1968 Auburn Tigers football team

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.

1968 Auburn Tigers football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 34–10 vs. Arizona
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 16
1968 record	7–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Ralph Jordan (18th season)
Home stadium	Cliff Hare Stadium Legion Field

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
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 21	SMU*		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	L 28–37
September 28	at Mississippi State		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi	W 26–0
October 5	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	W 26–7
October 12	at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina	W 21–10
October 19	Georgia Tech*		Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	L 20–21
October 26	No. 9 Miami*		Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	W 31–6
November 2	at No. 20 Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)	W 24–13
November 9	No. 5 Tennessee	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	W 28–14
November 16	No. 5 Georgia	No. 12	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 3–17
November 30	vs. No. 15 Alabama	No. 18	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	L 16–24
December 28	vs. Arizona*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl)	W 34–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

• Source: 1968 Auburn football schedule[1][2]

Personnel

1968 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Tom Banks QB Dwight Brisendine QB Loran Carter OL Richard Cheek WR Tim Christian RB Wallace Clark RB Mac Crawford RB Mike Currier RB Larry Ellis WR Connie Frederick WR Al Griffin OL Jerry Gordon OL Bucky Howard RB Dwight Hurston OL Johnny McDonald OL Bill Moody WR Mike Shows QB Tommy Traylor RB Mickey Zofko	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL David Campbell DB Sonny Ferguson DL Bill James LB Mike Kolen DB Buddy McClinton DL Jim Samford DL Durwood Sauls DB Merrill Shirley LB Bobby Strickland DB Don Webb LB Ron Yarborough	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Shug Jordan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. 2009 Auburn Football Media Guide (PDF). Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2009. p. 189.
2. "1968–1969 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved December 18, 2012.