1968 Florida Gators football team

The 1968 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The season was Ray Graves' ninth of ten years as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators offense was led by senior tailback Larry Smith, a first-team All-American. Among the season's highlights were the Gators' conference wins over the Mississippi State Bulldogs (31–14), Tulane Green Wave (24–7) and Kentucky Wildcats (16–14), and victories over the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles (9–3) and Miami Hurricanes (14–10). The Gators also suffered their worst loss since 1942—a 51–0 blowout by the Georgia Bulldogs. Graves' 1968 Florida Gators finished 6–3–1 overall and 3–2–1 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), tying for sixth among the ten teams of the SEC.

1968 Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
  • Ray Graves (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorEd Kensler (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorGene Ellenson (5th season)
Home stadiumFlorida Field
1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 5 0 18 1 2
No. 13 Tennessee 4 1 18 2 1
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 08 3 0
No. 19 LSU 4 2 08 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 07 4 0
Florida 3 2 16 3 1
Ole Miss 3 2 17 3 1
Vanderbilt 1 3 15 4 1
Mississippi State 0 4 10 8 2
Kentucky 0 7 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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