1968 AFL Defense

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Defense

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Defense Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1	Bud Abell	KAN	28		12		2	14	0	12							0.0
2	Chuck Allen	SDG	29	MLB	11	7	1	4	0	4			0	1	0	0	0.0
3	Dick Anderson	MIA	22	ls/RS	14	13	8	230	1	96			1	1	13	0	0.0
4	Max Anderson	BUF	23	HB/KR	14	12							3	1	0	0	0.0
5	Scott Appleton	SDG	26	RDT	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
6	Al Atkinson*	NYJ	25	MLB	12		2	24	0	22							0.0
7	George Atkinson*	OAK	21	KR/lcb/PR	14	6	4	66	1	33			7	3	0	0	0.0
8	Marty Baccaglio	2TM	24		12	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
9	Bill Baird	NYJ	29	PR/RS	14		4	74	0	36							0.0
10	Ralph Baker	NYJ	26	LLB	14		3	31	0	20			0	1	0	0	0.0
11	Pete Banaszak	OAK	24	HB	13	11							6	2	0	0	0.0
12	Pete Beathard	HOU	26	QB	9	7							2	2	2	0	0.0
13	Al Beauchamp	CIN	24	LLB	14	14	2	35	1	18							0.0
14	Joe Beauchamp	SDG	24	RS	14	10	5	114	2	35			0	2	0	0	0.0
15	Tom Beer	DEN	24	TE	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
16	Bobby Bell*+	KAN	28	LLB	14	14	5	95	0	50			0	2	0	0	0.0
17	Ceasar Belser	KAN	24		14								4	1	0	0	0.0
18	Al Bemiller	BUF	30	C	14	14							0	2	0	0	0.0
19	Duane Benson	OAK	23	llb	12	6							0	1	0	0	0.0
20	Randy Beverly	NYJ	24	RCB	13		4	127	1	68							0.0
21	Fred Biletnikoff	OAK	25	FL	14	14							0	2	7	1	0.0
22	Rodger Bird	OAK	25	LS	10	8	3	62	1	23			1	1	0	0	0.0
23	Dan Birdwell*+	OAK	28	LDT	14	14							0	2	7	0	0.0
24	Sid Blanks	HOU	28	HB	14								3	2	0	0	0.0
25	Emerson Boozer*	NYJ	25	HB	12								5	4	0	0	0.0
26	Garland Boyette*	HOU	28	MLB	14		1	0	0	0							0.0
27	John Bramlett	MIA	27	RLB	13	10	2	14	0	14			0	3	30	0	0.0
28	Mel Branch	MIA	31	rde	14	7							0	1	0	0	0.0
29	Bob Briggs	SDG	23		14								0	1	0	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
30	Aaron Brown	KAN	25	RDE	14	12							0	2	0	0	0.0
31	Willie Brown*+	OAK	28	RCB	14	14	2	27	1	27							0.0
32	Bob Bruggers	2TM	24		11	1							0	1	0	0	0.0
33	Buck Buchanan*+	KAN	29	RDT	14	14	1	11	0	11			0	1	0	0	0.0						1
34	Frank Buncom	CIN	29	RLB	12	12							0	1	24	0	0.0
35	Nick Buoniconti	BOS	28	MLB	8	8	3	22	0	14							0.0
36	Butch Byrd*	BUF	27	RCB	14	14	6	76	1	53							0.0
37	Woody Campbell	HOU	24		14	7							4	1	0	0	0.0
38	Justin Canale	BOS	25	LG	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
39	Billy Cannon	OAK	31	TE	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
40	Larry Carwell	HOU	24	PR/RCB	14	10	4	81	1	41			4	2	0	0	0.0
41	John Charles	BOS	24	LS	12	11	1	29	0	29							0.0
42	Jim Cheyunski	BOS	23	lb	13	4	1	21	0	21							0.0
43	Earl Christy	NYJ	25	KR	14		1	16	0	16			2	0	0	0	0.0
44	Dan Conners*	OAK	27	MLB	14	14	2	5	0	5			0	1	0	0	0.0
45	Dave Costa*	DEN	27	RDT	14	14							0	2	0	0	0.0
46	Paul Crane	NYJ	24		13								1	0	-38	0	0.0						1
47	Larry Csonka	MIA	22	FB	11	11							3	1	0	0	0.0
48	Carl Cunningham	DEN	24	LLB	14	14	1	3	0	3							0.0
49	Gary Cutsinger	HOU	28		14	6							0	1	0	0	0.0
50	Mike D'Amato	NYJ	25		13								0	1	0	0	0.0
51	Bill Darnall	MIA	24		11								0	1	0	0	0.0
