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1968 Florida

6–⁠3–⁠1 (2–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Graves.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1968, game by game: won vs. Air Force 23–20; won at Florida State 9–3; won vs. Mississippi State 31–14; won vs. Tulane 24–3; lost at North Carolina 7–22; tied at Vanderbilt 14–14; lost vs. Auburn 13–24; lost vs. No. 9 Georgia 0–51; won at Kentucky 16–14; won vs. Miami 14–10+21−51Won 23–20 vs. Air Force+3Air ForceWon 9–3 at Florida State+6Florida StateWon 31–14 vs. Mississippi State+17Mississippi Sta…Won 24–3 vs. Tulane+21TulaneLost 7–22 at North Carolina-15North CarolinaTied 14–14 at Vanderbilt0VanderbiltLost 13–24 vs. Auburn-11AuburnLost 0–51 vs. No. 9 Georgia-51No. 9 GeorgiaWon 16–14 at Kentucky+2KentuckyWon 14–10 vs. Miami+4Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsAir ForceW 23–⁠2075%
Sep 28atFlorida StateW 9–⁠336%
Oct 5vsMississippi StateW 31–⁠1486%
Oct 12vsTulaneW 24–⁠383%
Oct 19atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠2277%
Oct 26atVanderbiltT 14–⁠1462%
Nov 2vsAuburnL 13–⁠2451%
Nov 9vs9GeorgiaL 0–⁠5130%
Nov 16atKentuckyW 16–⁠1454%
Nov 30vsMiamiW 14–⁠1050%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Miami 14–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 15
  8. Wk 8: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1968.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
151–⁠175
Coach
Ray Graves
Elo
1541 −23 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.8 No. 49 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ed Kensler
Defensive coordinator
Gene Ellenson

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 1Larry Smith RBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 2Jim Yarbrough TEDetroit Lions
Rd 5Guy Dennis OGCincinnati Bengals

All-SEC

3 first team

First team

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

1968 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠28
Tennessee4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠113
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠317
Auburn4–⁠27–⁠416
Ole Miss3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
LSU2–⁠28–⁠319
Florida2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠4–⁠10–⁠8–⁠2
Kentucky0–⁠73–⁠7

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