1968 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1968 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–4–1 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudley Field
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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Bill Pace in his second season and finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1 overall, 1–3–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21VMI*W 25–1217,000[1]
September 281:00 p.m.at Army*W 17–1323,000[2]
October 5North Carolina*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–820,480[3]
October 12at AlabamaL 7–3145,357[4]
October 19at No. 10 GeorgiaL 6–3254,342[5]
October 26No. 15 Florida
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
T 14–1415,500[6]
November 2Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 21–716,469[7]
November 9at KentuckyW 6–029,000[8]
November 23at Davidson*W 53–204,000[9]
November 30No. 7 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–1034,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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