1968 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1968 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1968 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
MAC University Division champion; Lambert Cup
Boardwalk Bowl, W 31–24 vs. IUP
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
	University Division
Record	8–3 (5–0 MAC)
Head coach	Tubby Raymond (3rd season);
Captain	Bob Novotny
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

1968 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Lafayette	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Temple	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Hofstra	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Gettysburg	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
College–Northern
Albright x	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. T–19 Wilkes x	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Delaware Valley	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Juniata	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Upsala	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Moravian	3	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Susquehanna	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Lycoming	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Wagner *	3	–	1	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
College–Southern
Franklin & Marshall x	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Johns Hopkins x	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Muhlenberg	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Ursinus	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Haverford	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Swarthmore	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Drexel *	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1968 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1968 NCAA College Division football season. In its third season under head coach Tubby Raymond, the team compiled an 8–3 record (5–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC University Division championship, defeated IUP in the Boardwalk Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 319 to 180. Bob Novotny was the team captain.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Hofstra	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 35–0	10,840	^[3]
September 28	at Villanova*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA (rivalry)	L 0–16	12,025	^[4]
October 5	UMass*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 28–23	13,261	^[5]
October 12	at Buffalo*	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 17–29	8,536	^[6]
October 19	West Chester	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	W 28–0	8,677	^[7]
October 26	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 50–27	7,500	^[8]
November 2	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 14–23	18,000	^[9]
November 9	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 37–13	9,000	^[10]
November 16	Boston University*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 41–13	10,350	^[11]
November 23	Bucknell	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 38–12	10,924	^[12]
December 14	vs. IUP*	Atlantic City Convention Center Atlantic City, NJ (Boardwalk Bowl)	W 31–24	9,849	^[13]
*Non-conference game