1968 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1968 Tennessee Volunteers football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 13–36 vs. Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 13
Record8–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeyland 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 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by fifth-year head coach Doug Dickey and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC) and a loss against Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Neyland Stadium installed artificial turf prior to the season;[1] it was one of four university division venues (Astrodome (Houston), Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin), and Husky Stadium (Washington)) with synthetic grass in 1968.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 14GeorgiaNo. 9
ABCT 17–1760,603[1]
September 28Memphis State*No. 16
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 24–1761,792[2]
October 5at Rice*No. 15
W 52–025,000[3]
October 12at Georgia Tech*No. 10
W 24–760,011[4]
October 19AlabamaNo. 8
ABCW 10–963,392[5]
November 2UCLA*daggerNo. 5
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN
W 42–1864,078[6]
November 9at No. 18 AuburnNo. 5
L 14–2868,821[7]
November 16Ole MissNo. 11
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 31–062,786[8]
November 23KentuckyNo. 8
  • Neyland Stadium
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 24–760,899[9]
November 30at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
    		• W 10–734,000[10]
    January 1vs. No. 5 TexasNo. 8
    		CBSL 13–3672,000[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    1968 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    RB 22
    Richmond Flowers
    QB 10 Bobby Scott
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB 57 Steve Kiner Jr
    LB 64 Jack Reynolds
    DB 30 Jim Weatherford
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    K 98 Karl Kremser
    P
    		 92 Herman Weaver
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Team players drafted into the NFL/AFL

    Four Volunteers were selected in the

    1969 NFL/AFL Draft, the third common draft
    , which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).

    Player Position Round Pick Franchise
    Richmond Flowers
    		 Fullback
    2
    		 49 Dallas Cowboys
    Karl Kremser Kicker
    5
    		 128 Miami Dolphins
    Jim Weatherford Defensive back
    15
    		 366 Atlanta Falcons
    Chick McGeehan Fullback 15 375 Miami Dolphins

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    References

    1. ^ a b "Vols catch Georgia". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 15, 1968. p. 4B.
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    5. ^ "Vols edge Bama". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 20, 1968. p. 4B.
    6. ^ "Bruins buried by Vol avalanche". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 3, 1968. p. 4B.
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    9. ^ "Vols overcome Kentucky, 24–7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 24, 1968. p. 5B.
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    12. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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