1968 Sacramento State Hornets football team
American college football season
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The 1968 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State College—now known as California State University, Sacramento—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Ray Clemons, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team outscored its opponents 245 to 137 for the season. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Field and Charles C. Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.
- Ray Clemons (8th season)
| 1968 Sacramento State Hornets football | |
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Pasadena Bowl, L 7–34 vs. Grambling | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (4–2 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Hornet Field, Charles C. Hughes Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 AP / #10 UPI Humboldt State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Hayward | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the end of the season, the Hornets were invited to play in the Pasadena Bowl, where they lost to Grambling, 34–7. This was the second time Sacramento State had been invited to a bowl game, the previous being the Camellia Bowl in 1964.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at Cal Poly* | W 13–7 | 6,400 | |||
| September 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Cal Poly Pomona* | W 26–13 | 4,500 | [1][2][3][4] | |
| October 5 | 8:00 p.m. | Humboldt State |
| L 13–20 | 6,200–7,500 | [5][6][7] |
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | UC Davis |
| W 24–7 | 4,100 | [8][9] |
| October 19 | at San Francisco State | L 13–14 | 3,500 | [10] | ||
| October 26 | at Nevada | W 17–14 | 5,000–6,200 | [11] | ||
| November 2 | Chico State |
| W 14–0 | 5,000 | [12][13] | |
| November 9 | at Cal State Hayward | W 16–14 | 1,500–2,000 | [14][15] | ||
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | San Francisco* |
| W 76–0 | 1,500 | [16][17][18] |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Cal Western* | W 26–14 | 2,300–3,000 | [19][20] | |
| December 7 | vs. Grambling* | L 7–34 | 34,127 | [21][22] | ||
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