1968 Ferrum Panthers football team

The 1968 Ferrum Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Ferrum Junior College during the 1968 junior college football season.^[1][2] In their ninth year under head coach Hank Norton, the Panthers compiled a perfect 10–0 record and won the NJCAA National Football Championship. It was Ferrm's second consecutive undefeated and untied regular season, though the 1967 team lost to Kilgore in the championship game.

Key players included halfback Horace Green and quarterback Butch DuSharm.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	at Frederick Military Academy		W 21–7
September 21	at Newport News Apprentice School	Apprentice field Newport News, VA	W 17–3		[3]
September 28	Wesley (DE)	Rocky Mount, VA	W 27–0
October 5	East Tennessee junior varsity		W
October 12	at Chowan	Murfreesboro, NC	W 45–27		[4]
October 19	at Gardner-Webb JC	Banner Elk, NC	W 21–17
October 26	at Northeast Oklahoma	Miami, OK	W 29–19
November 2	Lees McRae	Rocky Mount, VA	W 28–7		[5]
November 16	at Marion Institute	Marion, AL	W 23–18		[6]
November 29	vs. Phoenix	Savannah, GA (Shrine Bowl)	W 41–19	12,000	[7][8]
Homecoming

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