52	Dan Darragh	BUF	22	QB	11	7							7	1	0	0	0.0
53	Ben Davidson*	OAK	28	RDE	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
54	Bob Davis	HOU	23	qb	6	3							5	1	0	0	0.0
55	Len Dawson*	KAN	33	QB	14	13							4	3	0	0	0.0
56	Tom Day	BUF	33	RDE	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
57	Joe DiVito	DEN	23		3								1	1	0	0	0.0
58	Hewritt Dixon*+	OAK	28	FB	14	13							5	1	4	0	0.0
59	Jim Dunaway*	BUF	27	LDT	14	14							0	2	0	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
60	Speedy Duncan	SDG	26	KR/PR/RCB	10	6	1	4	0	4			3	0	0	0	0.0
61	Ken Dyer	SDG	22		14								0	1	0	1	0.0
62	Booker Edgerson	BUF	29	LCB	13	13	4	100	2	45							0.0
63	Randy Edmunds	MIA	22	LLB	14	14	1	1	0	1			0	1	1	0	0.0
64	Mike Eischeid	OAK	28	P	14								0	1	0	0	0.0
65	Paul Elzey	CIN	22		5	1							0	1	5	0	0.0
66	Frank Emanuel	MIA	26	MLB	14	12	2	8	0	6							0.0
67	Tom Erlandson	SDG	28	RLB	10	10	2	22	0	16			0	2	0	0	0.0
68	Miller Farr*+	HOU	25	LCB	14	14	3	104	2	52							0.0
69	Lane Fenner	SDG	23		11								0	2	0	0	0.0
70	Manny Fernandez	MIA	22	RDE	13	11							0	1	0	0	0.0
71	Howard Fest	CIN	22	RT	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
72	Jim Fetherston	SDG	23	mlb	13	7	1	0	0	0			0	1	1	0	0.0
73	Fred Forsberg	DEN	24	RLB	13	7	1	6	0	6							0.0
74	Gene Foster	SDG	26	FB	10	8							2	1	0	0	0.0
75	George Gaiser	DEN	23	t	10	7							0	1	0	0	0.0
76	R.C. Gamble	BOS	22	HB	14	8							3	1	0	0	0.0
77	Drake Garrett	DEN	22	RCB	14	13	2	6	0	6			1	1	0	0	0.0
78	Mike Garrett	KAN	24	HB	13	12							6	2	0	0	0.0
79	George Goeddeke	DEN	23	LG	14	14							0	2	0	0	0.0
80	Cornell Gordon	NYJ	27	db	14	4	2	0	0	0			0	1	0	0	0.0
81	Kenny Graham*	SDG	27	LS	14	14	5	87	0	42			3	1	0	0	0.0
82	Hoyle Granger*	HOU	24	FB	13	13							3	1	0	0	0.0
83	Dave Grayson+	OAK	29	RS	14	14	10	195	1	54			0	1	10	0	0.0
84	Charlie Greer	DEN	22	LCB	14	14	4	18	0	14			1	1	0	0	0.0
85	Ben Gregory	BUF	22	FB	6	6							2	3	4	0	0.0
86	Jim Griffin	CIN	26	LDE	14	13							0	1	0	1	0.0
87	Sam Gruneisen	SDG	27	C	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
88	Paul Guidry	BUF	24	LLB	14	14	1	21	0	21			0	1	3	0	0.0
89	Harry Gunner	CIN	24	RDE	14	14	1	20	0	20			0	1	0	0	0.0						1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
90	Sherrill Headrick	CIN	31	MLB	8	7	1	0	0	0							0.0
91	Ken Herock	CIN	27		13	4							0	1	0	0	0.0
92	W.K. Hicks	HOU	26	RS	14	14	3	42	0	28							0.0
93	Winston Hill*	NYJ	27	LT	14								0	1	0	0	0.0
94	Glen Ray Hines*	HOU	25	RT	14	14							0	2	0	0	0.0
95	Gus Hollomon	DEN	23	ls	13	4	1	16	0	16			2	1	0	0	0.0
96	Pat Holmes*	HOU	28	LDE	14	14							0	2	0	0	0.0
97	Jerry Hopkins	OAK	27		5								0	2	0	0	0.0
98	Roy Hopkins	HOU	23		13	1							0	1	0	0	0.0
99	Ken Houston*	HOU	24	LS	14	9	5	160	2	66			0	1	0	0	0.0
100	Bob Howard	SDG	24	LCB	14	14	1	0	0	0			0	2	0	0	0.0
101	John Huard	DEN	24	MLB	14	14	2	35	0	26							0.0
102	Jim Hudson	NYJ	25	LS	14		5	96	0	45							0.0
103	Bobby Hunt	CIN	28	RS	14	14	1	15	0	15			0	1	31	0	0.0
104	Jim Lee Hunt	BOS	30	LDT	14	14							0	4	51	0	0.0
105	Jerry Inman	DEN	28	LDT	7	4							0	1	0	0	0.0
