1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

August 2023 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). Offensive selections Quarterbacks Steve Sogge, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1) Steve Preece, Oregon State (AP-2) Jim Plunkett, Stanford (UPI-2) Running backs Bill Enyart, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1) O. J. Simpson, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1) Gene Washington, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1) Billy Main, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-2) Greg Jones, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2) John McGaffie, California (AP-2) Carl Wojciechowski, Washington (UPI-2) Ends Bob Klein, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1) Wayne Stewart, California (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1) Ron Souza, Washington State (AP-2; UPI-2) Roger Cantlon, Oregon State (AP-2) Ron Copeland, UCLA (UPI-2) 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 George Jugum, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1) Don Parish, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1) Mike Ballou, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2) Dennis Pitta, California (AP-2) 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 PressUSC Trojans Dominate All-West Coast Squad Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California) November 28, 1968 29 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99711480/usc-trojans-dominate-all-west-coast/ Newspapers.com UPI = United Press InternationalUSC Trojans dominate UPI's All-Coast grid team The Tribune San Luis Obispo November 28, 1968 24 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99712238/usc-trojans-dominate-upis-all-coast/ Newspapers.comFive all-Americas top coastal major college grid selections The Lompoc Record Joe Sargis November 28, 1968 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99712446/five-all-americas-top-coastal-major/ Newspapers.com Coaches = selected by the eight head coaches of the Pacific-8 ConferenceTroy Dominates Star Squad The Times December 4, 1968 38 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99710784/troy-dominates-star-squad/ Newspapers.com See also 1968 College Football All-America Team References All-Pacific-8 Conference Football Team Category:All-Pac-12 Conference football teams