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1968 San Jose State Spartans football team

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The 1968 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College—now known as San Jose State University—as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by Harry Anderson in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Spartans compiled a record of 3–7 and were outscored by opponents 403 to 148. The team played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California.

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1968 San Jose State Spartans football
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Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
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1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State – 11–0–0
Rutgers – 8–2–0
West Texas State – 8–2–0
No. 5 Notre Dame – 7–2–1
Florida State – 8–3–0
Air Force – 7–3–0
Army – 7–3–0
Buffalo – 7–3–0
No. 18 Houston – 6–2–2
Utah State – 7–3–0
Boston College – 7–3–0
West Virginia – 7–3–0
Virginia Tech – 7–4–0
Syracuse – 6–4–0
Villanova – 6–4–0
Xavier – 6–4–0
Colgate – 5–5–0
Dayton – 5–5–0
Miami (FL) – 5–5–0
New Mexico State – 5–5–0
Georgia Tech – 4–6–0
Southern Miss – 4–6–0
Holy Cross – 3–6–1
San Jose State – 3–7–0
Navy – 2–8–0
Tulane – 2–8–0
Pittsburgh – 1–9–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at StanfordL 20–6834,000–34,500[1]
September 28Fresno StateW 25–219,700[2]
October 5at No. 18 CaliforniaL 0–4625,000[3][4]
October 19at New MexicoW 55–2412,089[5]
October 26at San Diego StateL 6–4834,641[6]
November 2at Pacific (CA)L 0–283,400[7]
November 9Idaho
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 17–3510,500[8]
November 16Washington State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 0–468,450[9]
November 23at Arizona StateL 0–6623,168[10]
November 30BYU
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 25–212,875[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Team players in the NFL/AFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft.[13][14]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Walt ShockleyRunning back5108St. Louis Cardinals
Steve AlexakosGuard9209Boston Patriots

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