1968 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1968 Tennessee Volunteers football
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 13–36 vs. Texas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 13
Record8–2–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
1968 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 5 0 18 1 2
No. 13 Tennessee 4 1 18 2 1
No. 17 Alabama 4 2 08 3 0
No. 19 LSU 4 2 08 3 0
No. 16 Auburn 4 2 07 4 0
Ole Miss 3 2 17 3 1
Florida 3 2 16 3 1
Vanderbilt 2 3 15 4 1
Mississippi State 0 4 20 8 2
Kentucky 0 7 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • LSU, Florida, and Vanderbilt's games against Tulane; LSU's game against TCU; and Mississippi State's game against Texas Tech counted in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by fifth-year head coach Doug Dickey and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, two losses and one tie (8–2–1 overall, 4–1–1 in the SEC) and a loss against Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Neyland Stadium installed artificial turf prior to the season; it was one of four university division venues (Astrodome (Houston), Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin), and Husky Stadium (Washington)) with synthetic grass in 1968.