1968 Oregon State Beavers football team

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1968 Oregon State Beavers football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 15
Record7–3 (5–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Parker Stadium
Civic Stadium
Seasons
←  1967
1969  →
1968 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 USC $ 6 –0 –09 –1 –1
No. 15 Oregon State 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Stanford 3 –3 –16 –3 –1
California 2 –2 –17 –3 –1
Oregon 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
UCLA 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Washington State 1 –3 –13 –6 –1
Washington 1 –5 –13 –5 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

Contents

Under fourth-year head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 7–3 overall and 5–1 in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). They were fifteenth in the final AP Poll, and outscored their opponents 285 to 179. [1] The 17–13 loss at USC in November decided the conference title and the Rose Bowl berth. [2] Prior to the 1975 season, the Pac-8 and Big Ten conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.

The Beavers were led on offense by quarterback Steve Preece and fullback Bill Enyart, [3] nicknamed "Earthquake;" [4] [5] center John Didion was a consensus All-American.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Iowa *No. 8
L 20–2146,892 [6]
September 28at Utah *No. 18
W 24–2119,265 [7]
October 5 Washington
ABC W 35–2130,220 [8]
October 12at Kentucky *No. 20
L 34–3532,000 [9]
October 19 Arizona State *
W 28–927,507 [10]
October 26at Washington State
W 16–820,781 [11] [12]
November 2at Stanford
W 29–729,000 [13]
November 9 UCLA Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 15
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 45–2141,361 [3]
November 16at No. 1 USC No. 13
L 13–1759,236 [2] [4]
November 23 Oregon No. 16
W 41–1940,144 [5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Utah

Stanford

Washington

Kentucky

Washington State

UCLA

Oregon

Roster

1968 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 17Gary BartonSo
SE 84Roger CantlonSr
C 52 John Didion Sr
FB 46 Bill Enyart Sr
HB 22Billy MainJr
QB 19Bob MayesSr
TE 88Bill PlumeauJr
QB 14 Steve Preece  (C)Sr
G 69Rocky RasleySr
TE 87Nick RogersSr
SE 80Jim ScheeleJr
OT 70Kent ScottJr
G 62Clyde SmithSr
OT 74Roger StalickSr
HB 21Don SummersSr
C 51Mike WhiteJr
TE 81Dan ZellickSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 33Jerry BelcherSr
DT 64Ron BoleySr
DG 59Dale BranchJr
DB 38Mel EasleySr
DE 82Mike FooteSr
DT 67Tom GreertySr
LB 47Mike GroffJr
LB 44Wally JohnsonJr
DB 23Jeff KolbergSo
DG 78Bill NelsonJr
S 26Larry RichJr
DG 71Jon Sandstrom (C)Sr
DB 39Don WhitneyJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 30Mike NehlSo
PK 70Kent ScottJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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Statistics

Awards

NFL/AFL draft

Five Beavers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, the third and final common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).

Rnd.Pick No.NFL teamPlayerPos.CollegeConf.Notes
227 Bill Enyart   FB Oregon St Pac-8
367 Jon Sandstrom   DT Oregon St Pac-8
7213 John Didion   C Oregon St Pac-8
9216 Rocky Raisley   OT Oregon St Pac-8
9229 Mike Foote   LB Oregon St Pac-8

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References

  1. ↑ "1968 Oregon State Beavers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Cawood, Neil (November 17, 1968). "OSU bowl hopes shattered by Trojans, 17-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. 1 2 Cawood, Neil (November 10, 1968). "Beavers rip Bruins, 45-21". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  4. 1 2 "O.J. & Co. get 3rd straight bowl berth with 17-13 win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1968. p. 11.
  5. 1 2 3 Uhrhammer, Jerry (November 24, 1964). "Webfoots 'Pumpkinized' by Enyart, Beavers, 41-19". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  6. ↑ "Preece hurt, O-State upset by Iowa 21-20". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 22, 1968. p. 1B.
  7. ↑ "Enyart keys Beaver victory 24-21". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 29, 1968. p. 1B.
  8. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 6, 1968). "Beavers open up, drub Huskies in second half, 35-21". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  9. ↑ "Lyons ruins State, 35-34". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 13, 1968. p. 1B.
  10. ↑ Cawood, Neil (October 20, 1968). "Beavers rip Devils, 28-9". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  11. ↑ "Enyart paces Beavers' win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 27, 1968. p. 1B.
  12. ↑ "Preece, Enyart help Beavers spoil Cougars' Homecoming". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 27, 1968. p. 15.
  13. ↑ "OSU smells Roses, 29-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 3, 1968. p. 1B.
  14. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-Dec-11.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2016 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide. Retrieved 2016-Dec-11.
  16. ↑ "WSU vs. Oregon State". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (rosters). October 25, 1968. p. 17.

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