1968 BYU Cougars football team

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1968 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record2–8 (1–5 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 1 0 7 3 0
Arizona State 5 1 0 8 2 0
Arizona 5 1 0 8 3 0
UTEP 3 3 0 4 5 1
Utah 2 3 0 3 7 0
Colorado State * 1 4 0 2 8 0
BYU 1 5 0 2 8 0
New Mexico 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 1–5 against conference opponents, finished seventh in the WAC, and were outscored by a total of 247 to 179.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Western Michigan*W 17–7
September 28Iowa State*L 20–2823,059
October 12Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 17–20
October 19at ArizonaL 3–19
October 26UTEPdagger
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 25–31
November 2at
Utah
)L 21–30
November 9Utah State*
L 8–3420,740
November 16
Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
  • L 12–47
    November 23at New MexicoW 35–6
    November 30at San Jose State*L 21–25
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming

    Roster

    1968 BYU Cougars football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB 36 Steve Densley Jr
    DB 19 Chris Farasopoulos So
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    References

    1. ^ "1968 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
    2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.