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1968 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 6-7-1, Finished 3rd in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 281 points (20.1/g), 9th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 227 points (16.2/g), 4th.
Differential of 54 points (3.9/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 8.7-5.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 9th.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.5, Offense: 0.1, Defense: 3.5, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Phil Bengtson (6-7-1)
Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Bart Starr | 34 | 12 | 9 | 109 for 171, 1,617 yards, 15 td, 8 int, & 11 rushes for 62 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 200th pick / 1956 |
| QB | Zeke Bratkowski | 37 | 14 | 5 | 68 for 126, 835 yards, 3 td, 7 int, & 8 rushes for 24 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 17th pick / 1953 |
| HB | Donny Anderson* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 170 rushes for 761 yards, 5 td, & 25 catches for 333 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Jim Grabowski | 24 | 2 | 0 | 135 rushes for 518 yards, 3 td, & 18 catches for 210 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1966 |
| FL | Carroll Dale* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 42 catches for 818 yards, 8 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 86th pick / 1960 |
| SE | Boyd Dowler | 31 | 9 | 0 | 45 catches for 668 yards, 6 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| TE | Marv Fleming | 26 | 5 | 0 | 25 catches for 278 yards, 3 td | Denver Broncos / 9th / 69th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 11th / 154th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Bob Skoronski | 34 | 12 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 56th pick / 1956 | |
| LG | Gale Gillingham | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 13th pick / 1966 |
| C | Ken Bowman | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 10th / 75th pick / 1964 Green Bay Packers / 8th / 111th pick / 1964 |
| RG | Jerry Kramer | 32 | 10 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1958 | |
| RT | Forrest Gregg* | 35 | 12 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 20th pick / 1956 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Willie Davis | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Ron Kostelnik | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 26th pick / 1961 Buffalo Bills / 14th / 107th pick / 1961 |
| RDT | Henry Jordan | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 52nd pick / 1957 |
| RDE | Lionel Aldridge | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 47th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 4th / 54th pick / 1963 |
| LLB | Dave Robinson | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 14th pick / 1963 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 17th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Ray Nitschke | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1958 |
| RLB | Lee Roy Caffey | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 25th pick / 1963 Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| LCB | Herb Adderley | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 2nd / 13th pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Bob Jeter | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1960 |
| LS | Tom Brown | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 20th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1963 |
| RS | Willie Wood* | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mike Mercer | 33 | 7 | 0 | 7 of 12 field goals & 12 of 14 extra points | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 |
| P | Donny Anderson* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 59 punts for a 40.0 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| PR | Willie Wood* | 32 | 8 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 4.8 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Travis Williams | 22 | 1 | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 21.4 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1967 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Herb Adderley | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Michigan St. | 6/8/1939 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 2nd / 13th pick / 1961 |
| 82 | Lionel Aldridge | 27 | DE | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-3 | Utah St. | 2/14/1941 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 47th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 4th / 54th pick / 1963 |
| 44 | Donny Anderson* | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 5/16/1943 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 |
| 57 | Ken Bowman | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 12/15/1942 | 4 | New York Jets / 10th / 75th pick / 1964 Green Bay Packers / 8th / 111th pick / 1964 |
| 12 | Zeke Bratkowski | 37 | QB | 10 | 5 | 210 | 6-2 | Georgia | 10/20/1931 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 17th pick / 1953 |
| 78 | Robert E. Brown | 28 | DT-DE | 6 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 2/22/1940 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1964 San Francisco 49ers / 13th / 169th pick / 1964 |
| 40 | Tom Brown | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Maryland | 12/12/1940 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 20th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 28th pick / 1963 |
| 60 | Lee Roy Caffey | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 6/3/1941 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 25th pick / 1963 Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| 53 | Fred Carr | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-5 | Texas-El Paso | 8/19/1946 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1968 |
| 67 | Leo Carroll | 24 | DE | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-7 | Tulsa,San Diego St. | 2/16/1944 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 31st pick / 1967 |
| 70 | Leon Crenshaw | 25 | DT | 10 | 0 | 280 | 6-7 | Tuskegee | 7/14/1943 | Rook | |
| 84 | Carroll Dale* | 30 | WR-TE-FL | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 4/24/1938 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 86th pick / 1960 |
| 87 | Willie Davis | 34 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Grambling St. | 7/24/1934 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 181st pick / 1956 |
| 86 | Boyd Dowler | 31 | FL-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-5 | Colorado | 10/18/1937 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 25th pick / 1959 |
| 29 | Dave Dunaway | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Duke | 1/19/1945 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1967 |
| 55 | Jim Flanigan | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 4/15/1945 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 51st pick / 1967 |
| 81 | Marv Fleming | 26 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | Utah | 1/2/1942 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 69th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 11th / 154th pick / 1963 |
| 68 | Gale Gillingham | 24 | G-DT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 2/3/1944 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 13th pick / 1966 |
| 33 | Jim Grabowski | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Illinois | 9/9/1944 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1966 |
| 75 | Forrest Gregg* | 35 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | SMU | 10/18/1933 | 12 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 20th pick / 1956 |
| 43 | Doug Hart | 29 | DB | 14 | 3 | 190 | 6-0 | Texas-Arlington | 6/3/1939 | 4 | |
| 72 | Dick Himes | 22 | T | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 5/25/1946 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 81st pick / 1968 |
| 13 | Don Horn | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Washington St.,San Diego St. | 3/9/1945 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 25th pick / 1967 |
| 50 | Bob Hyland | 23 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Boston Col. | 7/21/1945 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1967 |
| 27 | Claudis James | 25 | WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Jackson St. | 11/7/1943 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 366th pick / 1967 |
| 21 | Bob Jeter | 31 | DB-WR | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Iowa | 5/9/1937 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1960 |
| 74 | Henry Jordan | 33 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/26/1935 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 52nd pick / 1957 |
| 77 | Ron Kostelnik | 28 | DT | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 1/14/1940 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 26th pick / 1961 Buffalo Bills / 14th / 107th pick / 1961 |
| 64 | Jerry Kramer | 32 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Idaho | 1/23/1936 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1958 |
| 62 | Bill Lueck | 22 | G | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Arizona | 4/7/1946 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 26th pick / 1968 |
| 39 | Errol Mann | 27 | K | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 6/27/1941 | Rook | |
| 30 | Chuck Mercein | 25 | RB | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Yale | 4/9/1943 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 10th / 79th pick / 1965 |
| 38 | Mike Mercer | 33 | K | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Minnesota,Hardin-Simmons,Arizona St. | 11/21/1935 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 |
| 66 | Ray Nitschke | 32 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/29/1936 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1958 |
| 71 | Francis Peay | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Arizona,Cameron,Missouri | 5/23/1944 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1966 Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 15th pick / 1966 |
| 22 | Elijah Pitts | 30 | HB | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Philander Smith | 2/3/1938 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 13th / 180th pick / 1961 |
| 80 | Bucky Pope | 27 | FL-WR | 3 | 1 | 195 | 6-5 | Duke,Catawba | 3/23/1941 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 105th pick / 1964 |
| 89 | Dave Robinson | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 5/3/1941 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 14th pick / 1963 San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 17th pick / 1963 |
| 45 | John Rowser | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 4/24/1944 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 78th pick / 1967 |
| 47 | Gordon Rule | 22 | DB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Dartmouth | 3/1/1946 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 299th pick / 1968 |
| 76 | Bob Skoronski | 34 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Indiana | 3/5/1934 | 12 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 56th pick / 1956 |
| 15 | Bart Starr | 34 | QB | 12 | 9 | 197 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/9/1934 | 12 | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 200th pick / 1956 |
| 10 | Billy Stevens | 23 | QB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas-El Paso | 8/27/1945 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 67th pick / 1968 |
| 83 | Phil Vandersea | 25 | LB-DE | 10 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Massachusetts | 2/25/1943 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 16th / 220th pick / 1965 |
| 23 | Travis Williams | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Arizona St. | 1/14/1946 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1967 |
| 58 | Francis Winkler | 22 | DE | 7 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Memphis | 10/20/1946 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 137th pick / 1968 |
| 24 | Willie Wood* | 32 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | USC | 12/23/1936 | 8 | |
| Team Total | 27.2 | 14 | 225.1 | 6-2.7 | 4.4 |