1968 Detroit Lions

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Record: 4-8-2, Finished 4th in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 207 points (14.8/g), 14th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 241 points (17.2/g), 5th.
Differential of -34 points (-2.4/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 7th.

Coached by Joe Schmidt (4-8-2)

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1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15	box	L	0-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	13	59	15	257	189	68	4	29	542	381	161
2	Sun	September 22	box	W	1-1		Chicago Bears	42	0	22	468	295	173	2	11	167	106	61	10
3	Sun	September 29	box	W	2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	23	17	20	343	190	153	1	15	324	219	105	3
4	Sun	October 6	box	L	2-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	24	9	247	168	79	1	18	265	130	135
5	Sun	October 13	box	W	3-2	@	Chicago Bears	28	10	24	405	161	244	1	12	241	111	130	2
6	Sun	October 20	box	T	3-2-1		Green Bay Packers	14	14	18	282	70	212	4	16	213	79	134	3
7	Sun	October 27	box	L	3-3-1		San Francisco 49ers	7	14	10	219	141	78	4	16	332	216	116	2
8	Sun	November 3	box	L	3-4-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	10	15	216	144	72	3	9	286	185	101	2
9	Sun	November 10	box	L	3-5-1		Baltimore Colts	10	27	20	308	225	83		17	354	238	116	1
10	Sun	November 17	box	L	3-6-1		Minnesota Vikings	6	13	6	131	38	93	1	15	252	113	139	3
11	Sun	November 24	box	T	3-6-2		New Orleans Saints	20	20	15	274	189	85	2	17	262	136	126	3
12	Thu	November 28	box	L	3-7-2		Philadelphia Eagles	0	12	8	168	66	102	4	12	161	49	112	1
13	Sun	December 8	box	W	4-7-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	24	7	18	342	212	130	1	14	230	58	172	4
14	Sun	December 15	box	L	4-8-2	@	Washington Redskins	3	14	21	368	238	130	4	13	208	136	72	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	207	4022	855	4.7	221	204	377	2320	17	15	5.5	119	433	1702	6	3.9	87	32	17	15
Team Defense	241	3837	830	4.6	336	157	337	2157	12	24	5.8	105	457	1680	13	3.7	214	36	12	17
Lg Rank Offense	14	11			13		9	9	10	1	10		11	12	14	8		6	14
Lg Rank Defense	5	6			4		5	5	2	6	9		12	6	9	4		8	10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Bill Munson	27	QB	12	11	181	329	55.0	2311	15	4.6	8	2.4	86	7.0	6.4	12.8	192.6	82.3
Greg Landry	22		4	2	23	48	47.9	338	2	4.2	7	14.6	80	7.0	0.9	14.7	84.5	45.7
Team Total	26.4		14		204	377	54.1	2649	17	4.5	15	4.0	86	7.0	5.7	13.0	189.2	74.9
Opp Total			14		157	337	46.6	2157	12	3.6	24	7.1		6.4	3.6	13.7	154.1	49.8	36	291	5.8	2.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Mel Farr	24	HB	9	7	128	597	3	46	4.7	66.3	14.2	24	375	15.6	4	86	2.7	41.7	972	7	2
Bill Triplett	28	FB	12	0	120	384	0	17	3.2	32.0	10.0	28	135	4.8	0	25	2.3	11.3	519	0	3
Dave Kopay	26	fb	14	5	53	207	0	22	3.9	14.8	3.8	18	130	7.2	0	21	1.3	9.3	337	0	1
Nick Eddy	24		5	0	48	176	0	20	3.7	35.2	9.6	8	91	11.4	0	28	1.6	18.2	267	0	3
Tom Nowatzke	26		14	0	36	116	1	11	3.2	8.3	2.6	4	6	1.5	0	5	0.3	0.4	122	1	2
Bill Munson	27	QB	12	11	25	109	1	20	4.4	9.1	2.1								109	1	5
Mike Campbell	23		3	0	7	24	0	5	3.4	8.0	2.3	2	15	7.5	0	9	0.7	5.0	39	0	1
Greg Landry	22		4	2	7	39	1	14	5.6	9.8	1.8								39	1	0
Earl McCullouch	22	SE	14	0	3	13	0	5	4.3	0.9	0.2	40	680	17.0	5	80	2.9	48.6	693	5	1
Jim Welch	30		14	0	3	14	0	11	4.7	1.0	0.2								14	0	0
Charlie Sanders*	22	TE	14	0	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.2	0.1	40	533	13.3	1	25	2.9	38.1	536	1	2
Jerry DePoyster	22	P	14	0	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.4	0.1								20	0	0
Billy Gambrell	27	FL	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	28	492	17.6	7	50	2.0	35.1	492	7	0
Phil Odle	26		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	71	11.8	0	18	0.4	5.1	71	0	0
Gail Cogdill	31		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	42	14.0	0	20	1.0	14.0	42	0	0
Jim Gibbons	32		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	38	19.0	0	20	0.1	2.7	38	0	0
Bill Malinchak	24		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	41	41.0	0	41	0.1	2.9	41	0	0
Team Total	26.4		14		433	1702	6	46	3.9	121.6	30.9	204	2649	13.0	17	86	14.6	189.2	4351	23	26
Opp Total			14		457	1680	13		3.7	120.0	32.6	157	2157	13.7	12		11.2	154.1	3837	25	22

