1968 Washington Huskies football team

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.

1968 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-8
Record3–5–2 (1–5–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1968 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 USC $ 6 0 09 1 1
No. 15 Oregon State 5 1 07 3 0
Stanford 3 3 16 3 1
California 2 2 17 3 1
Oregon 2 4 04 6 0
UCLA 2 4 03 7 0
Washington State 1 3 13 6 1
Washington 1 5 13 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. 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).

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