1968 San Jose State Spartans football team

The 1968 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

1968 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State  1100
Rutgers  820
West Texas State  820
No. 5 Notre Dame  721
Florida State  830
Air Force  730
Army  730
Buffalo  730
No. 18 Houston  622
Utah State  730
Boston College  730
West Virginia  730
VPI  740
Pacific  640
Syracuse  640
Villanova  640
Xavier  640
Colgate  550
Dayton  550
Miami (FL)  550
New Mexico State  550
Georgia Tech  460
Southern Miss  460
Holy Cross  361
San Jose State  370
Navy  280
Tulane  280
Pittsburgh  190
Rankings from AP Poll

San Jose State played as an Independent in 1968. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Harry Anderson, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1968 season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 148–403 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at StanfordL 20–68
September 28Fresno StateW 25–219,500
October 5at No. 18 CaliforniaL 0–4631,279
October 19at New MexicoW 55–24
October 26at San Diego StateL 6–4834,641[1]
November 2at Pacific (CA)L 0–283,400
November 9Idaho
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 17–3510,500[2]
November 16Washington State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 0–468,450[3]
November 23at Arizona StateL 0–66
November 30BYU
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 25–21
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team players in the NFL/AFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1969 NFL Draft.[4][5]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Walt ShockleyRunning back5108St. Louis Cardinals
Steve AlexakosGuard9209Boston Patriots

Notes

References


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