1968 Maine Black Bears football team

1968 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Captains
  • Donald Loranger
  • Francis Griffin
  • E. Quackenbush
Home stadiumAlumni Field
1968 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Connecticut + 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
UMass 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Vermont 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1968 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its second season under head coach Walter Abbott, the team compiled a 3–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for third place in the Yankee Conference. Donald Loranger, Francis Griffin, and E. Quackenbush were the team captains.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at UMass
L 3–2114,000
September 28Boston University*
L 3–66,100
October 5Vermont
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 28–05,400[2]
October 12at New Hampshire
L 17–4213,000–13,050[3]
October 19at Connecticut
L 0–296,400–6,407[4]
October 26Rhode Island
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 21–148,000–10,000[5]
November 2at Bucknell*
L 21–425,600–5,700[6]
November 9Hofstra*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 42–73,750[7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

[8]

References

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Abbott looks to UNH after first victory". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1968. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report (New Hampshire)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Connecticut)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Rhode Island)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "Bucknell in 42-21 Romp over Maine". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. November 3, 1968. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Osborne, Owen (November 11, 1968). "Bears Bow Out Beating Hofstra". Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Maine)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
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