1968 Grantland Rice Bowl

The 1968 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1968 season, between the Akron Zips and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

[2] This was the last time that the Grantland Rice Bowl was played in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Louisiana Tech quarterback Terry Bradshaw was selected first in the 1970 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Bradshaw and Spinks are inductees of their university's athletic hall of fame, as is head coach Maxie Lambright.

The Akron squad has been designated a Team of Distinction by their university's sports hall of fame; head coach Gordon K. Larson was inducted to the hall in 1975, running back John "Jack" Beidleman was inducted in 1980, and quarterback Don Zwisler was inducted in 1981.