1968 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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1968 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record0–8–2 (0–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Georgia $ 5 0 1 8 1 2
No. 13 Tennessee 4 1 1 8 2 1
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 0 8 3 0
No. 19 LSU 4 2 0 8 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 0 7 4 0
Florida 3 2 1 6 3 1
Ole Miss 3 2 1 7 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 1 5 4 1
Mississippi State 0 4 1 0 8 2
Kentucky 0 7 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1968 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs finished winless on the year, although they did manage to tie two teams that finished with winning records, including rival Ole Miss, led by star quarterback Archie Manning.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Louisiana Tech*L 13–2015,000[1]
September 28AuburnL 0–2625,200[2]
October 5at No. 4 FloridaL 14–3154,921[3]
October 12Southern Miss*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
L 14–4722,000[4]
October 19No. 15 Texas Tech*
  • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
T 28–2828,000[5]
October 26at Tampa*L 17–2423,340[6]
November 2at AlabamaL 13–2058,084[7][8]
November 9Florida State*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
L 14–2717,000[9]
November 16at LSUL 16–2057,000[10]
November 30at Ole MissT 17–1727,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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