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1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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American college football season

1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Tennessee	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 LSU	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Florida	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	4	–	2	0	–	8	–	2
Kentucky	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion LSU, Florida, and Vanderbilt's games againstTulane; LSU's game againstTCU; and Mississippi State's game againstTexas Tech counted in the conference standings. Rankings fromAP Poll

The1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented theUniversity of Kentucky as a member of theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) during the1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coachCharlie Bradshaw, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, and finished tenth in the SEC.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Missouri*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 12–6	34,000	^[2]
September 28	atOle Miss	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	L 14–30	40,102	^[3]
October 5	Auburn	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 7–26	35,200	^[4]
October 12	No. 20Oregon State*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	W 35–34	32,000	^[5]
October 19	at No. 20LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 3–13	66,147	^[6]
October 26	No. 8Georgia	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 14–35	32,000	^[7]
November 2	atWest Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 35–16	31,500	^[8]
November 9	Vanderbilt	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 0–6	29,000	^[9]
November 16	Florida	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 14–16	20,000	^[10]
November 23	at No. 8Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–24	60,899	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`19`	Dave Bair	Jr
RB	`35`	Dick Beard	Jr
RB	`32`	Roger Gann	Jr
C	`51`	Bill Cartwright	Sr
G	`68`	Dennis Drinnen	Sr
G	`61`	Bob Freibert	Jr
FB	`28`	Houston Hogg	So
RB	`20`	Joe Jacobs	Jr
WR	`81`	Vic King	Jr
RB	`24`	Dicky Lyons	Sr
FB	`43`	Jim Mitchell	So
OT	`77`	Len Rush	Jr
WR	`80`	Phil Thompson	Jr
G	`67`	Lou Wolf	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`46`	Bill Duke	Jr
DB	`30`	Phil Greer	Sr
LB	`44`	Wilbur Hackett	So
DB	`40`	Don Holland	Jr
S	`21`	David Hunter	So
DT	`73`	Marty Joyce	Jr
DT	`79`	George Katzenbach	Sr
DT	`75`	Doyle King	Jr
DB	`25`	Jake Mathews	So
DE	`84`	Dick Palmer	Jr
DB	`34`	Al Phaneuf	Sr
DT	`60`	Dave Roller	So
LB	`39`	Frank Rucks	So
LB	`42`	Cary Shahid	Jr
LB	`57`	Dave Sullivan	So
DE	`88`	Jeff Van Note	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^"1968 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results".SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023.
^"'Revived' UK wins 12–6, buoys future hopes".The Courier-Journal. September 22, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Ole Miss Rebels crush Kentucky".The Daily Advertiser. September 29, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Auburn's Riley kicks four field goals in 26–7 win over Kentucky".The Park City Daily News. October 6, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Lyons ruins State, 35–34".Eugene Register-Guard. October 13, 1968. p. 1B. RetrievedJanuary 9, 2022 – via Google News Archives.
^"UK muffs opportunities, loses 13–3 after leading".Sunday Herald-Leader. October 20, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Georgia coasts to easy 35–14 win over Kentucky".The Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 27, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Kentucky, Lyons rip Mountaineers".Daily Press. November 3, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Vandy's dandies down KY's Wildcats, 6–0".The Leaf-Chronicle. November 10, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Florida nips UK, 16–14".The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 17, 1968. RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
^"Vols overcome Kentucky, 24–7".Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. November 24, 1968. p. 5B. RetrievedJanuary 9, 2022 – via Google News Archives.

v t e Kentucky Wildcats football
Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Kroger Field (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Florida Indiana Louisville:Governor's Cup Tennessee Transylvania:Battle On Broadway Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band Bluegrass Miracle 2003 Arkansas game Big Blue Nation
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks
Seasons	1881 1882–1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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