| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1968 |
| President: | Phil J. Ryan |
| Coach: | John Kennedy, Sr. |
| Captain: | Graham Arthur |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL season |
| Regularseason Result: | 9–10–1 (6th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals series |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Peter Hudson |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Peter Hudson (125) |
| Highest Attendance: | 25,928 (Round 16 vs.) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 10,468 (Round 6 vs.) |
| Average Attendance: | 16,153 |
| Prevseason: | 1967 |
| Nextseason: | 1969 |
The 1968 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 44th season in the Victorian Football League and the 67th overall.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Monday, 15 April (2:20 pm) | 26.16 (172) | 15.9 (99) | Lost by 73 points | Windy Hill (A) | 16,940 | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 20 April (2:20 pm) | 17.24 (126) | 19.12 (126) | Draw | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,847 | 0–1–1 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 27 April (2:20 pm) | 14.10 (94) | 16.9 (105) | Won by 11 points | Western Oval (A) | 14,054 | 1–1–1 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 4 May (2:20 pm) | 11.11 (77) | 15.10 (100) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 17,128 | 1–2–1 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 11 May (2:20 pm) | 17.11 (113) | 11.16 (82) | Lost by 31 points | Victoria Park (A) | 20,688 | 1–3–1 | ||
| 6 | Saturday, 18 May (2:20 pm) | 10.11 (71) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,468 | 1–4–1 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 25 May (2:20 pm) | 11.14 (80) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 4 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 17,263 | 1–5–1 | ||
| 8 | Monday, 10 June (2:20 pm) | 11.15 (81) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 1 point | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 31,325 | 1–6–1 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 15 June (2:20 pm) | 21.14 (140) | 16.14 (110) | Won by 30 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,039 | 2–6–1 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 22 June (2:20 pm) | 8.14 (62) | 15.16 (106) | Won by 44 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 7,884 | 3–6–1 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 29 June (2:20 pm) | 15.11 (101) | 17.9 (111) | Lost by 10 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,269 | 3–7–1 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 6 July (2:20 pm) | 11.17 (83) | 17.10 (112) | Lost by 29 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,909 | 3–8–1 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 13 July (2:20 pm) | 12.10 (82) | 15.11 (101) | Won by 19 points | Lake Oval (A) | 11,181 | 4–8–1 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 20 July (2:20 pm) | 24.8 (152) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 82 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,810 | 5–8–1 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 27 July (2:20 pm) | 9.14 (68) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 13 points | Princes Park (A) | 18,842 | 6–8–1 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 3 August (2:20 pm) | 15.11 (101) | 10.16 (76) | Won by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 25,928 | 7–8–1 | ||
| 17 | Saturday, 10 August (2:20 pm) | 10.7 (67) | 7.9 (51) | Lost by 16 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 20,822 | 7–9–1 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 17 August (2:20 pm) | 14.13 (97) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,359 | 8–9–1 | ||
| 19 | Saturday, 24 August (2:20 pm) | 11.13 (79) | 11.22 (88) | Lost by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,772 | 8–10–1 | ||
| 20 | Saturday, 31 August (2:20 pm) | 17.14 (116) | 18.18 (126) | Won by 10 points | Princes Park (A) | 10,968 | 9–10–1 | ||
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