| 1968 LSU Tigers football | |
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Peach Bowl champion | |
Peach Bowl, W 31–27 vs. Florida State | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 19 |
| Record | 8–3 (4–2 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Tiger Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The offense scored 221 points while the defense allowed 171 points. The Tigers competed in the inaugural Peach Bowl and beat Florida State, 31–27.
Schedule
The games vs. TCU and Tulane were designated as conference games by the SEC, since LSU had only four conference opponents on its schedule. Under SEC rules at the time, teams had to play a minimum of six conference games to be eligible for the championship. This rule was repealed in 1969, but reinstated in 1972.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | No. 13 Texas A&M* | No. 20 | W 13–12 | 68,000 | [1] | |
| September 28 | at Rice* | No. 14 | W 21–7 | 59,000 | [2] | |
| October 5 | Baylor* | No. 10 |
| W 48–16 | 67,931 | [3] |
| October 11 | at Miami (FL)* | No. 8 | L 0–30 | 39,284 | [4] | |
| October 19 | Kentucky | No. 20 |
| W 13–3 | 66,147 | [5] |
| October 26 | TCU | No. 18 |
| W 10–7 | 65,638 | [6] |
| November 2 | Ole Miss | No. 14 |
| L 24–27 | 69,337 | [7] |
| November 9 | at Alabama | No. 20 | L 7–16 | 67,292 | [8] | |
| November 16 | Mississippi State |
| W 20–16 | 57,000 | [9] | |
| November 23 | at Tulane | W 34–10 | 55,000 | [10] | ||
| December 30 | vs. Florida State* | W 31–27 | 35,545 | [11] | ||
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Roster
| 1968 LSU Tigers football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team |
| Ken Newfield | Running back | 6 | 136 | Oakland Raiders |
| Bill Fortier | Tackle | 6 | 154 | Baltimore Colts |
| Maurice LeBlanc | Defensive back | 8 | 206 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Tommy Morel | Flanker | 11 | 267 | New Orleans Saints |
References
- ↑ "LSU outlasts Tex Ags, 13–12". Tulsa Sunday World. September 22, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "LSU Tigers tame Rice Owls, 21–7". The Odessa American. September 29, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "LSU crushes Baylor, 48–16". The News and Observer. October 6, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Hurricanes shock LSU, 30–0". The Orlando Sentinel. October 12, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UK muffs opportunities, loses 13–3 after leading". Sunday Herald-Leader. October 20, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "LSU gets 10–7 win over TCU". The Orange Leader. October 27, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ole Miss "Mann-ages" 27–24 win over Tigers". The Crowley Post Herald. November 3, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tide 'wades' to 16–7 win". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 10, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tigers nip State in weird contest". Daily World. November 17, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Dave Hillman's aerial tumbles Green Wave". The Daily Advertiser. November 24, 1968. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tigers roar past Seminoles". The Shreveport Journal. December 31, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1969 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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