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Detroit Lions 28 at Chicago Bears 10
Sunday, October 13, 1968
Stadium: Wrigley Field, Surface: grass,
Weather: 67 degrees, relative humidity 72%, wind 9 mph
Weather: 67 degrees, relative humidity 72%, wind 9 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (3-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Chicago Bears (1-4-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Scoring
| DET | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Mel Farr 32 yard pass from Bill Munson (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Bears | Cecil Turner 80 yard pass from Larry Rakestraw (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Lions | Mel Farr 9 yard rush (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 14 | 7 |
| Bears | Mac Percival 33 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Lions | Mel Farr 1 yard rush (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4th | Lions | Tom Nowatzke 1 yard rush (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 28 | 10 |
Team Stats
| DET | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 51-244-3 | 28-130-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-23-169-1-0 | 6-22-131-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 2-20 |
| Net pass yards | 161 | 111 |
| Total yards | 405 | 241 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-78 | 6-81 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mel Farr | DET | 18 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | DET | 13 | 22 | 169 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earl McCullouch | DET | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Nowatzke | DET | 16 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Triplett | DET | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Kopay | DET | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Gambrell | DET | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Welch | DET | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cecil Turner | CHI | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Rakestraw | CHI | 6 | 18 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ronnie Bull | CHI | 8 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gale Sayers | CHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Austin Denney | CHI | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | CHI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brian Piccolo | CHI | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Dick Butkus | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Gordon | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ralph Kurek | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gale Sayers | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cecil Turner | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Jerry DePoyster | DET | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Joe Green | CHI | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 0 | ||||
| Mac Percival | CHI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |