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1968 Texas Tech

5–⁠3–⁠2 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by J.T. King.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1968, game by game: tied vs. Cincinnati 10–10; won vs. No. 6 Texas 31–22; won vs. Colorado State 43–13; won at Texas A&M 21–16; tied vs. Mississippi State 28–28; lost vs. SMU 18–39; won at Rice 38–15; won vs. TCU 31–14; lost at Baylor 28–42; lost vs. No. 9 Arkansas 7–42+30−35Tied 10–10 vs. Cincinnati0CincinnatiWon 31–22 vs. No. 6 Texas+9No. 6 TexasWon 43–13 vs. Colorado State+30Colorado StateWon 21–16 at Texas A&M+5Texas A&MTied 28–28 vs. Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Lost 18–39 vs. SMU-21SMUWon 38–15 at Rice+23RiceWon 31–14 vs. TCU+17TCULost 28–42 at Baylor-14BaylorLost 7–42 vs. No. 9 Arkansas-35No. 9 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsCincinnatiT 10–⁠1069%
Sep 28vs6TexasW 31–⁠2249%
Oct 5vsColorado StateW 43–⁠1369%
Oct 12atTexas A&MW 21–⁠1639%
Oct 19vsMississippi StateT 28–⁠2886%
Oct 26vsSMUL 18–⁠3960%
Nov 2atRiceW 38–⁠1563%
Nov 9vsTCUW 31–⁠1472%
Nov 16atBaylorL 28–⁠4271%
Nov 23vs9ArkansasL 7–⁠4241%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 42–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 15
  2. Wk 7: 19

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
5–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
255–⁠241
Coach
J.T. King
Elo
1495 −17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.6 No. 42 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 4Jacky Stewart RBBaltimore Colts
Rd 6Ken Vinyard KGreen Bay Packers

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Jackie StewartFBAP-1
  • Don KingOGAP-1
  • Richard CampbellDEAP-1
  • Larry AlfordDBAP-1
  • Ken VinyardKicking specialistsAP-1

Second team

  • Bruce DowdyDEAP-2
  • Jim MoylanDTAP-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.