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1968 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1968 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record3–6–1 (1–4–1 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMackay Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 AP / #10 UPI Humboldt State $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
Sacramento State 4 2 0 8 3 0
UC Davis 3 3 0 5 4 0
San Francisco State 3 3 0 5 5 0
Chico State 2 4 0 5 5 0
Cal State Hayward 1 4 1 5 4 1
Nevada 1 4 1 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from small college polls

The 1968 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. Led by Dick Trachok in his tenth and final season as head coach, the Wolf Pack compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the FWC.[1] The team played home games at Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nevada.

Trachok resigned after the season to take the job as Nevada's athletic director. This was the Wolf Pack's last year as a member of the FWC as they went independent for the 1969 season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Willamette*L 13–40
September 28UC Santa Barbara*W 17–133,000–5,000[2]
October 5San Francisco*
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 48–133,400–5,000[3]
October 12at Chico State
L 15–203,000[4]
October 19at Cal State HaywardT 7–73,800[5]
October 26Sacramento Statedagger
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
L 14–175,000–6,200[6]
November 2Humboldt State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
L 17–201,200–3,000[7]
November 9at UC DavisL 24–255,500[8]
November 16San Francisco State
  • Mackay Stadium
  • Reno, NV
W 21–71,000–2,000[9]
November 23at Hawaii*L 0–218,000–14,005[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[11]

Personnel

1968 Nevada Wolf Pack football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 John Barnes Jr
OL 75 Terry Hermeling Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References