1968 BYU Cougars football team

1968 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	2–8 (1–5 WAC)
Head coach	Tommy Hudspeth (5th season)
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons ←  1967 1969  →

1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wyoming $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Arizona State	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Arizona	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
UTEP	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Utah	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Colorado State *	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 1–5 against conference opponents, finished seventh in the WAC, and were outscored by a total of 247 to 179. ^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Western Michigan *	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 17–7	26,571	[3]
September 28	Iowa State *	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 20–28	24,959	[4]
October 12	Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 17–20	26,468	[5]
October 19	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 3–19	37,650	[6]
October 26	UTEP	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 25–31	27,010	[7]
November 2	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 21–30	28,677	[8]
November 9	Utah State *	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)	L 8–34	20,740	[9]
November 16	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 12–47	13,026	[10]
November 23	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	W 35–6	6,950	[11]
November 30	at San Jose State *	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 21–25	2,875	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Roster

1968 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 36 Steve Densley Jr DB 19 Chris Farasopoulos So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tommy Hudspeth Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "1968 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
2. "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
3. "BYU ends W. Michigan home string". The Atlanta Journal. September 22, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "I.S.U. pulls 28–20 upset over B.Y.U." The Des Moines Register. September 29, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Wyoming's field goal beats BYU". The Arizona Daily Star. October 13, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Arizona pounds Cougars". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 20, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Sub leads UTEP past BYU, 31–25". The Austin American-Statesman. October 27, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Groth engineers Utah over BYU". The Arizona Daily Star. November 3, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Aggies explode, blister BYU 34–8". The Arizona Republic. November 10, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Sun Devils roll over Cougars by 47–12 margin". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 17, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
11. "BYU Cats halt losing streak with 35–6 win". The Sunday Herald. November 24, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "San Jose wins over BYU, 25–21". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 1, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
13. "1968 NCAA Football Statistics (BYU)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved September 16, 2024.