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1968 Auburn Tigers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 34–10 vs. Arizona
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 16
Record7–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hare Stadium
Legion Field
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Georgia $ 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 2
No. 13 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
No. 17 Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 19 LSU 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Florida 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
Kentucky 0 – 7 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Tigers' 77th overall and 35th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his 18th year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4 overall, 4–2 in the SEC) and with a victory over Arizona in the Sun Bowl.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 21SMU*
L 28–3740,606[1]
September 28at Mississippi State
W 26–025,200[2]
October 5at Kentucky
W 26–735,200[3]
October 12at Clemson*
W 21–1038,501[4][5]
October 19Georgia Tech*
L 20–2147,547[6]
October 26No. 9 Miami (FL)*dagger
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL
W 31–644,710[7]
November 2at No. 20 Florida
W 24–1363,122[8]
November 9No. 5 TennesseeNo. 18
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
W 28–1468,821[9]
November 16No. 5 GeorgiaNo. 12
  • Cliff Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
L 3–1751,650[10]
November 30vs. No. 15 AlabamaNo. 18
L 16–2468,821–71,534[11][12]
December 28vs. Arizona*
CBSW 34–1032,302[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

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1968 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
C 50 Tom Banks Jr
QB 11 Dwight Brisendine Jr
QB 18 Loran Carter Sr
OT 75 Richard Cheek Jr
WR 85 Tim Christian Sr
RB 25 Wallace Clark So
FB 32 Mac Crawford So
RB 23 Mike Currier Jr
FB 30 Larry Ellis Sr
WR 87 Connie Frederick Jr
WR Al Griffin
OL Jerry Gordon
OT 79 Bucky Howard Sr
RB Dwight Hurston
OL Johnny McDonald
TE 81 Bill Moody So
WR 84 Mike Shows Jr
QB 10 Tommy Traylor So
RB 15 Mickey Zofko So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 70 David Campbell Jr
LB 41 Sonny Ferguson Jr
DE 93 Bill James Jr
LB 54 Mike Kolen Jr
DB 27 Buddy McClinton Jr
DL Jim Samford
DL Durwood Sauls
DB Merrill Shirley
LB Bobby Strickland
DB 49 Don Webb Jr
LB 65 Ron Yarborough Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

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  1. ^ "TD passes spark SMU past Auburn". The Victoria Advocate. September 22, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mississippi State errors help Auburn romp 26–0". The Courier-Journal. September 29, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Auburn's Riley kicks four field goals in 26–7 win over Kentucky". The Park City Daily News. October 6, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Auburn explodes to smother Clemson upset bid". The Greenville News. October 13, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1969". Clemson University. 1968. p. 9. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jackets upset Tigers, 21–20". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 20, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Auburn's pin-point passing jolts 9th-rated Miami 31–6". The Courier-Journal. October 27, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Auburn spoils UF homecoming 24–13". Tallahassee Democrat. November 3, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Auburn crushes Big Orange 28 to 14". The Tennessean. November 10, 1968. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Georgia wins SEC crown". The Jackson Sun. November 17, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Land, Charles (December 1, 1968). "Hall sparks Tide by Tigers". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 11. Retrieved October 14, 2013 – via Google News Archives.
  12. ^ Smothers, Jimmy (December 1, 1968). "Alabama scores 24–16 victory over Auburn". The Gadsden Times. p. 35. Retrieved October 14, 2013 – via Google News Archives.
  13. ^ "Auburn wins Sun Bowl over Arizona, 34–10". Albuquerque Journal. December 29, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  15. ^ "1968–1969 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2012.


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