1968 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 4th in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 244 points (17.4/g), 13th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 397 points (28.4/g), 16th.
Differential of -153 points (-10.9/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 15th.

Coached by Bill Austin (2-11-1)

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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		New York Giants	20	34	20	324	194	130	4	21	331	166	165	2
2	Sun	September 22	box	L	0-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	45	16	258	202	56	3	20	378	291	87
3	Sun	September 29	box	L	0-3		Baltimore Colts	7	41	11	213	164	49	4	18	276	153	123	1
4	Sat	October 5	box	L	0-4	@	Cleveland Browns	24	31	19	272	156	116	2	24	374	190	184	3
5	Sun	October 13	box	L	0-5	@	Washington Redskins	13	16	17	287	104	183	3	19	294	178	116	2
6	Sun	October 20	box	L	0-6		New Orleans Saints	12	16	16	301	91	210	2	16	273	170	103	1
7	Sun	October 27	box	W	1-6		Philadelphia Eagles	6	3	13	249	126	123	1	15	287	171	116	2
8	Sun	November 3	box	W	2-6	@	Atlanta Falcons	41	21	25	402	288	114	1	16	343	257	86	5
9	Sun	November 10	box	T	2-6-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	28	28	17	363	280	83		17	425	337	88	2
10	Sun	November 17	box	L	2-7-1		Cleveland Browns	24	45	21	353	188	165	7	18	399	352	47	3
11	Sun	November 24	box	L	2-8-1		San Francisco 49ers	28	45	22	351	280	71	5	18	399	269	130	1
12	Sun	December 1	box	L	2-9-1		St. Louis Cardinals	10	20	13	167	90	77	3	18	322	137	185	2
13	Sun	December 8	box	L	2-10-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	7	28	19	313	120	193	1	11	341	232	109	2
14	Sun	December 15	box	L	2-11-1	@	New Orleans Saints	14	24	16	350	199	151	4	13	343	258	85

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	244	4200	891	4.7	245	211	451	2479	22	26	5.0	137	399	1721	7	4.3	91	40	14	17
Team Defense	397	4785	882	5.4	396	220	413	3161	29	17	7.2	131	441	1624	14	3.7	244	26	9	21
Lg Rank Offense	13	6			6		1	6	6	14	13		13	11	12	4		14	7
Lg Rank Defense	16	15			12		12	16	15	10	14		10	5	11	5		14	14

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
Dick Shiner	26	QB	13	11	148	304	48.7	1856	18	5.9	17	5.6	61	6.1	4.2	12.5	142.8	64.5
Kent Nix	24		8	3	56	130	43.1	720	4	3.1	8	6.2	61	5.5	3.1	12.9	90.0	45.7
Dick Hoak	29	HB	14	0	7	16	43.8	188	0	0.0	1	6.3	62	11.8	8.9	26.9	13.4	61.5
Bobby Walden	30	P	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Team Total	26.4		14		211	451	46.8	2764	22	4.9	26	5.8	62	6.1	4.0	13.1	197.4	58.8
Opp Total			14		220	413	53.3	3161	29	7.0	17	4.1		7.7	6.5	14.4	225.8	84.6	28	199	7.2	5.6

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
Dick Hoak	29	HB	14	0	175	858	3	77	4.9	61.3	12.5	28	253	9.0	1	30	2.0	18.1	1111	4	5
Earl Gros	28	FB	13	0	151	579	3	44	3.8	44.5	11.6	27	211	7.8	3	21	2.1	16.2	790	6	3
Don Shy	23		13	0	35	106	1	39	3.0	8.2	2.7	13	106	8.2	0	21	1.0	8.2	212	1	1
Dick Shiner	26	QB	13	11	14	53	0	12	3.8	4.1	1.1								53	0	7
Roy Jefferson*	25	SE	14	0	6	57	0	22	9.5	4.1	0.4	58	1074	18.5	11	62	4.1	76.7	1131	11	3
Rocky Bleier	22		10	0	6	39	0	21	6.5	3.9	0.6	3	68	22.7	0	54	0.3	6.8	107	0	0
Kent Nix	24		8	3	6	15	0	12	2.5	1.9	0.8								15	0	4
Willie Asbury	25		7	0	4	9	0	4	2.3	1.3	0.6	3	27	9.0	0	16	0.4	3.9	36	0	0
Bobby Walden	30	P	14	0	2	5	0	5	2.5	0.4	0.1								5	0	1
J.R. Wilburn	25	FL	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	39	514	13.2	3	41	2.8	36.7	514	3	0
John Hilton	26	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	20	285	14.3	1	37	1.4	20.4	285	1	0
Rich Kotite	26		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	65	10.8	2	20	0.5	5.4	65	2	0
Dick Compton	28		7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	45	9.0	1	14	0.7	6.4	45	1	0
Marshall Cropper	24		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	54	13.5	0	17	0.8	10.8	54	0	0
Jon Henderson	24	RET	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	26	8.7	0	13	0.2	1.9	26	0	2
Jerry Hillebrand	28	LLB	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	27	27.0	0	27	0.1	1.9	27	0	0
Tony Jeter	24		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.5	4.5	9	0	0
Team Total	26.4		14		399	1721	7	77	4.3	122.9	28.5	211	2764	13.1	22	62	15.1	197.4	4485	29	26
Opp Total			14		441	1624	14		3.7	116.0	31.5	220	3161	14.4	29		15.7	225.8	4785	43	16

