Sport: | football |
Year: | 1968 |
Team: | Doane Tigers |
Conference: | Independent |
Record: | 10–0 |
Head Coach: | Al Papik |
Hc Year: | 14th |
Stadium: | Simon Field |
Champion: | Mineral Water Bowl champion |
Bowl: | Mineral Water Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 10–0 vs. |
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 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. 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.
The team played its home games at Simon Field in Crete, Nebraska.