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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
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bill Munson | 27 | 4 | 11 | 181 for 329, 2,311 yards, 15 td, 8 int, & 25 rushes for 109 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| HB | Mel Farr | 24 | 1 | 7 | 128 rushes for 597 yards, 3 td, & 24 catches for 375 yards and 4 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Bill Triplett | 28 | 6 | 0 | 120 rushes for 384 yards, 0 td, & 28 catches for 135 yards and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 9th / 70th pick / 1962 |
| FB | Dave Kopay | 26 | 4 | 5 | 53 rushes for 207 yards, 0 td, & 18 catches for 130 yards and 0 td | |
| FL | Billy Gambrell | 27 | 5 | 0 | 28 catches for 492 yards, 7 td | Boston Patriots / 12th / 92nd pick / 1963 |
| SE | Earl McCullouch | 22 | Rook | 0 | 40 catches for 680 yards, 5 td, & 3 rushes for 13 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 24th pick / 1968 |
| TE | Charlie Sanders* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 40 catches for 533 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 3 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| LT | Roger Shoals | 30 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
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| LG | Chuck Walton | 27 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1963 |
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| C | Ed Flanagan | 24 | 3 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| RG | Frank Gallagher | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RT | Charlie Bradshaw | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Baker | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 56th pick / 1958 |
| LDT | Alex Karras | 33 | 10 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
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| RDT | Jerry Rush | 26 | 3 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
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| RDE | Joe Robb | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
| LLB | Paul Naumoff | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Mike Lucci | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Wayne H. Walker | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Lem Barney*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Dick LeBeau | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| LS | Mike Weger | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| RS | Tom Vaughn | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jerry DePoyster | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 of 15 field goals & 18 of 20 extra points | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 37th pick / 1968 |
| P | Jerry DePoyster | 22 | Rook | 0 | 71 punts for a 40.4 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 37th pick / 1968 |
| PR | Lem Barney*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 13 punt returns for a 6.1 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Lem Barney*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 26.8 average and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| John Baker | 33 | DE-DT-T | 13 | 0 | 279 | 6-6 | North Carolina Central | 6/10/1935 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 56th pick / 1958 |
| Lem Barney*+ | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 9/8/1945 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Bradshaw | 32 | T | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Baylor | 3/13/1936 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 94th pick / 1957 |
| Mike Campbell | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 5/29/1945 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 150th pick / 1967 |
| Gail Cogdill | 31 | SE-WR | 3 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Washington State | 4/7/1937 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| Bill Cottrell | 24 | T-G-C | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Delaware Valley | 9/18/1944 | 1 | |
| Jerry DePoyster | 22 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 7/6/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 37th pick / 1968 |
| Nick Eddy | 24 | RB | 5 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/23/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1966 |
| Mel Farr | 24 | RB | 9 | 7 | 210 | 6-2 | UCLA | 11/3/1944 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 7th pick / 1967 |
| Ed Flanagan | 24 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| Rocky Freitas | 23 | T | 6 | 0 | 270 | 6-6 | Oregon State | 9/7/1945 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
| Frank Gallagher | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 3/2/1943 | 1 | |
| Billy Gambrell | 27 | SE-FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 9/18/1941 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 12th / 92nd pick / 1963 |
| Jim Gibbons | 32 | E-TE | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Iowa | 9/26/1936 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1958 |
| Larry Hand | 28 | DE-DT | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 7/10/1940 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 |
| Lew Kamanu | 24 | DE | 3 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Weber State | 4/9/1944 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 88th pick / 1967 |
| Alex Karras | 33 | DT | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/15/1935 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| Greg Kent | 25 | T-DE | 5 | 0 | 275 | 6-6 | Utah,Wisconsin | 7/18/1943 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 92nd pick / 1965 |
| Dave Kopay | 26 | RB | 14 | 5 | 218 | 6-0 | Washington | 6/28/1942 | 4 | |
| Bob Kowalkowski | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Virginia | 11/5/1943 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
| Greg Landry | 22 | QB | 4 | 2 | 210 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 12/18/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| Dick LeBeau | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 9/9/1937 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Lucci | 29 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Malinchak | 24 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Indiana | 4/2/1944 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 39th pick / 1966 |
| Earl McCullouch | 22 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | USC | 1/10/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 1st / 24th pick / 1968 |
| Ed Mooney | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 2/26/1945 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 93rd pick / 1968 |
| Denis Moore | 24 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 7/18/1944 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 14th / 211th pick / 1966 |
| Bill Munson | 27 | QB | 12 | 11 | 203 | 6-2 | Utah State | 8/11/1941 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Naumoff | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/3/1945 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 60th pick / 1967 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 26 | FB-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Indiana | 9/30/1942 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| Phil Odle | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | BYU | 11/23/1942 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 120th pick / 1968 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | South Dakota State | 6/7/1942 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 117th pick / 1964 |
| Joe Robb | 31 | DE-LB | 9 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | TCU | 3/15/1937 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 164th pick / 1959 |
| Jerry Rush | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 8/7/1942 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| Charlie Sanders* | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 8/25/1946 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 74th pick / 1968 |
| Roger Shoals | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/13/1938 | 5 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 |
| Chuck Sieminski | 28 | DT | 8 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Penn State | 7/3/1940 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1962 |
| Bill Swain | 27 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Oregon | 2/22/1941 | 5 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Arizona | 3/30/1939 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1962 |
| Bill Triplett | 28 | RB-DB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/9/1940 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 70th pick / 1962 |
| Tom Vaughn | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Iowa State | 2/28/1943 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 |
| Wayne H. Walker | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Idaho | 9/30/1936 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| Chuck Walton | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 7/7/1941 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1963 |
| Mike Weger | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Bowling Green | 10/2/1945 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 218th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Welch | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | SMU | 3/17/1938 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 34th pick / 1960 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 224.0 | 6-2.3 | 3.6 |