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The 1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Charlie 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]

Record3–7 (0–7 SEC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMcLean Stadium
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1968 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–7 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
 1967
1969 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $501812
No. 13 Tennessee411821
No. 17 Alabama420830
No. 19 LSU420830
No. 16 Auburn420740
Ole Miss321731
Florida321631
Vanderbilt231541
Mississippi State042082
Kentucky070370
  • $ Conference champion
  • LSU, Florida, and Vanderbilt's games against Tulane; LSU's game against TCU; and Mississippi State's game against Texas Tech counted in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll
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Bradshaw was fired after the season and replaced by Notre Dame defensive coordinator John Ray.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Missouri*W 12–634,000[2]
September 28at Ole MissL 14–3040,102[3]
October 5Auburn
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 7–2635,200[4]
October 12No. 20 Oregon State*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 35–3432,000[5]
October 19at No. 20 LSUL 3–1366,147[6]
October 26No. 8 Georgia
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 14–3532,000[7]
November 2at West Virginia*W 35–1631,500[8]
November 9Vanderbiltdagger
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 0–629,000[9]
November 16Florida
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 14–1620,000[10]
November 23at No. 8 TennesseeL 7–2460,899[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster

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1968 Kentucky Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 19 Dave Bair Jr
RB 35 Dick Beard Jr
OT 59 Terry Bentley So
QB 16 Hugh Bland So
C 51 Bill Cartwright Sr
G 68 Dennis Drinnen Sr
C 52 Pat Eckenrod So
QB 37 Tom Ferguson So
G 65 Bob Finnell So
TB-WB 29 Phil Forjan So
QB 11 Stan Forston So
G 61 Bob Freibert Jr
RB 32 Roger Gann Jr
WB 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.#NameClass
SAF 38 Charles Blackburn Jr
DT 72 Mike Boulware Jr
DB 18 Rodney Cloyd So
DB 53 Fred Conger Jr
LB 36 Randy Crutcher So
DE 93 Ricky Deason So
DB 41 Tom Duffy So
LB 46 Bill Duke Jr
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.#NameClass
KS 90 Bob Jones So
KS 91 Dave Weld Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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