1968 Oregon State Beavers football team

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Conference Pacific-8 Conference AP No. 15 Head coach Dee Andros (4th year)		Coaches No. 13 1968 record 7–3 (5–1 Pac-8)
Captain Steve Preece Jon Sandstrom

The 1968 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1968 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

Under fourth-year head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 7–3 overall and 5–1 in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). They were fifteenth in the final AP Poll, and outscored their opponents, 285 to 179. The 17–13 loss at USC in November decided the conference title and the Rose Bowl berth. Prior to the 1975 season, the Pac-8 and Big Ten conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.

The Beavers were led on offense by quarterback Steve Preece and fullback Bill Enyart, nicknamed "Earthquake." Center John Didion was a consensus All-American.

Schedule

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Utah

Bill Enyart 50 Rush, 299 Yds, 3 TD

Oregon State did not complete a pass (0/4, INT)

Washington

Roger Cantlon 4 Rec, 116 Yds

Kentucky

Bill Enyart 29 Rush, 105 Yds, 4 TD

Washington State

Bill Enyart 31 Rush, 137 Yds, TD

UCLA

Bill Enyart 32 Rush, 155 Yds, 2 TD

Oregon

Bill Enyart 37 Rush, 168 Yds, 3 TD

Statistics

Bill Enyart 293 Rush, 1304 Yds, 17 TD (all three were single season school records until 1999 - Ken Simonton)

Billy Main 32.1 yards per kick return

Awards

Team MVP: Steve Preece, Jon Sandstrom

All Pac 8: John Didion, Bill Enyart, Jon Sandstrom

All-American: John Didion (AFCA - 1st, AP, Central Press Association, Football News, FWAA - 1st, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Sporting News, Time, UPI, Walter Camp), Bill Enyart (UPI - 1st)

Draft picks

Oregon State players selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft