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1968 Florida Gators football team

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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 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1968 college football season. The season was Ray Graves' ninth of ten years as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators offense was led by senior tailback Larry Smith, a first-team All-American. Among the season's highlights were the Gators' conference wins over the Mississippi State Bulldogs (31–14), Tulane Green Wave (24–7) and Kentucky Wildcats (16–14), and victories over the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles (9–3) and Miami Hurricanes (14–10). The Gators also suffered their worst loss since 1942—a 0–51 blowout by the Georgia Bulldogs. Graves' 1968 Florida Gators finished 6–3–1 overall and 3–2–1 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), tying for sixth among the ten teams of the SEC.[1]

Schedule and results

9–21–1968U.S. Air Force Academy*No. 6

W 23–20 9–28–1968Florida State*No. 5

ABCW 9–3 10–5–1968Mississippi StateNo. 4

W 31–14 10–12–1968TulaneNo. 7

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL

W 24–7 10–19–1968North CarolinaNo. 7

L 7–22 10–26–1968VanderbiltNo. 15

T 14–14 11–2–1968AuburnNo. 20

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (HC)

L 13–24 11–9–1968No. 9 Georgia

L 0–51 11–16–1968Kentucky

W 16–14 11–30–1968Miami*

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL

W 14–10

Template:CFB Schedule End Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide[1]


References

  1. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.