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1968 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons← 19671969 →
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 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

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

Team players in the NFL/AFL

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

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

Notes

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

References

  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.
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