1968 Vermont Catamounts football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–6 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumCentennial Field
1968 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire + 4 –1 –06 –2 –0
Connecticut + 4 –1 –04 –6 –0
Maine 2 –3 –03 –5 –0
Rhode Island 2 –3 –03 –6 –0
UMass 2 –3 –02 –8 –0
Vermont 1 –4 –03 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1968 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont in the Yankee Conference during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In their seventh year under head coach Bob Clifford, the team compiled a 3–6 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Connecticut
L 0–217,819[1]
September 28Wilkes*
L 9–316,000[2]
October 5at Maine
L 0–285,400[3][4]
October 12at Rhode Island
L 10–5210,666–12,000[5][6]
October 19New Hampshiredagger
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
W 12–103,500[7][8]
October 26at Norwich*
W 20–74,500[9]
November 2UMass
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
L 0–493,500–4,500[10][11]
November 9Middlebury*
  • Centennial Field
  • Burlington, VT
W 45–18[12]
November 16at C. W. Post*Brookville, NYL 10–25[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ↑ "Sophs excel as UConn rolls". The Hartford Courant. September 22, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Wilkes has little trouble in capturing 22nd victory in row". Wilkes-Barre Record. September 30, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Abbott looks to UNH after first victory". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Rhode Island romps over Vermont, 52–10". The Boston Globe. October 13, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Vermont surprises UNH in rain, 12–10". Rutland Daily Herald. October 21, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Vermont 20, Norwich 7, in final football game". The Times Argus. October 28, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "UMass brakes skid by routing Vt., 49–0". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Canning runs wild as UVM crushes Panthers, 45–18". The Burlington Free Press. November 11, 1968. Retrieved June 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Vermont bows to post, 25–10, to end season with 3–6 record". The Burlington Free Press. November 18, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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