1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team explained

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 Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2] ^[3]

Coaches = selected by the eight head coaches of the Pacific-8 Conference^[4]

Notes and References

News: USC Trojans Dominate All-West Coast Squad. Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California). November 28, 1968. 29. Newspapers.com.
News: USC Trojans dominate UPI's All-Coast grid team. The Tribune. San Luis Obispo. November 28, 1968. 24. Newspapers.com.
News: Five all-Americas top coastal major college grid selections. The Lompoc Record. Joe Sargis. November 28, 1968. 8. Newspapers.com.
News: Troy Dominates Star Squad. The Times. December 4, 1968. 38. Newspapers.com.