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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 453 points (32.4/g), 1st of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 233 points (16.6/g), 2nd.
Differential of 220 points (15.7/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 11.6-2.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 4th.
Coached by John Rauch (12-2-0)
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1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 48 | 6 | 20 | 411 | 201 | 210 | 1 | 14 | 191 | -19 | 210 | 1 |
| 2 | Sat | September 21 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 47 | 21 | 25 | 542 | 329 | 213 | 1 | 22 | 349 | 312 | 37 | 5 |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | Houston Oilers | 24 | 15 | 17 | 305 | 52 | 253 | 3 | 18 | 324 | 173 | 151 | 4 |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 4-0 | Boston Patriots | 41 | 10 | 28 | 451 | 254 | 197 | 2 | 13 | 146 | 98 | 48 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | box | L | 4-1 | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 23 | 11 | 260 | 215 | 45 | 5 | 20 | 384 | 214 | 170 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | box | L | 4-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 24 | 10 | 222 | 169 | 53 | 2 | 19 | 310 | 16 | 294 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 5-2 | Cincinnati Bengals | 31 | 10 | 26 | 439 | 174 | 265 | 3 | 8 | 228 | 59 | 169 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 6-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 38 | 21 | 25 | 539 | 469 | 70 | 3 | 14 | 327 | 229 | 98 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 7-2 | @ | Denver Broncos | 43 | 7 | 22 | 487 | 280 | 207 | 2 | 11 | 175 | 85 | 90 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 8-2 | New York Jets | 43 | 32 | 21 | 437 | 291 | 146 | 4 | 18 | 413 | 345 | 68 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 9-2 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 0 | 33 | 604 | 396 | 208 | 1 | 7 | 148 | 32 | 116 | 3 |
| 12 | Thu | November 28 | box | W | 10-2 | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 10 | 11 | 186 | 111 | 75 | 2 | 17 | 343 | 144 | 199 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | box | W | 11-2 | Denver Broncos | 33 | 27 | 24 | 497 | 338 | 159 | 6 | 16 | 267 | 204 | 63 | 5 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 12-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 27 | 14 | 316 | 249 | 67 | 4 | 18 | 456 | 365 | 91 | 6 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 22 | box | W | 13-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 41 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ConfChamp | December 29 | box | L | 13-3 | @ | New York Jets | 23 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 453 | 5696 | 968 | 5.9 | 287 | 237 | 468 | 3528 | 31 | 18 | 7.1 | 162 | 471 | 2168 | 16 | 4.6 | 97 | 39 | 21 | 28 |
| Team Defense | 233 | 4061 | 937 | 4.3 | 347 | 189 | 446 | 2257 | 13 | 25 | 4.6 | 113 | 442 | 1804 | 12 | 4.1 | 215 | 40 | 15 | 19 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryle Lamonica | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 11-2-0 | 206 | 416 | 49.5 | 3245 | 25 | 6.0 | 15 | 3.6 | 82 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 15.8 | 249.6 | 80.9 | |||||
| George Blanda | 41 | K | 14 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 30 | 49 | 61.2 | 522 | 6 | 12.2 | 2 | 4.1 | 94 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 17.4 | 37.3 | 120.1 | |||||
| Cotton Davidson | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 56.2 | |||||||
| Pete Banaszak | 24 | HB | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 12-2-0 | 237 | 468 | 50.6 | 3771 | 31 | 6.6 | 18 | 3.8 | 94 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 15.9 | 269.4 | 83.9 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 189 | 446 | 42.4 | 2257 | 13 | 2.9 | 25 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 161.2 | 44.8 | 49 | 400 | 4.6 | 1.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Hewritt Dixon*+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 13 | 206 | 865 | 2 | 28 | 4.2 | 61.8 | 14.7 | 38 | 360 | 9.5 | 2 | 41 | 2.7 | 25.7 | 1225 | 4 | 5 |
| Charlie H. Smith | 22 | 14 | 3 | 95 | 504 | 5 | 65 | 5.3 | 36.0 | 6.8 | 22 | 321 | 14.6 | 2 | 43 | 1.6 | 22.9 | 825 | 7 | 5 | |
| Pete Banaszak | 24 | HB | 13 | 11 | 91 | 362 | 4 | 43 | 4.0 | 27.8 | 7.0 | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 1 | 49 | 1.2 | 14.0 | 544 | 5 | 6 |
| Roger Hagberg | 29 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 164 | 1 | 16 | 4.2 | 11.7 | 2.8 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 1 | 22 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 242 | 2 | 0 | |
| Daryle Lamonica | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 19 | 98 | 1 | 28 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 98 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Larry Todd | 26 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 89 | 2 | 31 | 6.8 | 29.7 | 4.3 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 18 | 1.3 | 13.3 | 129 | 2 | 0 | |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 25 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Warren Wells* | 26 | SE | 14 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 41 | 19.0 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 53 | 1137 | 21.5 | 11 | 94 | 3.8 | 81.2 | 1175 | 12 | 2 |
