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1968 UCLA

3–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Tommy Prothro.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1968, game by game: won vs. Pittsburgh 63–7; won vs. Washington State 31–21; lost at Syracuse 7–20; lost vs. No. 3 Penn State 6–21; lost at California 15–39; won vs. Stanford 20–17; lost at No. 5 Tennessee 18–42; lost at No. 15 Oregon State 21–45; lost at Washington 0–6; lost vs. No. 1 USC 16–28+56−24Won 63–7 vs. Pittsburgh+56PittsburghWon 31–21 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateLost 7–20 at Syracuse-13SyracuseLost 6–21 vs. No. 3 Penn State-15No. 3 Penn StateLost 15–39 at California-24CaliforniaWon 20–17 vs. Stanford+3StanfordLost 18–42 at No. 5 Tennessee-24No. 5 TennesseeLost 21–45 at No. 15 Oregon State-24No. 15 Oregon StateLost 0–6 at Washington-6WashingtonLost 16–28 vs. No. 1 USC-12No. 1 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsPittsburghW 63–⁠785%
Sep 28vsWashington StateW 31–⁠2182%
Oct 5atSyracuseL 7–⁠2046%
Oct 12vs3Penn StateL 6–⁠2150%
Oct 19atCaliforniaL 15–⁠3946%
Oct 26vsStanfordW 20–⁠1760%
Nov 2at5TennesseeL 18–⁠4225%
Nov 9at15Oregon StateL 21–⁠4528%
Nov 16atWashingtonL 0–⁠650%
Nov 23vs1USCL 16–⁠2825%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 28–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 9

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
2–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
197–⁠246
Coach
Tommy Prothro
Elo
1500 −114 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.0 No. 53 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 7Larry Agajanian DTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Ron Copeland WRChicago Bears

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second 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 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠14
Oregon State5–⁠17–⁠315
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠43–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2

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