1968 SMU Mustangs football team

1968 SMU Mustangs football
Bluebonnet Bowl champions
Bluebonnet Bowl, Win, 28-27, Oklahoma
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#16
AP	#14
1968 record	8-3 (5-2 Southwest)
Head coach	Hayden Fry
Home stadium	Ownby Stadium

The 1968 Southern Methodist University Mustangs football team represented the Southern Methodist University in the 1968 college football season. The club was victorious in the 1968 Bluebonnet Bowl.

Regular season

In the Battle for the Iron Skillet, SMU beat Texas Christian by a score of 21-14.
In the Mayor’s Cup, SMU beat Rice by a score of 32-24.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1968-09-21	at Auburn*		Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	W 37-28	40,000
1968-09-28	#11 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 14-35	73,855
1968-10-05	North Carolina State*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 35-14	38,000
1968-10-12	at Texas Christian		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 21-14	31,542
1968-10-19	Rice		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 32-24	25,000
1968-10-26	at #19 Texas Tech		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX	W 39-18	50,352
1968-11-02	at #11 Texas	#13	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	L 7-38	66,397
1968-11-09	Texas A&M		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 36-23	42,000
1968-11-16	at #10 Arkansas		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 29-35	45,500
1968-11-23	Baylor		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 33-17	22,000
1968-12-31	vs. #10 Oklahoma	#20	Astrodome • Houston, TX (Astro-Bluebonett Bowl)	W 28-27	55,453
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Team Players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Jerry Levias	Wide Receiver	2	40	Houston Oilers
Mike Richardson	Running Back	7	171	Houston Oilers
Terry May	Center	11	274	Houston Oilers

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Awards and honors

Chuck Hickson, Sammy Baugh Trophy^[3]

References

SMU Mustangs football

Venues	Ownby Stadium (1926–48, 1989–94) Cotton Bowl (1932–78, 1995–2000) Texas Stadium (1972–73, 1979–86) Gerald J. Ford Stadium (2000–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston Navy: Gansz Trophy North Texas: Safeway Bowl Rice: Mayor's Cup TCU: Battle for the Iron Skillet

Culture & lore	Peruna Best Dressed Band in the Land Southern Methodist University football scandal

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	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

National championship seasons in bold

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