The 1968 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an

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team that represented

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as a member of the

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(SWAC) during the

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. Led by fourth-year head coach

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, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, and finished as SWAC co-champion.

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Texas Southern Texas Southern University (Texas Southern or TSU) is a public historically black university in Houston, Texas. The university is one of the largest and most comprehensive historically black college or universities in the USA with nearly 10,000 ...

Texas Southern Tigers football seasons Southwestern Athletic Conference football champion seasons

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