1968 Stanford Indians football team

The 1968 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The Indians were led by sixth-year head coach John Ralston. On the field, the offense was headed by future Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett, a sophomore in his first season as starting quarterback, and senior wide receiver Gene Washington.

Record6–3–1 (3–3–1 Pac-8)

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1968 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 15 Oregon State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Oregon	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Washington	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 68–20	34,000–34,500	^[1]^[2]
September 28	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 28–12	25,000	^[3]^[4]
October 5	at No. 13 Air Force*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 24–13	35,000	^[5]
October 12	No. 2 USC	No. 18	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 24–27	81,000	^[6]
October 19	at Washington State	No. 14	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	T 21–21	15,700	^[7]
October 26	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 17–20	37,935	^[8]
November 2	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 7–29	29,000	^[9]
November 9	Washington		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 35–20	33,000	^[10]
November 16	at No. 4 Pacific (CA)*		Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 24–0	20,500	^[11]
November 23	at No. 18 California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 20–0	73,987–75,000	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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