The 1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press International (UPI), and the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) coaches (Coaches) as the best college football players by position in the Pac-8 during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.
The 1968 USC Trojans football team won the Pac-8 championship, were ranked No. 2 in the final Coaches Poll, and placed eight players on the first team: quarterback Steve Sogge (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); running back O. J. Simpson (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); end Bob Klein (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); offensive tackle Sid Smith (AP-1, Coaches-1); offensive guards Fred Khasigian (AP-1, Coaches-1) and Steve Lehmer (UPI-1); defensive end Jimmy Gunn (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); and defensive back Mike Battle (UPI-1).[1][2][3]
Offensive selections edit
Quarterbacks edit
- Steve Sogge, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Jim Plunkett, Stanford (UPI-2)
Running backs edit
- Bill Enyart, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- O. J. Simpson, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Gene Washington, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Billy Main, Oregon State (UPI-2)
- Greg Jones, UCLA (UPI-2)
- Carl Wojciechowski, Washington (UPI-2)
Ends edit
- Bob Klein, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Wayne Stewart, California (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Ron Souza, Washington State (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Roger Cantlon, Oregon State (AP-2)
- Ron Copeland, UCLA (UPI-2)
Tackles edit
- Malcolm Snider, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Sid Smith, USC (AP-1; Coaches-1)
- Roger Stalick, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Dave Golinsky, Washington State (AP-2)
- Jack O'Malley, USC (UPI-2)
- George Buehler, Stanford (UPI-2)
Guards edit
- Fred Khasigian, USC (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
- Clyde Smith, Oregon State (AP-2; Coaches-1)
- Steve Lehmer, USC (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Nick Shur, Oregon (AP-1)
- Rocky Rasley, Oregon State (UPI-1)
- Jim Harris, Washington (UPI-2)
Centers edit
- John Didion, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Dick Allmon, USC (AP-2; UPI-2)
Defensive selections edit
Defensive ends edit
- Jimmy Gunn, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Mike McCaffrey, California (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
- Irby Augustine, California (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Otis Washington, Washington (AP-2; UPI-2)
Defensive tackles edit
- Larry Agajanian, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Jon Sandstrom, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Ron Boley, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Tony Terry, USC (AP-2)
- Al Cowlings, USC (UPI-2)
Middle guard edit
- Ed White, California (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- George Dames, Oregon (AP-1; Coaches-1; UPI-2)
- George Buehler, Stanford (AP-2)
- Steve Bartelie, Washington State (AP-2)
Linebackers edit
- George Jugum, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Don Parish, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Mike Ballou, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Dennis Pitta, California (AP-2)
Defensive backs edit
- Ken Wiedemann, California (AP-1; UPI-1 Coaches-1)
- Al Worley, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
- Omri Hildreth, Oregon (AP-2 [defensive back]; Coaches-1 [defensive back]; UPI-2 [linebacker])
- Mark Gustafson, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Mike Battle, USC (UPI-1)
- Mike Williams, Washington State (AP-1)
- Charlie Olds, Oregon State (AP-2)
- Rudy Redmond, Pacific (UPI-2)
- Rick Reed, Washington State (UPI-2)
- Steve Hilbert, Oregon (UPI-2)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International[2][4]
Coaches = selected by the eight head coaches of the Pacific-8 Conference[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "USC Trojans Dominate All-West Coast Squad". Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California). November 28, 1968. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "USC Trojans dominate UPI's All-Coast grid team". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo. November 28, 1968. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Troy Dominates Star Squad". The Times. December 4, 1968. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Sargis (November 28, 1968). "Five all-Americas top coastal major college grid selections". The Lompoc Record. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.