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1968 Richmond

8–⁠3 (6–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Frank Jones.

Schedule and results

Richmond in 1968, game by game: lost at Toledo 14–31; lost at West Virginia 0–17; won vs. Davidson 24–14; won at The Citadel 21–16; won vs. Furman 34–0; won at East Carolina 31–7; won vs. VMI 35–0; lost at Virginia Tech 18–31; won at Southern Miss 33–7; won vs. William & Mary 31–6; won vs. No. 15 Ohio 49–42+35−17Lost 14–31 at Toledo-17ToledoLost 0–17 at West Virginia-17West VirginiaWon 24–14 vs. Davidson+10DavidsonWon 21–16 at The Citadel+5The CitadelWon 34–0 vs. Furman+34FurmanWon 31–7 at East Carolina+24East CarolinaWon 35–0 vs. VMI+35VMILost 18–31 at Virginia Tech-13Virginia TechWon 33–7 at Southern Miss+26Southern MissWon 31–6 vs. William & Mary+25William & MaryWon 49–42 vs. No. 15 Ohio+7No. 15 Ohio
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atToledoL 14–⁠3120%
Sep 21atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠1728%
Sep 28vsDavidsonW 24–⁠1467%
Oct 12atThe CitadelW 21–⁠1642%
Oct 19vsFurmanW 34–⁠089%
Oct 26atEast CarolinaW 31–⁠746%
Nov 2vsVMIW 35–⁠073%
Nov 9atVirginia TechL 18–⁠3126%
Nov 16atSouthern MissW 33–⁠747%
Nov 23vsWilliam & MaryW 31–⁠666%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvs15OhioTangerine BowlW 49–⁠4227%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ohio 49–⁠42 in the Tangerine Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

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.

Southern Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
290–⁠171
Coach
Frank Jones
Elo
1534 +148 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.5 No. 61 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
B. O’Brien, M. Bixiones and T. Johnson

1968 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Richmond6–⁠08–⁠3
The Citadel4–⁠25–⁠5
East Carolina2–⁠24–⁠6
William & Mary2–⁠23–⁠7
Davidson1–⁠33–⁠6
VMI1–⁠31–⁠9
Furman0–⁠41–⁠9

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