1968 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
American college football season
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The 1968 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its first year under head coach Jerry Olson, the team compiled a 3–5 record (3–3 against NCC opponents), finished in fourth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 179 to 148.[1] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record3–5 (3–3 NCC)
Headcoach
- Jerry Olson (1st season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1968 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 3–5 (3–3 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 North Dakota State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 South Dakota | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State College of Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustana (SD) | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 14 | vs. Montana* |
| L 10–37 | 7,000 | [2] |
| September 21 | State College of Iowa | L 10–14 | 8,000 | ||
| September 28 | South Dakota |
| L 16–17 | 5,000–5,500 | [3] |
| October 12 | at South Dakota State | W 21–16 | 10,500 | ||
| October 19 | No. 2 North Dakota State |
| L 8–14 | 9,350–9,750 | [4] |
| October 26 | at Augustana (SD) | W 39–20 | 7,000 | ||
| November 2 | at Morningside | Sioux City, IA | W 37–20 | 3,500 | |
| November 9 | Montana State* |
| L 7–41 | 1,500–2,100 | [5] |
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