1968 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1968 Texas A&M Aggies football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record3–7 (2–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Kyle Field
Seasons
←  1967
1969  →
1968 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Arkansas + 6 –1 –010 –1 –0
No. 3 Texas + 6 –1 –09 –1 –1
No. 14 SMU 5 –2 –08 –3 –0
Texas Tech 4 –3 –05 –3 –2
Baylor 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
Texas A&M 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
TCU 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Rice 0 –7 –00 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Gene Stallings in his fourth season and finished with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7 overall, 2–5 in the SWC).

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 21at No. 20 LSU *No. 13
L 12–13
September 28at Tulane *
W 35–321,600 [1]
October 5at Florida State *No. 17
L 14–2035,494
October 12 Texas Tech
L 16–2145,000
October 19 TCU
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 27–7
October 26at Baylor
L 9–1040,000
November 2No. 17 Arkansas
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
L 22–2541,925
November 9at SMU
L 23–3642,000
November 16 Rice
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 24–14
November 282:00 p.m.at No. 6 Texas
CBS L 14–3566,397 [2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1968 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE, OT 80 Tom Buckman Sr
QB 10 Ed Hargett Sr
RB 25 Larry Stegent Jr
Defense Mike DeNiro* DL
Pos.#NameClass
DT 70Harvey AschenbeckSr
DB 33 Ross Brupbacher Jr
DB 36 Dave Elmendorf So
DB 11 Curley Hallman Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 18 Steve O'Neal Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

  1. ↑ "Aggies roll past Tulane, 35–3". The El Paso Times. September 29, 1968. Retrieved October 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Steers wasted no time". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 29, 1968. Retrieved May 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "1968 Texas A&M Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2016.


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