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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)

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

Team Games & Schedule

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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

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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

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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 Sk%
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(+), · CSV · PRE
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

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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

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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

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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

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty 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