| Mike Eischeid | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 20.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Fred Biletnikoff | 25 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 61 | 1037 | 17.0 | 6 | 82 | 4.4 | 74.1 | 1037 | 6 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 31 | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 360 | 15.7 | 6 | 48 | 1.6 | 25.7 | 360 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bill Miller | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 176 | 19.6 | 1 | 42 | 1.0 | 19.6 | 176 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Kocourek | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 1 | 18 | 0.4 | 6.6 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eldridge Dickey | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 34 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 471 | 2168 | 16 | 65 | 4.6 | 154.9 | 33.6 | 237 | 3771 | 15.9 | 31 | 94 | 16.9 | 269.4 | 5939 | 47 | 34 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 442 | 1804 | 12 | 4.1 | 128.9 | 31.6 | 189 | 2257 | 11.9 | 13 | 13.5 | 161.2 | 4061 | 25 | 24 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| George Atkinson* | 21 | lcb | 14 | 6 | 36 | 490 | 2 | 86 | 13.6 | 32 | 802 | 0 | 60 | 25.1 | 1292 |
| Rodger Bird | 25 | LS | 10 | 8 | 11 | 128 | 0 | 50 | 11.6 | 128 | |||||
| Charlie H. Smith | 22 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 167 | 0 | 32 | 20.9 | 992 | ||||||
| Eldridge Dickey | 23 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 8.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 99 | |
| Nemiah Wilson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 26 | 21.0 | 84 | |
| Roger Hagberg | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 263 | ||||||
| Jerry Hopkins | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Kruse | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||
| Gus Otto | 25 | RLB | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Art Shell | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 55 | 666 | 2 | 86 | 12.1 | 49 | 1092 | 0 | 60 | 22.3 | 7697 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 40 | 0 | 75 | 1652 | 0 | 22.0 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| George Blanda | 41 | K | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 61.8% | 54 | 54 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Mike Eischeid | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 64 | 2788 | 72 | 0 | 43.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 61.8% | 54 | 54 | 100.0% | 64 | 2788 | 72 | 0 | 43.6 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 94 | 3976 | 42.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| George Atkinson* | 21 | lcb | 14 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Banaszak | 24 | HB | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duane Benson | 23 | llb | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Biletnikoff | 25 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rodger Bird | 25 | LS | 10 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Birdwell*+ | 28 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Blanda | 41 | K | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Brown*+ | 28 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | 31 | TE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Conners* | 27 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ben Davidson* | 28 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hewritt Dixon*+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Eischeid | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Grayson+ | 29 | RS | 14 | 14 | 10 | 195 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Hopkins | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kent McCloughan | 28 | LCB | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otto*+ | 30 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Warren Powers | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Preston Ridlehuber | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| John Roderick | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Harry Schuh | 26 | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Shell | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie H. Smith | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Warren Wells* | 26 | SE | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Howie Williams | 32 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Nemiah Wilson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 25 | 424 | 4 | 54 | 34 | 28 | 21 | 2 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 41 | K | 14 | 1 | 54 | 21 | 117 | |||||||||
| Warren Wells* | 26 | SE | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 72 | |||||||||
| Fred Biletnikoff | 25 | FL | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||
| Charlie H. Smith | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Billy Cannon | 31 | TE | 14 | 13 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Pete Banaszak | 24 | HB | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| Hewritt Dixon*+ | 28 | FB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
| George Atkinson* | 21 | lcb | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Roger Hagberg | 29 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Larry Todd | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Rodger Bird | 25 | LS | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Willie Brown*+ | 28 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dave Grayson+ | 29 | RS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dave Kocourek | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bill Miller | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Preston Ridlehuber | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 21 | 449 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 12 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 233 |