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
Jon Henderson	24	RET	14	0						29	589	0	44	20.3	615
Roy Jefferson*	25	SE	14	0	28	274	1	80	9.8						1405
Don Shy	23		13	0						28	682	0	90	24.4	894
Rocky Bleier	22		10	0	2	13	0	14	6.5	6	119	0	27	19.8	239
Lou Harris	22		14	0	6	21	0	10	3.5	1	19	0	19	19.0	40
Marshall Cropper	24		5	0						3	53	0	23	17.7	107
Tom Watkins	31		1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	22
John Hilton	26	TE	14	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	294
Mike Taylor	23		14	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
Team Total	26.4		14		38	308	1	80	8.1	70	1502	0	90	21.5	6295
Opp Total			14		32		2			49	1154	0		23.6

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
Bobby Walden	30	P	14	0																	68	2745	57	0	40.4
Booth Lusteg	29	K	13	0	2	2	5	4	7	2	6				20	8	40.0%	29	26	89.7%
Bill Shockley	31		1	0							1				1		0.0%	3	2	66.7%
Team Total	26.4		14		2	2	5	4	7	2	7				21	8	38.1%	32	28	87.5%	68	2745	57	0	40.4
Opp Total			14												26	16	61.5%	50	49	98.0%	66	2640			40.0

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
Rocky Bleier	22		10	0								0	1	0	0
John Campbell	30		8	0		1	20	0	20
Sam Davis	24		14	0								0	1	0	0
Earl Gros	28	FB	13	0								3	1	0	0
Jon Henderson	24	RET	14	0								2	2	0	0
Jerry Hillebrand	28	LLB	14	0		2	32	0	32
Chuck Hinton	29	RDT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Dick Hoak	29	HB	14	0								5	0	0	0
Roy Jefferson*	25	SE	14	0								3	1	0	0
Paul Martha	26	RS	9	0		3	43	0	23			0	1	60	1
Ray May	23	MLB	12	0		3	31	1	25
Ben McGee*	29	RDE	14	0								0	1	0	0
Kent Nix	24		8	3								4	1	0	0
Frank Parker	29	rdt	10	0								0	1	0	0
Andy Russell*	27	RLB	14	0		2	2	0	2			0	1	0	0
Dick Shiner	26	QB	13	11								7	2	0	0
Don Shy	23		13	0								1	1	0	0
Mike Taylor	23		14	0								0	1	9	0
Clendon Thomas	33	LS	14	0		3	0	0	0			0	1	2	0
Bob Wade	24	RCB	14	0								0	1	0	0
Bobby Walden	30	P	14	0								1	1	-8	0
J.R. Wilburn	25	FL	14	0								0	1	15	0
Marv Woodson	27	LCB	14	0		3	23	0	12			0	1	0	0
Team Total	26.4		14			17	151	1	32			26	21	78	1
Opp Total			14		41							16	7

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Roy Jefferson*	25	SE	14	0		11	1					72
Booth Lusteg	29	K	13	0						26	8	50
Earl Gros	28	FB	13	0	3	3						36
Dick Hoak	29	HB	14	0	3	1						24
J.R. Wilburn	25	FL	14	0		3						18
Rich Kotite	26		12	0		2						12
Dick Compton	28		7	0		1						6
John Hilton	26	TE	14	0		1						6
Paul Martha	26	RS	9	0				1				6
Ray May	23	MLB	12	0					1			6
Don Shy	23		13	0	1							6
Bill Shockley	31		1	0						2		2
Team Total	26.4		14		7	22	1	1	1	28	8	244
Opp Total			14		14	29	2			49	16	397

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