1968 Maine Black Bears football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1968 Maine Black Bears football Yankee Conference Yankee 3–5 2–3 Walter Abbott 2nd Donald Loranger Francis Griffin E. Quackenbush Alumni Field The 1968 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its second season under head coach Walter Abbott, the team compiled a 3–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for third place in the Yankee Conference. Donald Loranger, Francis Griffin, and E. Quackenbush were the team captains.2019 Maine Football Media Guide University of Maine 2019 86 https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf September 22, 2021 September 23, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210923194140/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf dead Schedule y y September 21 at UMass Alumni Field Amherst, MA L 3-21 14,000 September 28 Boston University<ncg><hc> Alumni Field Orono, ME L 3-6 6,100 October 5 Vermont Alumni Field Orono, ME W 28-0 5,400 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78921344/abbott-looks-to-unh-after-first-victory/ The Bangor Daily News Abbott looks to UNH after first victory October 7, 1968 June 4, 2021 Newspapers.com October 12 at New Hampshire Cowell Stadium Durham, NH L 17-42 13,000–13,050 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (New Hampshire) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/469/stats/12712 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 26, 2022 October 19 at Connecticut Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT L 0-29 6,400–6,407 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Connecticut) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/164/stats/12712 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 26, 2022 October 26 Rhode Island Alumni Field Orono, ME W 21-14 8,000–10,000 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Rhode Island) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/572/stats/12712 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 29, 2022 November 2 at Bucknell<ncg> Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA L 21-42 5,600–5,700 Bucknell in 42-21 Romp over Maine Associated Press November 3, 1968 40 Sunday News Lancaster, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69398295/1968-bucknell-maine/ November 9 Hofstra<ncg> Alumni Field Orono, ME W 42-7 3,750 Bears Bow Out Beating Hofstra Owen Osborne November 11, 1968 9 Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69400629/1968-hofstra-maine/ Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Maine) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/12712 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 25, 2022 References Maine Category:Maine Black Bears football seasons Maine Black Bears football