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Lem Barney*+	23	LCB	14	0	13	79	0	18	6.1	25	670	1	98	26.8	749
Bobby Thompson	29		14	0						17	363	0	40	21.4	363
Tom Vaughn	25	RS	13	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	5	128	0	31	25.6	128
Nick Eddy	24		5	0	4	10	0	11	2.5						277
Tom Nowatzke	26		14	0						3	34	0	15	11.3	156
Dave Kopay	26	fb	14	5						2	29	0	15	14.5	366
Billy Gambrell	27	FL	14	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	504
Ed Mooney	23		14	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
Team Total	26.4		14		19	89	0	18	4.7	54	1247	1	98	23.1	5687
Opp Total			14		32		0			44	1017	1		23.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Jerry DePoyster	22	P	14	0			3	1	3	2	8		1		15	3	20.0%	20	18	90.0%	71	2868	60	0	40.4
Wayne H. Walker	32	RLB	14	0											14	6	42.9%	6	6	100.0%
Team Total	26.4		14				3	1	3	2	8		1		29	9	31.0%	26	24	92.3%	71	2868	60	0	40.4
Opp Total			14												29	15	51.7%	28	28	100.0%	66	2686			40.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
John Baker	33	LDE	13	0								0	3	9	0
Lem Barney*+	23	LCB	14	0		7	82	0	62			5	5	0	0
Charlie Bradshaw	32	RT	13	0								0	1	2	0
Mike Campbell	23		3	0								1	0	0	0
Nick Eddy	24		5	0								3	1	0	0
Mel Farr	24	HB	9	7								2	0	0	0
Ed Flanagan	24	C	14	14								0	1	0	0
Lew Kamanu	24		3	0								0	1	0	0
Dave Kopay	26	fb	14	5								1	0	0	0
Bob Kowalkowski	25		14	0								0	1	0	0
Dick LeBeau	31	RCB	14	0		5	23	0	16			0	1	0	0
Mike Lucci	29	MLB	12	0		1	1	0	1
Earl McCullouch	22	SE	14	0								1	1	0	0
Bill Munson	27	QB	12	11								5	2	0	0
Paul Naumoff	23	LLB	14	0		1	3	0	3			0	1	0	0
Tom Nowatzke	26		14	0								2	0	0	0
Joe Robb	31	RDE	9	0								0	1	17	0
Charlie Sanders*	22	TE	14	0								2	0	0	0
Bill Swain	27		12	0		1	50	1	50
Bobby Thompson	29		14	0								0	1	0	0
Bill Triplett	28	FB	12	0								3	0	0	0
Tom Vaughn	25	RS	13	0		3	33	0	24			1	1	0	0
Wayne H. Walker	32	RLB	14	0		1	0	0	0
Mike Weger	23	LS	14	0		5	50	0	18
Team Total	26.4		14			24	242	1	62			26	21	28	0
Opp Total			14		45							22	10

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	IntTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Mel Farr	24	HB	9	7	3	4						42
Billy Gambrell	27	FL	14	0		7						42
Earl McCullouch	22	SE	14	0		5						30
Jerry DePoyster	22	P	14	0						18	3	27
Wayne H. Walker	32	RLB	14	0						6	6	24
Lem Barney*+	23	LCB	14	0			1		1			12
Greg Landry	22		4	2	1							6
Bill Munson	27	QB	12	11	1							6
Tom Nowatzke	26		14	0	1							6
Charlie Sanders*	22	TE	14	0		1						6
Bill Swain	27		12	0				1				6
Team Total	26.4		14		6	17	1	1	1	24	9	207
Opp Total			14		13	12	1			28	15	241

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