Battle of Backbone Mountain

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1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Arizona State 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Arizona 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
UTEP 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Utah 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Colorado State * 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
BYU 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Meek, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 2–3 against conference opponents, placing fifth in the WAC. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at No. 14 Nebraska*
L 0–3166,198
September 28No. 18 Oregon State*
L 21–2819,265[1]
October 52:30 p.m.at Washington State*
W 17–1416,503
October 12New Mexico
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 30–7
October 19at Wyoming
L 9–20
October 26at Oregon*
L 6–1417,000[2][3][4]
November 2BYUdagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 30–21
November 9at Arizona State
L 21–59
November 16Arizona
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 15–16
November 23at Utah State*
L 13–2817,660
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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NFL/AFL draft

Three Utah players were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL team
Louis Thomas Wide receiver 3 57 Cincinnati Bengals
Norman McBride Linebacker 4 89 Miami Dolphins
Gary Kerl Linebacker 11 279 St. Louis Cardinals

References

  1. ^ "Preece hurt, O-State upset by Iowa 21-20". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 22, 1968. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 27, 1968). "Sputtering Ducks still flog Utah". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. ^ "Ducks drop Utah". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 27, 1968. p. 16.
  4. ^ Ferguson (October 28, 1968). "Opportunities knock – Utes don't answer!". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C1.
  5. ^ "1968 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  6. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Utah_Redskins_football_team