1968 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1968 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Charlie Tate, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season with a record of 5–5.

1968 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
1968 record5–5
Head coach
CaptainJohn Acuff, Ted Hendricks, Jerry Pierce
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(capacity: 80,010)
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
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
VPI    7 4 0
Pacific    6 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 20NorthwesternNo. 19W 28–7
September 28at Georgia TechNo. 15W 10–744,774
October 5at No. 2 USCNo. 13L 3–2871,189
October 11No. 8 LSU
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 30–0
October 18VPINo. 12
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
W 13–8
October 26at AuburnNo. 9L 6–31
November 1Pittsburgh
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 48–0
November 9at No. 4 Penn StateL 7–2250,132
November 16No. 16 Alabama
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ABCL 6–1443,418
November 30at FloridaL 10–1455,875
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1968 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB John Acuff Sr
WR Ray Bellamy So
RB Bobby Best So
C Don Brandy
WR 87 Dave Kalina Jr
WR Dieter Matthes So
QB David Olivo Sr
RB Vince Opalsky Jr
QB Lew Pytel So
T James Schneider
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 83 Tony Cline Jr
LB 89 Ted Hendricks (C) Sr
OL 50 Mike George Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

LSU


at USC


at Penn State


References

  1. "1968 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
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