The 1968 Dayton Flyers football team represented the

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as an independent during the

1968 NCAA University Division football season In the 1968 NCAA University Division football season, the system of "polls and bowls" changed. The Associated Press returned to its pre-1961 system of ranking the Top 20 rather than the Top 10, and voted on the national champion after the bowl ga ...

. Led by fourth-year head coach

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, the Flyers compiled a record of 5–5.

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Dayton Flyers football seasons

Dayton Flyers football : ''For information on all University of Dayton sports, see Dayton Flyers'' The Dayton Flyers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Dayton located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The team competes in the ...

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