106	Tom Janik	BUF	28	LS	11	10	3	137	1	100							0.0
107	Pete Jaquess	DEN	28	LS	13	11	5	64	0	28			1	0	0	0	0.0
108	Billy Johnson	BOS	25	ls	14	5	2	33	0	19			3	2	2	0	0.0
109	Bob Johnson*	CIN	22	C	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
110	Curley Johnson	NYJ	33	P	14								1	1	0	0	0.0
111	Daryl Johnson	BOS	22	RCB	14	14	1	11	0	11			0	1	9	0	0.0
112	Essex Johnson	CIN	22	PR	14								4	4	0	0	0.0
113	Larry Kaminski	DEN	23	C	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
114	Jim Kearney	KAN	25	LS	14	14	3	23	0	23			1	2	0	0	0.0
115	Jim Kiick*	MIA	22	HB	14	13							2	1	0	0	0.0
116	Bill Kindricks	CIN	22		9	3							0	1	3	0	0.0
117	Charlie King	CIN	25	RCB	14	14	1	32	1	32			0	1	2	0	0.0
118	Ernie Ladd	KAN	30		14	2	1	3	0	3							0.0
119	Mack Lamb	MIA	24	db	13	4	1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
120	Ron Lamb	2TM	25		9	7							2	1	-1	0	0.0
121	Daryle Lamonica	OAK	27	QB	13	13							4	1	0	0	0.0
122	Willie Lanier*+	KAN	23	MLB	14	14	4	120	1	75							0.0
123	Jim LeClair	DEN	24	qb	3	2							5	3	-27	0	0.0
124	Jack Lentz	DEN	23	RS	12	7	1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0	0.0
125	Floyd Little*	DEN	26	HB/KR/PR	11	11							6	3	0	0	0.0
126	Larry Little	SDG	23	g	14	4							0	1	0	0	0.0
127	Mike Livingston	KAN	23		1								2	1	0	0	0.0
128	Fran Lynch	DEN	23	hb	9	4							1	1	0	0	0.0
129	Jim Lynch*	KAN	23	RLB	14	14	3	73	1	49			0	1	0	0	0.0
130	Bobby Maples*	HOU	26	C	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
131	Aaron Marsh	BOS	23	WR	14	12							0	1	0	0	0.0
132	Pat Matson	CIN	24	RG	14	12							0	2	0	0	0.0
133	Carl McAdams	NYJ	24		14								0	2	6	0	0.0
134	Kent McCloughan	OAK	28	LCB	8	8	1	0	0	0							0.0
135	Ron McDole	BUF	29	LDE	14	14	2	47	0	42			0	2	10	0	0.0
136	Art McMahon	BOS	22	rs	12	5	2	27	0	27							0.0
137	Dave Middendorf	CIN	23	LG	14	14							0	3	0	0	0.0
138	Leroy Mitchell*	BOS	24	LCB	14	14	7	41	0	20							0.0
139	Willie Mitchell	KAN	28	RCB	13	9	5	46	0	46			0	1	0	0	0.0
140	Doug Moreau	MIA	23	TE	11	10							0	1	0	0	0.0
141	Jon Morris*	BOS	26	C	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
142	Chip Myrtle	DEN	23	rlb	13	1											0.0						1
143	Tom Nomina	MIA	27	LDT	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
144	Jim Norton	HOU	30	P	14	9	2	0	0	0							0.0
145	Tom Oberg	DEN	23	db	9	6	3	17	0	16			0	1	0	0	0.0
146	Jim Otto*+	OAK	30	C	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
147	Terry Owens	SDG	24	LT	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
148	Babe Parilli	NYJ	38		14								3	1	0	0	0.0
149	Bob Petrella	MIA	24	LS	9	7	1	4	0	4			0	2	0	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
150	Gerry Philbin*+	NYJ	27	LDE	14								0	2	0	0	0.0
151	Jess Phillips	CIN	21	LS	14	14	3	26	0	23							0.0
152	Ed Philpott	BOS	23	LLB	14	14	4	31	0	17			1	3	14	1	0.0
153	Frank Pitts	KAN	25	SE	13	10							1	1	0	0	0.0
154	John Pitts	BUF	23	ls	14	7	2	21	0	17			0	1	4	0	0.0
155	Willie Porter	BOS	22	KR/PR	13								3	4	2	0	0.0
156	Warren Powers	OAK	27	db	8	4	1	3	0	3			0	1	0	0	0.0
157	Jack Pyburn	MIA	24		13	1							0	1	0	0	0.0
