1968 Doane Tigers football team

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ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Headcoach
HomestadiumSimon Field
1968 Doane Tigers football
Mineral Water Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Head coach
Home stadiumSimon Field
Seasons
 1967
1969 
1968 NAIA independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Doane  1000
New Mexico Highlands  900
No. 15 Ferris State  701
No. 9 Cal Lutheran  910
No. 10 Emory and Henry  910
Indiana (PA)  910
No. 16 Austin  810
No. 11 Appalachian State  820
Boise State  820
No. 20 Carson–Newman  820
La Verne  720
Hillsdale  630
St. Mary of the Plains  640
Oklahoma Panhandle State  551
Eastern New Mexico  451
Simon Fraser  450
Southern Colorado State  460
Southwest State (MN)  350
Wofford  470
Westminster (UT)  360
Georgetown (KY)  260
Azusa Pacific  270
Kentucky State  270
Missouri Southern  280
Iowa Wesleyan  171
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1968 Doane Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Doane University as an independent during the 1968 NAIA football season. In their 14th year under head coach Al Papik, the team compiled a 10–0 record, including a victory over Central Missouri State in the Mineral Water Bowl.

The 1968 season was the third of four consecutive undefeated seasons and part of a 38-game undefeated streak that began with the last two games of the 1965 season and continued until September 19, 1970.[1][2]

The team was led on offense by junior quarterback Larry Green and sophomore halfback Mike Sallier. Sallier became the first Doane back to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season and also led the NAIA with 23 touchdowns for 138 points.[3] The team also excelled on defense, holding opponents to an average of 6.4 points per game and limiting Graceland to minus 111 rushing yards.[3]

The team played its home games at Simon Field in Crete, Nebraska.

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