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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Stanford
L 20–68
September 28Fresno State
W 25–219,500
October 5at No. 18 California
L 0–4631,279
October 19at New Mexico
W 55–24
October 26at San Diego State
L 6–4834,641[1]
November 2at Pacific (CA)
L 0–283,400
November 9Idaho
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 17–3510,500[2]
November 16Washington State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 0–468,450[3]
November 23at Arizona State
L 0–66
November 30BYU
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 25–21
  • 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 Draft.[4][5]

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. ^ "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
  2. ^ "Second half rally gives Idaho victory". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 10, 1968. p. 12.
  3. ^ "WSU find formula, beats Spartans 46-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1968. p. 10.
  4. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.


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