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

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Ends

Tackles

  • 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

  • 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

  • John Didion, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
  • Dick Allmon, USC (AP-2; UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Defensive backs

  • 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

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

References

  1. 1 2 "USC Trojans Dominate All-West Coast Squad". Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California). November 28, 1968. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "USC Trojans dominate UPI's All-Coast grid team". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo. November 28, 1968. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Troy Dominates Star Squad". The Times. December 4, 1968. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Joe Sargis (November 28, 1968). "Five all-Americas top coastal major college grid selections". The Lompoc Record. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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