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1968 Texas A&M

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Gene Stallings.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1968, game by game: lost at No. 20 LSU 12–13; won at Tulane 35–3; lost at Florida State 14–20; lost vs. Texas Tech 16–21; won vs. TCU 27–7; lost at Baylor 9–10; lost vs. No. 17 Arkansas 22–25; lost at SMU 23–36; won vs. Rice 24–14; lost at No. 6 Texas 14–35+32−21Lost 12–13 at No. 20 LSU-1No. 20 LSUWon 35–3 at Tulane+32TulaneLost 14–20 at Florida State-6Florida StateLost 16–21 vs. Texas Tech-5Texas TechWon 27–7 vs. TCU+20TCULost 9–10 at Baylor-1BaylorLost 22–25 vs. No. 17 Arkansas-3No. 17 ArkansasLost 23–36 at SMU-13SMUWon 24–14 vs. Rice+10RiceLost 14–35 at No. 6 Texas-21No. 6 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21at20LSUL 12–⁠1337%
Sep 28atTulaneW 35–⁠361%
Oct 5atFlorida StateL 14–⁠2043%
Oct 12vsTexas TechL 16–⁠2161%
Oct 19vsTCUW 27–⁠774%
Oct 26atBaylorL 9–⁠1068%
Nov 2vs17ArkansasL 22–⁠2551%
Nov 9atSMUL 23–⁠3639%
Nov 16vsRiceW 24–⁠1479%
Nov 28at6TexasL 14–⁠3524%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 35–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 4: 17

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
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
196–⁠184
Coach
Gene Stallings
Elo
1519 −52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.8 No. 28 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 2Rolf Krueger DTSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 2Tom Maxwell DBBaltimore Colts

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Edd HargettQBAP-1
  • Mike De NiroDEAP-1
  • Rolf KruegerDefensive guardsAP-1
  • Bill HobbsLBAP-1
  • Steve O’NealKicking specialistsAP-1

Second team

  • Larry StegenetRBAP-2
  • Lynn OdomDefensive guardsAP-2
  • Ivan JonesDBAP-2

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

1968 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠16
Texas6–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
SMU5–⁠28–⁠314
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠3–⁠2
Baylor3–⁠43–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
TCU2–⁠53–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠9–⁠1

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