1968 Southern Miss Southerners football team

The 1968 Southern Miss Southerners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their twentieth year under head coach Thad Vann, the team compiled a 4–6 record.^[1]

1968 Southern Miss Southerners football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	Thad Vann (20th season)
Home stadium	Faulkner Field
Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State			–					11	–	0	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	2	–	0
West Texas State			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Florida State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Air Force			–					7	–	3	–	0
Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Houston			–					6	–	2	–	2
Utah State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					7	–	3	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	0
Xavier			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	5	–	0
Dayton			–					5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					5	–	5	–	0
New Mexico State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss			–					4	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	6	–	1
San Jose State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Navy			–					2	–	8	–	0
Tulane			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 27–15	7,000	[2]
September 28	at No. 7 Alabama	Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL	L 14–17	38,051	[3]
October 5	East Carolina	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 65–0	17,500	[4]
October 12	at Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 47–14	22,000	[5]
October 19	at No. 16 Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 13–21	34,000	[6]
October 26	at Memphis State	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 7–29	30,080	[7]
November 2	Louisiana Tech	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS (rivalry)	L 20–27	15,000	[8]
November 9	at San Diego State	San Diego Stadium San Diego, CA	L 7–68	43,766	[9]
November 16	Richmond	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 7–33	7,500	[10]
November 23	at Tampa	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	W 21–7	20,890	[11]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game