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1968 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-8-2, 4th in NFL Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Schmidt (4-8-2)

Points For: 207 (14.8/g) 14th of 16

Points Against: 241 (17.2/g) 5th of 16

Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2

SRS: -1.96 (9th of 16), SOS: .47

Offensive Coordinator: Bill McPeak

Defensive Coordinator: Jim David

Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Knox (Offensive Line) and John North (Receivers)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Russ Thomas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	207	4022	855	4.7	32	17	221	204	377	2320	17	15	5.5	119	433	1702	6	3.9	87	70	810	15
Opp. Stats	241	3837	830	4.6	36	12	214	157	337	2157	12	24	5.8	105	457	1680	13	3.7	92	76	658	17
Lg Rank Offense	14	11			6	14	13		9	9	10	1	8		11	12	14	8
Lg Rank Defense	5	6			8	10	6		5	5	2	6	9		12	6	9	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	13	59	15	257	189	68	4	29	542	381	161
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		1-1		Chicago Bears	42	0	22	468	295	173	2	11	167	106	61	10
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	W		2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	23	17	20	343	190	153	1	15	324	219	105	3
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	L		2-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	24	9	247	168	79	1	18	265	130	135
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		3-2	@	Chicago Bears	28	10	24	405	161	244	1	12	241	111	130	2
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	T		3-2-1		Green Bay Packers	14	14	18	282	70	212	4	16	213	79	134	3
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		3-3-1		San Francisco 49ers	7	14	10	219	141	78	4	16	332	216	116	2
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	L		3-4-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	7	10	15	216	144	72	3	9	286	185	101	2
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	L		3-5-1		Baltimore Colts	10	27	20	308	225	83		17	354	238	116	1
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	L		3-6-1		Minnesota Vikings	6	13	6	131	38	93	1	15	252	113	139	3
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	T		3-6-2		New Orleans Saints	20	20	15	274	189	85	2	17	262	136	126	3
12	Thu	November 28		boxscore	L		3-7-2		Philadelphia Eagles	0	12	8	168	66	102	4	12	161	49	112	1
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		4-7-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	24	7	18	342	212	130	1	14	230	58	172	4
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	L		4-8-2	@	Washington Redskins	3	14	21	368	238	130	4	13	208	136	72	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bill Munson	27	QB	12	12	4-6-2	181	329	55.0	2311	15	4.6	8	2.4	86	7.0	6.8	12.8	192.6	82.3	39	279	10.60	5.52	5.4	1	1
2	Greg Landry	22	QB	4	2	0-2-0	23	48	47.9	338	2	4.2	7	14.6	80	7.0	1.3	14.7	84.5	45.7	6	50	11.11	5.33	0.2	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-8-2	204	377	54.1	2320	17	4.5	15	4.0	86	6.2	5.27	11.4	165.7	71.3	45	329	10.66	5.50	4.70	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mel Farr	24	RB	9	7	128	597	3	46	4.7	66.3	14.2	24	375	15.6	4	86	2.7	41.7	152	6.4	972	7	2
2	Earl McCullouch	22	LE	14	14	3	13	0	5	4.3	0.9	0.2	40	680	17.0	5	80	2.9	48.6	43	16.1	693	5	1	AP ORoY-1
3	Charlie Sanders	22	TE	14	14	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.2	0.1	40	533	13.3	1	25	2.9	38.1	42	12.8	536	1	2	PB,AP ORoY-4
4	Bill Triplett	28	RB	12	12	120	384	0	17	3.2	32.0	10.0	28	135	4.8	0	25	2.3	11.3	148	3.5	519	0	3
5	Billy Gambrell	27	FL	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	492	17.6	7	50	2.0	35.1	28	17.6	492	7	0
6	Dave Kopay	26	RB	14	5	53	207	0	22	3.9	14.8	3.8	18	130	7.2	0	21	1.3	9.3	71	4.7	337	0	1
7	Nick Eddy	24	RB	5	3	48	176	0	20	3.7	35.2	9.6	8	91	11.4	0	28	1.6	18.2	56	4.8	267	0	3
8	Tom Nowatzke	26	FB	14	1	36	116	1	11	3.2	8.3	2.6	4	6	1.5	0	5	0.3	0.4	40	3.1	122	1	2
9	Bill Munson	27	QB	12	12	25	109	1	20	4.4	9.1	2.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	25	4.4	109	1	5
10	Phil Odle	26	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	71	11.8	0	18	0.4	5.1	6	11.8	71	0	0
11	Gail Cogdill	31	SE	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	42	14.0	0	20	1.0	14.0	3	14.0	42	0	0
12	Bill Malinchak	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	41	41.0	0	41	0.1	2.9	1	41.0	41	0	0
13	Mike Campbell	23	RB	3	0	7	24	0	5	3.4	8.0	2.3	2	15	7.5	0	9	0.7	5.0	9	4.3	39	0	1
14	Greg Landry	22	QB	4	2	7	39	1	14	5.6	9.8	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	5.6	39	1	0
15	Jim Gibbons	32	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	38	19.0	0	20	0.1	2.7	2	19.0	38	0	0
16	Jerry DePoyster	22	P	14	0	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
17	Jim Welch	30	DB	14	0	3	14	0	11	4.7	1.0	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.7	14	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	433	1702	6	46	3.9	121.6	30.9	204	2649	13.0	17	86	14.6	189.2	637	6.8	4351	23	20

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Lem Barney	23	LCB	14	14	7	82	0	62	5	5	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Ed Flanagan	24	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Alex Karras	33	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0
4	Bob Kowalkowski	25	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Dick LeBeau	31	RCB	14	14	5	23	0	16	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
6	Earl McCullouch	22	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-1
7	Paul Naumoff	23	LLB	14	14	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
8	Jerry Rush	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
9	Charlie Sanders	22	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP ORoY-4
10	Wayne Walker	32	RLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
11	Mike Weger	23	SS	14	14	5	50	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	John Baker	33	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	5.5	0
13	Charlie Bradshaw	32	RT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	0
14	Tom Vaughn	25	FS	13	13	3	33	0	24	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mike Lucci	29	MLB	12	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
16	Bill Munson	27	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bill Triplett	28	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe Robb	31	RDE	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	1.5	0
19	Mel Farr	24	RB	9	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dave Kopay	26	RB	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Denis Moore	24	RDE	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Nick Eddy	24	RB	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bill Swain	27	LB	12	2	1	50	1	50	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	Larry Hand	28	DE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
25	Tom Nowatzke	26	FB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mike Campbell	23	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Lew Kamanu	24	DE	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Greg Kent	25	DE	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
29	Bobby Thompson	29	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	242	1	62	26	21	28	0	34.5	0

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