1968 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 1968 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Home games were played on campus in Corvallis at Parker Stadium, with one at Civic Stadium in Portland.

Under fourth-year head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers were 7–3 overall and 5–1 in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). They were fifteenth in the final AP Poll, and outscored their opponents 285 to 179.^[1] The 17–13 loss at USC in November decided the conference title and the Rose Bowl berth.^[2] Prior to the 1975 season, the Pac-8 and Big Ten conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.

The Beavers were led on offense by quarterback Steve Preece and fullback Bill Enyart,^[3] nicknamed "Earthquake;"^[4][5] center John Didion was a consensus All-American.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Iowa*	No. 8	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 20–21	46,892	[6]
September 28	at Utah*	No. 18	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT		W 24–21	19,265	[7]
October 5	Washington		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	ABC	W 35–21	30,220	[8]
October 12	at Kentucky*	No. 20	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY		L 34–35	32,000	[9]
October 19	Arizona State*		Civic Stadium Portland, Oregon		W 28–9	27,507	[10]
October 26	at Washington State		Rogers Field Pullman, WA		W 16–8	20,781	[11][12]
November 2	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 29–7	29,000	[13]
November 9	UCLA	No. 15	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 45–21	41,361	[3]
November 16	at No. 1 USC	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 13–17	59,236	[2][4]
November 23	Oregon	No. 16	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR (Civil War)		W 41–19	40,144	[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[14][15]

• Bill Enyart 50 Rush, 299 Yds, 3 TD
• Oregon State did not complete a pass (0/4, INT) ^[15]

• Bobby Mayes 54 yard reverse for touchdown

• Roger Cantlon 4 Rec, 116 Yds ^[15]

• Enyart 29 Rush, 105 Yds, 4 TD ^[15]

• Enyart 31 Rush, 137 Yds, TD ^[15]

• Enyart 32 Rush, 155 Yds, 2 TD^[15]

• Enyart 37 Rush, 168 Yds, 3 TD ^[5][15]

^[16]

• Bill Enyart 293 Rush, 1304 Yds, 17 TD (all three were single season school records until 1999 – Ken Simonton)
• Billy Main 32.1 yards per kick return ^[15]

• Team MVP: Steve Preece, Jon Sandstrom
• All Pac 8: John Didion, Bill Enyart, Jon Sandstrom
• All-American: John Didion (AFCA – 1st, AP, Central Press Association, Football News, FWAA – 1st, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Sporting News, Time, UPI, Walter Camp), Bill Enyart (UPI – 1st)^[15]

Five Beavers were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft, the third and final common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).

Source:^[15]

• QB Steve Preece was not drafted, but had a nine-year career in the NFL as a defensive back.

• Game program: Oregon State at Washington State – October 26, 1968
• WSU Libraries: Game video – Oregon State at Washington State – October 26, 1968