1968 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1968 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
Seasons
←  1967
1969  →
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State  – 11 –0 –0
Rutgers  – 8 –2 –0
West Texas State  – 8 –2 –0
No. 5 Notre Dame  – 7 –2 –1
Florida State  – 8 –3 –0
Air Force  – 7 –3 –0
Army  – 7 –3 –0
Buffalo  – 7 –3 –0
No. 18 Houston  – 6 –2 –2
Utah State  – 7 –3 –0
Boston College  – 7 –3 –0
West Virginia  – 7 –3 –0
Virginia Tech  – 7 –4 –0
Syracuse  – 6 –4 –0
Villanova  – 6 –4 –0
Xavier  – 6 –4 –0
Colgate  – 5 –5 –0
Dayton  – 5 –5 –0
Miami (FL)  – 5 –5 –0
New Mexico State  – 5 –5 –0
Georgia Tech  – 4 –6 –0
Southern Miss  – 4 –6 –0
Holy Cross  – 3 –6 –1
San Jose State  – 3 –7 –0
Navy  – 2 –8 –0
Tulane  – 2 –8 –0
Pittsburgh  – 1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College [note 1] during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

Contents

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1968. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Harry Anderson, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1968 season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 148–403 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Stanford
L 20–6834,000–34,500 [1]
September 28 Fresno State
W 25–219,500
October 5at No. 18 California
L 0–4625,000–31,279 [2]
October 19at New Mexico
W 55–2412,089 [3]
October 26at San Diego State
L 6–4834,641 [4]
November 2at Pacific (CA)
L 0–283,400
November 9 Idaho
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 17–3510,500 [5]
November 16 Washington State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 0–468,450 [6]
November 23at Arizona State
L 0–6623,168 [7]
November 30 BYU
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 25–212,875 [8]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL/AFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. [10] [11]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Walt ShockleyRunning back5108 St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Alexakos Guard9209 Boston Patriots

Notes

  1. ↑ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

  1. ↑ "Indians crush San Jose". The Sacramento Bee. September 22, 1968. Retrieved September 14, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Summary Of Football Game Statistics – Home Team (California vs. San Jose State)" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Spartans spoil Lobo homecoming, 55–24". Albuquerque Journal. October 20, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "San Jose Falls Victim To San Diego". Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. October 27, 1968. p. 4-S. Retrieved January 16, 2017– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ "Second half rally gives Idaho victory". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 10, 1968. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "WSU find formula, beats Spartans 46-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1968. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Arizona State clobbers San Jose Spartans 66–0". The Sacramento Bee. November 24, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "San Jose wins over BYU, 25–21". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 1, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Schedule/Results (1968 San Jose State)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  10. ↑ "1969 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
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