Year: | 1968 |
Team: | Ferrum Panthers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Independent |
Record: | 10–0 |
Head Coach: | Hank Norton |
Hc Year: | 9th |
Champion: | NJCAA National Football Championship |
Bowl: | Shrine Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 41–19 vs. |
The 1968 Ferrum Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Ferrum Junior College during the 1968 junior college football season.[1] [2] In their ninth year under head coach Hank Norton, the Panthers compiled a perfect 10–0 record and won the NJCAA National Football Championship. It was Ferrm's second consecutive undefeated and untied regular season, though the 1967 team lost to in the championship game.
Key players included halfback Horace Green and quarterback Butch DuSharm.