
0
0
0
0
vs Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Cadets
7
7
7
0
21
Midshipmen
0
7
7
0
14
Personnel
1968 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
RB
Charlie Jarvis
Sr
QB
Steve Lindell
Sr
FB
Lynn Moore
Jr
QB
Jimmy O'Toole
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
References
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