1968 Auburn Tigers football team

1968 Auburn Tigers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 34–10 vs. Arizona
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
Record	7–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Ralph Jordan (18th season)
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium Legion Field
Seasons ←  1967 1969  →

1968 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 77th overall and 35th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 18th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and with a victory over Arizona in the Sun Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	SMU *		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		L 28–37	40,606	[1]
September 28	at Mississippi State		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Auburn, MS		W 26–0	25,200	[2]
October 5	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington KY		W 26–7	35,200	[3]
October 12	at Clemson *		Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)		W 21–10	38,501	[4] [5]
October 19	Georgia Tech *		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)		L 20–21	47,547	[6]
October 26	No. 9 Miami (FL) *		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 31–6	44,710	[7]
November 2	at No. 20 Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		W 24–13	63,122	[8]
November 9	No. 5 Tennessee	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 28–14	68,821	[9]
November 16	No. 5 Georgia	No. 12	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		L 3–17	51,650	[10]
November 30	vs. No. 15 Alabama	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)		L 16–24	68,821–71,534	[11] [12]
December 28	vs. Arizona *		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 34–10	32,302	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

1968 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Tom Banks QB Dwight Brisendine QB Loran Carter OL Richard Cheek WR Tim Christian RB Wallace Clark RB Mac Crawford RB Mike Currier RB Larry Ellis WR Connie Frederick WR Al Griffin OL Jerry Gordon OL Bucky Howard RB Dwight Hurston OL Johnny McDonald OL Bill Moody WR Mike Shows QB Tommy Traylor RB Mickey Zofko	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL David Campbell DB Sonny Ferguson DL Bill James LB Mike Kolen DB Buddy McClinton DL Jim Samford DL Durwood Sauls DB Merrill Shirley LB Bobby Strickland DB Don Webb LB Ron Yarborough	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Shug Jordan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "TD passes spark SMU past Auburn". The Victoria Advocate. September 22, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Mississippi State errors help Auburn romp 26–0". The Courier-Journal. September 29, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Auburn's Riley kicks four field goals in 26–7 win over Kentucky". The Park City Daily News. October 6, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Auburn explodes to smother Clemson upset bid". The Greenville News. October 13, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1969". Clemson University. 1968. p. 9. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
6. "Jackets upset Tigers, 21–20". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 20, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Auburn's pin-point passing jolts 9th-rated Miami 31–6". The Courier-Journal. October 27, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Auburn spoils UF homecoming 24–13". Tallahassee Democrat. November 3, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Auburn crushes Big Orange 28 to 14". The Tennessean. November 10, 1968. Retrieved May 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Georgia wins SEC crown". The Jackson Sun. November 17, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
11. Land, Charles (December 1, 1968). "Hall sparks Tide by Tigers". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 11. Retrieved October 14, 2013– via Google News Archives.
12. Smothers, Jimmy (December 1, 1968). "Alabama scores 24–16 victory over Auburn". The Gadsden Times. p. 35. Retrieved October 14, 2013– via Google News Archives.
13. "Auburn wins Sun Bowl over Arizona, 34–10". Albuquerque Journal. December 29, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
14. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
15. "1968–1969 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.