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1968 Clemson

4–⁠5–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Frank Howard.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1968, game by game: tied at Wake Forest 20–20; lost at Georgia 13–31; lost at Georgia Tech 21–24; lost vs. Auburn 10–21; won vs. Duke 39–22; lost at Alabama 14–21; won at NC State 24–19; won at Maryland 16–0; won vs. North Carolina 24–14; lost vs. South Carolina 3–7+17−18Tied 20–20 at Wake Forest0Wake ForestLost 13–31 at Georgia-18GeorgiaLost 21–24 at Georgia Tech-3Georgia TechLost 10–21 vs. Auburn-11AuburnWon 39–22 vs. Duke+17DukeLost 14–21 at Alabama-7AlabamaWon 24–19 at NC State+5NC StateWon 16–0 at Maryland+16MarylandWon 24–14 vs. North Carolina+10North CarolinaLost 3–7 vs. South Carolina-4South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atWake ForestT 20–⁠2054%
Sep 28atGeorgiaL 13–⁠3133%
Oct 5atGeorgia TechL 21–⁠2446%
Oct 12vsAuburnL 10–⁠2152%
Oct 19vsDukeW 39–⁠2266%
Oct 26atAlabamaL 14–⁠2124%
Nov 2atNC StateW 24–⁠1927%
Nov 9atMarylandW 16–⁠068%
Nov 16vsNorth CarolinaW 24–⁠1482%
Nov 23vsSouth CarolinaL 3–⁠770%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 7–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
184–⁠179
Coach
Frank Howard
Elo
1532 −20 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.1 No. 40 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Billy Ammons and Ronnie Duckworth

All-ACC

5 first team

First team

  • Joe LhotskyOTAP
  • Buddy GoreBAP
  • Ronnie DuckworthDEAP
  • John CagleDTAP
  • Jimmy CatoeLBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State6–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia3–⁠27–⁠3
South Carolina4–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠44–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠52–⁠8
North Carolina1–⁠63–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.