158	Bill Rademacher	NYJ	26		14								0	2	0	0	0.0
159	Alvin Reed*	HOU	24	TE	14	13							2	2	0	0	0.0
160	George Rice	HOU	24	RDT	11	11							0	1	0	0	0.0
161	Gloster Richardson	KAN	26		13	11							0	1	0	0	0.0
162	Frank Richter	DEN	24	lb	11	6							0	1	0	0	0.0
163	Preston Ridlehuber	OAK	25		10								1	2	3	1	0.0
164	Jim Riley	MIA	23	LDE	13	9							0	2	0	0	0.0
165	Johnny Robinson*+	KAN	30	RS	14	14	6	40	0	16			0	2	28	0	0.0
166	Paul Robinson*+	CIN	24	HB	14	14							4	2	0	0	0.0
167	Paul Rochester	NYJ	30	LDT	14								0	2	0	0	0.0
168	John Roderick	OAK	24		11								0	2	0	0	0.0
169	Ed Rutkowski	BUF	27	qb	13	3							2	1	0	0	0.0
170	George Saimes*	BUF	27	RS	13	11	2	36	0	19			0	3	27	0	0.0
171	Johnny Sample	NYJ	32	LCB	14		7	88	1	39			0	1	5	0	0.0
172	Doug Satcher	BOS	23	RLB	14	13	1	1	0	1			0	3	0	0	0.0						1
173	John Schmitt	NYJ	26	C	14								0	1	0	0	0.0
174	Marty Schottenheimer	BUF	25		14		1	22	0	22			0	1	10	0	0.0
175	Harry Schuh	OAK	26	RT	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
176	Larry Seiple	MIA	23	P	14	2							0	1	0	0	0.0
177	Goldie Sellers	KAN	26		14	6	3	19	0	19							0.0
178	Tom Sestak	BUF	32	RDT	12	12							0	1	0	0	0.0
179	Billy Shaw*	BUF	30	LG	13	12							0	2	19	0	0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
180	Tom Sherman	BOS	23	qb	14	7							8	3	0	0	0.0
181	Tommie Smiley	CIN	24	FB	8	7							3	1	-11	0	0.0
182	Charlie Smith	OAK	22	rb	14	3							5	1	-10	0	0.0
183	Fletcher Smith	CIN	25	LCB	14	14	1	16	0	16							0.0
184	Noland Smith	KAN	25	KR/PR	12								1	2	35	0	0.0
185	Russ Smith	SDG	24		14	8							4	1	0	0	0.0
186	Mark Smolinski	NYJ	29		14								0	1	0	0	0.0
187	Matt Snell	NYJ	27	FB	14	14							2	1	0	0	0.0
188	Jeff Staggs	SDG	24	LLB	12	12	2	2	0	2			0	2	0	0	0.0
189	Bill Staley	CIN	22	RDT	12	11							0	1	0	0	0.0
190	John Stofa	CIN	26	QB	10	7							5	1	-16	0	0.0
191	Jesse Stokes	DEN	24		2								0	1	0	0	0.0
192	Mike Stratton*	BUF	27	RLB	14	14	1	15	0	15							0.0
193	Bob Talamini	NYJ	29	LG	14								0	2	0	0	0.0
194	Emmitt Thomas*	KAN	25	LCB	14	13	4	25	0	14							0.0
195	Jim Tolbert	SDG	24		12	7	2	42	0	22							0.0
196	Don Trull	HOU	27	qb	11	4							4	2	0	0	0.0
197	Gary Tucker	MIA	23		14								1	2	2	0	0.0
198	Bake Turner	NYJ	28		13								0	1	0	0	0.0
199	Olen Underwood	HOU	26	RLB	14	14	1	0	0	0			0	3	0	0	0.0						1
200	Billy Van Heusen	DEN	22	P/se	13	7							0	1	0	0	0.0
201	Dewey Warren	CIN	23	qb	7	4							2	2	-6	0	0.0
202	Jimmy Warren	MIA	29	LCB	14	14	2	27	0	18			0	2	-1	0	0.0
203	Dick Washington	MIA	23		4	1							0	1	0	0	0.0
204	George Webster*+	HOU	23	LLB	14	14	1	9	0	9							0.0
205	Ed Weisacosky	MIA	24		8	3							0	1	0	0	0.0
206	Willie West	MIA	30	ls/rs	13	9	4	102	0	32			0	1	10	1	0.0
207	Dick Westmoreland	MIA	27	RCB	11	9	1	0	0	0							0.0
208	Andre White	2TM	24		8	1							0	1	0	0	0.0
209	Howie Williams	OAK	32	db	13	2	2	66	0	41							0.0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
210	J.R. Williamson	BOS	27		14								0	1	0	0	0.0
211	Mel Witt	BOS	23	rde	14	6	1	4	1	4							0.0
212	Bob Young	DEN	26	RG	14	7							0	2	0	0	0.0

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