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1968 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1968 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State     11 0 0
Rutgers     8 2 0
West Texas State     8 2 0
No. 5 Notre Dame     7 2 1
Florida State     8 3 0
Air Force     7 3 0
Army     7 3 0
Buffalo     7 3 0
No. 18 Houston     6 2 2
Utah State     7 3 0
Boston College     7 3 0
West Virginia     7 3 0
Virginia Tech     7 4 0
Pacific     6 4 0
Syracuse     6 4 0
Villanova     6 4 0
Xavier     6 4 0
Colgate     5 5 0
Dayton     5 5 0
Miami (FL)     5 5 0
New Mexico State     5 5 0
Georgia Tech     4 6 0
Southern Miss     4 6 0
Holy Cross     3 6 1
San Jose State     3 7 0
Navy     2 8 0
Tulane     2 8 0
Pittsburgh     1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1968. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Harry Anderson, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1968 season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 148–403 for the season.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at StanfordL 20–6834,500[1]
September 28Fresno StateW 25–219,500
October 5at No. 18 CaliforniaL 0–4631,279
October 19at New MexicoW 55–2412,089[2]
October 26at San Diego StateL 6–4834,641[3]
November 2at Pacific (CA)L 0–283,400
November 9Idaho
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 17–3510,500[4]
November 16Washington State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 0–468,450[5]
November 23at Arizona StateL 0–66
November 30BYU
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 25–212,875[6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players in the NFL/AFL

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The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft.[7][8]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Walt Shockley Running back 5 108 St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Alexakos Guard 9 209 Boston Patriots

Notes

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  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

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  1. ^ "Indians crush San Jose". The Sacramento Bee. September 22, 1968. Retrieved September 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Spartans spoil Lobo homecoming, 55–24". Albuquerque Journal. October 20, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "San Jose Falls Victim To San Diego". Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. October 27, 1968. p. 4-S. Retrieved January 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ "Second half rally gives Idaho victory". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 10, 1968. p. 12.
  5. ^ "WSU find formula, beats Spartans 46-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1968. p. 10.
  6. ^ "San Jose wins over BYU, 25–21". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 1, 1968. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.