1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

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The 1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press International (UPI), and the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) coaches (Coaches) as the best college football players by position in the Pac-8 during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

The 1968 USC Trojans football team won the Pac-8 championship, were ranked No. 2 in the final Coaches Poll, and placed eight players on the first team: quarterback Steve Sogge (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); running back O. J. Simpson (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); end Bob Klein (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); offensive tackle Sid Smith (AP-1, Coaches-1); offensive guards Fred Khasigian (AP-1, Coaches-1) and Steve Lehmer (UPI-1); defensive end Jimmy Gunn (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); and defensive back Mike Battle (UPI-1).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Steve Sogge , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Steve Preece, Oregon State (AP-2)
Jim Plunkett, Stanford (UPI-2)

Running backs

Bill Enyart , Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
O. J. Simpson , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Gene Washington, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1)
Billy Main, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Greg Jones, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2)
John McGaffie, California (AP-2)
Carl Wojciechowski, Washington (UPI-2)

Ends

Bob Klein , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Wayne Stewart , California (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Ron Souza, Washington State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Roger Cantlon, Oregon State (AP-2)
Ron Copeland, UCLA (UPI-2)

Tackles

Malcolm Snider , Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Sid Smith, USC (AP-1; Coaches-1)
Roger Stalick, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-1)
Dave Golinsky, Washington State (AP-2)
Jack O'Malley, USC (UPI-2)
George Buehler, Stanford (UPI-2)

Guards

Fred Khasigian , USC (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
Clyde Smith, Oregon State (AP-2; Coaches-1)
Steve Lehmer, USC (AP-2; UPI-1)
Nick Shur, Oregon (AP-1)
Rocky Rasley, Oregon State (UPI-1)
Jim Harris, Washington (UPI-2)

Centers

John Didion , Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Dick Allmon, USC (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Jimmy Gunn , USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Mike McCaffrey, California (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
Irby Augustine, California (AP-2; UPI-1)
Otis Washington, Washington (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

Larry Agajanian , UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Jon Sandstrom, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Ron Boley, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Tony Terry, USC (AP-2)
Al Cowlings, USC (UPI-2)

Middle guard

Ed White , California (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
George Dames, Oregon (AP-1; Coaches-1; UPI-2)
George Buehler, Stanford (AP-2)
Steve Bartelie, Washington State (AP-2)

Linebackers

George Jugum , Washington (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Don Parish , Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Mike Ballou, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2)
Dennis Pitta, California (AP-2)

Defensive backs

Ken Wiedemann , California (AP-1; UPI-1 Coaches-1)
Al Worley , Washington (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Omri Hildreth, Oregon (AP-2 [defensive back]; Coaches-1 [defensive back]; UPI-2 [linebacker])
Mark Gustafson, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1)
Mike Battle, USC (UPI-1)
Mike Williams, Washington State (AP-1)
Charlie Olds, Oregon State (AP-2)
Rudy Redmond, Pacific (UPI-2)
Rick Reed, Washington State (UPI-2)
Steve Hilbert, Oregon (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

UPI = United Press International ^[2]^[4]

Coaches = selected by the eight head coaches of the Pacific-8 Conference^[3]

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References

1 2 "USC Trojans Dominate All-West Coast Squad". Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California). November 28, 1968. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "USC Trojans dominate UPI's All-Coast grid team". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo. November 28, 1968. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "Troy Dominates Star Squad". The Times. December 4, 1968. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Joe Sargis (November 28, 1968). "Five all-Americas top coastal major college grid selections". The Lompoc Record. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.

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[AP-1] 1 2 "USC Trojans Dominate All-West Coast Squad". Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California). November 28, 1968. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.

[UPI-2] 1 2 "USC Trojans dominate UPI's All-Coast grid team". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo. November 28, 1968. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.

[Coaches-3] 1 2 "Troy Dominates Star Squad". The Times. December 4, 1968. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Joe Sargis (November 28, 1968). "Five all-Americas top coastal major college grid selections". The Lompoc Record. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.

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