1968 Tennessee State Tigers football team

1968 Tennessee State Tigers football
1968 Tennessee State Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	John Merritt (6th season);
Home stadium	Hale Stadium
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as an independent during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach John Merritt, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 6–2–1.

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Record6–2–1

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1968 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 San Diego State		–		9	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Chattanooga		–		9	–	1	–	0
Indiana State		–		9	–	1	–	0
Indiana (PA)		–		9	–	1	–	0
Nevada Southern		–		8	–	1	–	0
Ashland		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Eastern Michigan		–		8	–	2	–	0
Lincoln (MO)		–		8	–	2	–	0
St. Norbert		–		6	–	2	–	1
Tennessee State		–		6	–	2	–	1
UC Riverside		–		6	–	2	–	1
Hawaii		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Tampa		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Akron		–		7	–	3	–	1
Northeastern		–		6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		6	–	3	–	0
Cortland		–		5	–	3	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	1
Northern Arizona		–		6	–	4	–	0
Pacific (CA)		–		6	–	4	–	0
Samford		–		6	–	4	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		5	–	4	–	0
Parsons		–		5	–	4	–	0
Wheaton (IL)		–		5	–	4	–	0
Drake		–		5	–	5	–	0
UC Santa Barbara		–		4	–	4	–	1
Santa Clara		–		4	–	5	–	0
Portland State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Illinois College		–		2	–	4	–	2
Wayne State (MI)		–		3	–	6	–	0
Wabash		–		3	–	6	–	0
Colorado College		–		2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State		–		2	–	7	–	0
Milwaukee		–		2	–	7	–	0
Lake Forest		–		2	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi Valley State		–		1	–	7	–	0
UC San Diego		–		0	–	7	–	0
Rose Poly		–		0	–	8	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona		–		0	–	10	–	0

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Kentucky State	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	W 40–7	8,000	^[1]
September 28	at Parsons	Blum Stadium Fairfield, IA	W 21–12	4,500	^[2]
October 5	Texas Southern	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	W 11–10	9,500	^[3]
October 12	at Grambling	Grambling Stadium Grambling, LA	L 21–30	16,000	^[4]
October 26	at Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 13–32	16,000	^[5]
November 2	Southern	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	W 16–0	9,000	^[6]
November 9	Morris Brown	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	W 58–6	4,000	^[7]
November 23	at No. 1 San Diego State	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	T 13–13	37,713	^[8]
November 28	Bishop	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	W 48–12	12,000	^[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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