1968_Kansas_Jayhawks_football_team

1968 Kansas Jayhawks football
1968 Kansas Jayhawks football
Big 8 co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 14–15 vs. Penn State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7
Record	9–2 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (2nd season);
Captain	John Zook
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

1968 Kansas Jayhawks football team

American college football season

The 1968 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Pepper Rodgers, the Jayhawks compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), tied with Oklahoma for the Big Eight Conference championship, lost to Penn State in the 1969 Orange Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 394 to 190.^[1]^[2] They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

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The team's statistical leaders included Bobby Douglass with 1,316 passing yards, John Riggins with 866 rushing yards and George McGowan with 592 receiving yards.^[3] John Zook was the team captain.^[2]

Quarterback Bobby Douglass finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting, receiving nine first-place votes.

Kansas did not beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers again until the 2005 season. The 1968 victory remains the last for Kansas in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Jayhawks' Big 8 title for the season, as of the 2022 season, remains their most recent conference title.

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"1968 Kansas Jayhawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

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2017 Kansas Football Media Guide, p. 185.

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"1968 Kansas Jayhawks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

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"Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		W 47–7	46,359
September 28	No. 13 Indiana*	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 38–20	38,470–44,000	^[4]
October 5	New Mexico*	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 68–7	41,630
October 12	at No. 9 Nebraska	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 23–13	67,119–68,128
October 19	Oklahoma State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 49–14	35,621
October 26	at Iowa State	No. 3	Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA		W 46–25	26,256
November 2	Colorado	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 27–14	43,442–44,500
November 9	Oklahoma	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 23–27	50,658
November 16	at Kansas State	No. 7	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS (Sunflower Showdown)		W 38–29	35,937
November 23	at No. 13 Missouri	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (Border War)		W 21–19	61,013
January 1	vs. No. 3 Penn State*	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 14–15	77,719
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Kansas +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Oklahoma +	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 9 Missouri	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Nebraska	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Colorado	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Iowa State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll