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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
1968 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 419 points (29.9/g), 2nd of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 280 points (20.0/g), 4th.
Differential of 139 points (9.9/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 10.1-3.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.9, Offense: 7.0, Defense: 0.8, SoS: -2.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Weeb Ewbank
Training Camp: Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 419 | 5047 | 921 | 5.5 | 249 | 217 | 436 | 3439 | 20 | 19 | 7.6 | 144 | 467 | 1608 | 22 | 3.4 | 80 | 28 | 9 | 25 |
| Team Defense | 280 | 3363 | 814 | 4.1 | 178 | 187 | 403 | 2168 | 17 | 28 | 4.9 | 104 | 368 | 1195 | 9 | 3.2 | 59 | 43 | 15 | 15 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 19 | 18 | 397 | 296 | 101 | 2 | 11 | 201 | 83 | 118 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Boston Patriots | 47 | 31 | 14 | 268 | 189 | 79 | 3 | 15 | 359 | 304 | 55 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 35 | 37 | 17 | 427 | 257 | 170 | 6 | 10 | 197 | 57 | 140 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sat | October 5 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | San Diego Chargers | 23 | 20 | 19 | 302 | 220 | 82 | 15 | 347 | 319 | 28 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 21 | 18 | 460 | 331 | 129 | 5 | 12 | 222 | 174 | 48 | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | W | 4-2 | @ | Houston Oilers | 20 | 14 | 15 | 231 | 137 | 94 | 16 | 141 | 62 | 79 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | Boston Patriots | 48 | 14 | 24 | 356 | 182 | 174 | 3 | 8 | 226 | 182 | 44 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | Buffalo Bills | 25 | 21 | 11 | 274 | 164 | 110 | 1 | 10 | 196 | 134 | 62 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | Houston Oilers | 26 | 7 | 16 | 311 | 176 | 135 | 1 | 9 | 166 | 47 | 119 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | L | 7-3 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 32 | 43 | 18 | 413 | 345 | 68 | 1 | 21 | 437 | 291 | 146 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | boxscore | W | 8-3 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 37 | 15 | 22 | 510 | 368 | 142 | 1 | 12 | 235 | 190 | 45 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 1 | boxscore | W | 9-3 | Miami Dolphins | 35 | 17 | 19 | 380 | 267 | 113 | 21 | 341 | 178 | 163 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | W | 10-3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 27 | 14 | 19 | 371 | 286 | 85 | 2 | 6 | 158 | 51 | 107 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 15 | boxscore | W | 11-3 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 31 | 7 | 19 | 347 | 221 | 126 | 3 | 12 | 137 | 96 | 41 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | December 29 | boxscore | W | 12-3 | Oakland Raiders | 27 | 23 | 25 | 400 | 256 | 144 | 2 | 18 | 443 | 393 | 50 | |||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 12 | boxscore | W | 13-3 | N | Baltimore Colts | 16 | 7 | 21 | 337 | 195 | 142 | 1 | 18 | 324 | 181 | 143 | 5 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Joe Namath*+ | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 11-3-0 | 187 | 380 | 49.2 | 3147 | 15 | 3.9 | 17 | 4.5 | 87 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 16.8 | 224.8 | 72.1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 38 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 55 | 52.7 | 401 | 5 | 9.1 | 2 | 3.6 | 40 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 28.6 | 91.6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 41 | Matt Snell | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 1.9 | 118.7 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 11-3-0 | 217 | 436 | 49.8 | 3574 | 20 | 4.6 | 19 | 4.4 | 87 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 16.5 | 255.3 | 74.8 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 187 | 403 | 46.4 | 2567 | 17 | 4.2 | 28 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 4.09 | 13.7 | 183.4 | 52.4 | 43 | 399 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 9.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 41 | Matt Snell | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 179 | 747 | 6 | 60 | 4.2 | 53.4 | 12.8 | 16 | 105 | 6.6 | 1 | 39 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 852 | 7 | 2 |
| 32 | Emerson Boozer* | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 143 | 441 | 5 | 33 | 3.1 | 36.8 | 11.9 | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 0 | 23 | 1.0 | 8.4 | 542 | 5 | 5 |
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 30 | 14 | 0 | 74 | 208 | 5 | 16 | 2.8 | 14.9 | 5.3 | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | 1 | 31 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 357 | 6 | 1 | |
| 35 | Billy Joe | 28 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 186 | 3 | 32 | 4.4 | 18.6 | 4.2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 197 | 3 | 1 | |
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 29 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | 19 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 38 | 14 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 1 | 10 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 12 | Joe Namath*+ | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 83 | George Sauer*+ | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 66 | 1141 | 17.3 | 3 | 43 | 4.7 | 81.5 | 1162 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 33 | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 0 | 18 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 72 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Bill Rademacher | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | -13.0 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Don Maynard* | 33 | FL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57 | 1297 | 22.8 | 10 | 87 | 4.4 | 99.8 | 1297 | 10 | 0 | |
| 87 | Pete Lammons | 25 | TE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 400 | 12.5 | 3 | 27 | 2.5 | 30.8 | 400 | 3 | 0 | |
| 29 | Bake Turner | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 241 | 24.1 | 2 | 71 | 0.8 | 18.5 | 241 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 467 | 1608 | 22 | 60 | 3.4 | 114.9 | 33.4 | 217 | 3574 | 16.5 | 20 | 87 | 15.5 | 255.3 | 5182 | 42 | 19 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 368 | 1195 | 9 | 3.2 | 85.4 | 26.3 | 187 | 2168 | 11.6 | 17 | 13.4 | 154.9 | 3363 | 26 | 29 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 45 | Earl Christy | 25 | KR | 14 | 0 | 13 | 116 | 0 | 39 | 8.9 | 25 | 599 | 0 | 87 | 24.0 | 715 |
| 46 | Bill Baird | 29 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 18 | 111 | 0 | 20 | 6.2 | 111 | |||||
| 29 | Bake Turner | 28 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 319 | 0 | 36 | 22.8 | 560 | ||||||
| 26 | Jim Richards | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 37 | 14.3 | 57 | ||||||
| 41 | Matt Snell | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 9.3 | 880 | |||||
| 47 | Mike D'Amato | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | ||||||
| 63 | John Neidert | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 81 | Gerry Philbin*+ | 27 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 23 | Bill Rademacher | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -2 | ||||||
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 72 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 36 | 286 | 0 | 39 | 7.9 | 46 | 995 | 0 | 87 | 21.6 | 6463 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 39 | 3 | 82 | 1664 | 0 | 20.3 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 11 | Jim Turner* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 34 | 73.9% | 43 | 43 | 100.0% | ||||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 33 | P | 14 | 0 | 68 | 2977 | 65 | 1 | 43.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 34 | 73.9% | 43 | 43 | 100.0% | 68 | 2977 | 65 | 1 | 43.8 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 17 | 9 | 52.9% | 34 | 33 | 97.1% | 98 | 3763 | 38.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 32 | Emerson Boozer* | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Johnny Sample | 31 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 88 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Jim Hudson | 25 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||||||||
| 46 | Bill Baird | 29 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||||
| 51 | Ralph Baker | 26 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | Randy Beverly | 24 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 1 | 68 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Earl Christy | 25 | KR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 48 | Cornell Gordon | 27 | db | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | Matt Snell | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 62 | Al Atkinson* | 25 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 33 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 50 | Carl McAdams | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Gerry Philbin*+ | 27 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Bill Rademacher | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 72 | Paul Rochester | 30 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 61 | Bob Talamini | 29 | LG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | Paul Crane | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -38 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 47 | Mike D'Amato | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 75 | Winston Hill* | 27 | LT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Billy Joe | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Joe Namath*+ | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Jim Richards | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 83 | George Sauer*+ | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 52 | John Schmitt | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Bake Turner | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 28 | 456 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25 | -27 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 18 | 29 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jim Turner* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 43 | 34 | 145 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Don Maynard* | 33 | FL | 13 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Matt Snell | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 30 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||
| 32 | Emerson Boozer* | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Billy Joe | 28 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 87 | Pete Lammons | 25 | TE | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 83 | George Sauer*+ | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Joe Namath*+ | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Bake Turner | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 42 | Randy Beverly | 24 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 38 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Johnny Sample | 31 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 56 | Paul Crane | 24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 43 | 34 | 1 | 419 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 280 |