1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

1968 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1968 record37 (07 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumStoll Field/McLean Stadium
1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 5 0 18 1 2
No. 13 Tennessee 4 1 18 2 1
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 08 3 0
LSU 4 2 08 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 07 4 0
Florida 3 2 16 3 1
Ole Miss 3 2 17 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 15 4 1
Mississippi State 0 4 10 8 2
Kentucky 0 7 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Missouri*W 12–6
September 27at Ole MissL 14–3040,102
October 5Auburn
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 7–26
October 12No. 20 Oregon State*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 35–3432,000[2]
October 19at No. 20 LSUL 3–13
October 26No. 8 Georgia
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 14–3532,000
November 2at West Virginia*W 35–1631,500
November 9Vanderbilt
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 0–6
November 16Florida
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 14–1620,000
November 23at No. 8 TennesseeL 7–2460,899[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 19 Dave Bair Jr
RB 35 Dick Beard Jr
RB 32 Roger Gann Jr
C 51 Bill Cartwright Sr
G 68 Dennis Drinnen Sr
G 61 Bob Freibert Jr
FB 28 Houston Hogg So
RB 20 Joe Jacobs Jr
WR 81 Vic King Jr
RB 24 Dicky Lyons Sr
FB 43 Jim Mitchell So
T 77 Len Rush Jr
WR 80 Phil Thompson Jr
G 67 Lou Wolf Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 46 Bill Duke Jr
DB 30 Phil Greer Sr
LB 44 Wilbur Hackett So
DB 40 Don Holland Jr
S 21 David Hunter So
DT 73 Marty Joyce Jr
DT 79 George Katzenbach Sr
DT 75 Doyle King Jr
DB 25 Jake Mathews So
DE 84 Dick Palmer Jr
DB 34 Al Phaneuf Sr
DT 60 Dave Roller So
LB 39 Frank Rucks So
LB 42 Cary Shahid Jr
LB 57 Dave Sullivan So
DE 88 Jeff Van Note Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "1968 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results".
  2. "Lyons ruins State, 35–34". Eugene Register-Guard. October 13, 1968. p. 1B. Retrieved January 9, 2022 via Google News Archives.
  3. "Vols overcome Kentucky, 24–7". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. November 24, 1968. p. 5B. Retrieved January 9, 2022 via Google News Archives.
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