1968 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

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1968 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
Conference North Central Conference
Record3–5 (3–3 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1967
1969  
1968 North Central Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 North Dakota State $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 8 South Dakota 5 1 09 1 0
State College of Iowa 3 3 05 5 0
North Dakota 3 3 03 5 0
South Dakota State 2 4 04 6 0
Morningside 2 4 04 5 0
Augustana (SD) 0 6 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its first year under head coach Jerry Olson, the team compiled a 3–5 record (3–3 against NCC opponents), finished in fourth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 179 to 148. [1] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14vs. Montana * Billings, MT L 10–377,000 [2]
September 21 State College of Iowa L 10–148,000
September 28 South Dakota
L 16–175,000–5,500 [3]
October 12at South Dakota State W 21–1610,500
October 19No. 2 North Dakota State
L 8–149,350–9,750 [4]
October 26at Augustana (SD) W 39–207,000
November 2at Morningside Sioux City, IA W 37–203,500
November 9 Montana State *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
L 7–411,500–2,100 [5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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