1968 Washington Huskies football team

1968 Washington Huskies football
1968 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific-8
Record	3–5–2 (1–5–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Owens (12th season);
Captains	Jim Cope; Al Worley;
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by twelfth-year head coach Jim Owens, the Huskies compiled a 3–5–2 record (1–5–1 in the Pacific-8 Conference, last) and were outscored 177 to 154.^[1]

1968 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 15 Oregon State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Oregon	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Washington	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Halfback Jim Cope and cornerback Al Worley were the team captains.

This was the first season of AstroTurf at Husky Stadium; the opener was a tie with Rice.^[2] It was one of four venues in the University Division with artificial turf in 1968; the others were the Astrodome (Houston), Neyland Stadium (Tennessee), and Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Rice*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		T 35–35	50,038	^[2]
September 28	at Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 21–17	42,965
October 5	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	ABC	L 21–35	30,220	^[3]
October 12	Oregon	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)		L 0–3	52,737
October 19	at No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 7–14	60,990
October 26	Idaho*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 37–7	49,538
November 2	No. 8 California	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		T 7–7	50,266
November 9	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		L 20–35	33,000
November 16	UCLA	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 6–0	52,500
November 23	vs. Washington State	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)		L 0–24	31,986	^[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1968 Washington Huskies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
G	`61`	Ken Ballenger	Jr
RB	`29`	Harvey Blanks	Jr
FB	`31`	Dave Cooke	Jr
RB	`28`	Jim Cope (C)	Sr
RB	`32`	Bo Cornell	So
G	`60`	Jim Harris	Jr
SE	`89`	Jeff Huget	Sr
TE	`86`	Ernie Janet	So
C	`53`	Bruce Jarvis	So
QB	`7`	Jerry Kaloper	Sr
OT	`76`	Dave McClinton	Sr
QB	`17`	Mike McCoy	Jr
OT	`54`	Bob Schoepper	Sr
OT	`75`	Avery Schwartz	Jr
QB	`14`	Gene Willis	So
RB	`39`	Carl Wojciechowski	Sr
SE	`92`	Harrison Wood	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`72`	Bob Anderson	Sr
DB	`18`	Bob Berg	Jr
DT	`87`	Lee Brock	Jr
DT	`78`	Greg Fike	So
LB	`49`	George Jugum	Sr
DE	`84`	Ken Lee	So
DT	`70`	Rick Sharp	Sr
DB	`11`	Dan Spriesterbach	Sr
DB	`13`	Bill Sprinkle	Sr
LB	`50`	Mark Truner	So
DB	`35`	Tom Verti	Jr
DE	`98`	Otis Washington	Sr
LB	`36`	Clyde Werner	Jr
DB	`12`	Al Worley (C)	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`89`	Jeff Huget	Sr
PK	`10`	Ron Volbrecht	So
P	`14`	Gene Willis	So

Source:^[5]^[6]

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame^[7]

^ "Washington Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Washington rallies to salvage 35-35 tie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 22, 1968. p. 2, sports.
^ Cawood, Neil (October 6, 1968). "Beavers open up, drub Huskies in second half, 35-21". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
^ Ashmun, Chuck (November 24, 1968). "Cougars surprise Huskies with Grenda, win 2nd straight". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 12.
^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 11, 1968). "Harrington to start against Huskies". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
^ "Huskies-Cougars: probable starters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 23, 1968. p. 12.
^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

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