1968 Sacramento State Hornets football team information
American college football season
1968Sacramento State Hornets football
Pasadena Bowl, L 7–34 vs. Grambling
Conference
Far Western Conference
Record
8–3 (4–2 FWC)
Head coach
Ray Clemons (8th season)
Home stadium
Hornet Field, Charles C. Hughes Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Far Western Conference football standings
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No. 16 AP / #10 UPI Humboldt State $
6
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0
–
0
10
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1
–
0
Sacramento State
4
–
2
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
UC Davis
3
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3
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
San Francisco State
3
–
3
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Chico State
2
–
4
–
0
5
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5
–
0
Cal State Hayward
1
–
4
–
1
5
–
4
–
1
Nevada
1
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4
–
1
3
–
6
–
1
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from small college polls
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.
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.
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