1968 Doane Tigers football team

1968 Doane Tigers football
Mineral Water Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Head coach
Home stadiumSimon Field
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 NAIA independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Doane     10 0 0
New Mexico Highlands     9 0 0
No. 15 Ferris State     7 0 1
No. 9 Cal Lutheran     9 1 0
No. 10 Emory and Henry     9 1 0
Indiana (PA)     9 1 0
No. 16 Austin     8 1 0
No. 11 Appalachian State     8 2 0
Boise State     8 2 0
No. 20 Carson–Newman     8 2 0
La Verne     7 2 0
Hillsdale     6 3 0
St. Mary of the Plains     6 4 0
Wheaton (IL)     5 4 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State     5 5 1
Eastern New Mexico     4 5 1
Simon Fraser     4 5 0
Southern Colorado State     4 6 0
Southwest State (MN)     3 5 0
Wofford     4 7 0
Georgetown (KY)     2 6 0
Azusa Pacific     2 7 0
Kentucky State     2 7 0
Iowa Wesleyan     1 7 1
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1968 Doane Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Doane University as an independent during the 1968 NAIA football season. In their 14th year under head coach Al Papik, the team compiled a 10–0 record, including a victory over Central Missouri State in the Mineral Water Bowl.

The 1968 season was the third of four consecutive undefeated seasons and part of a 38-game undefeated streak that began with the last two games of the 1965 season and continued until September 19, 1970.[1][2]

The team was led on offense by junior quarterback Larry Green and sophomore halfback Mike Sallier. Sallier became the first Doane back to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season and also led the NAIA with 23 touchdowns for 138 points.[3] The team also excelled on defense, holding opponents to an average of 6.4 points per game and limiting Graceland to minus 111 rushing yards.[3]

The team played its home games at Simon Field in Crete, Nebraska.

  1. ^ "A Small School, but You Can Learn To Hate It". Sports Illustrated. October 13, 1969.
  2. ^ Jacob Knabel (June 8, 2016). "A win for the ages: ending the nation's longest unbeaten streak". Concordia University Nebraska (reprinted from Football).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference gra was invoked but never defined (see the help page).