1968 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Joe Schmidt (4-8-2)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1968 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 4-8-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Joe Schmidt (4-8-2)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1968 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses and 2 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division.
Joe Schmidt coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Bill Munson | 329 | 181 | 55.0 | 2311 | 7.0 | 15 | 4.6 | 8 | 2.4 | 86 | 82.3 | Greg Landry | 48 | 23 | 47.9 | 338 | 7.0 | 2 | 4.2 | 7 | 14.6 | 80 | 45.7 |
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| Totals | 377 | 204 | 54.1 | 2649 | 7.0 | 17 | 4.5 | 15 | 4.0 | 86 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mel Farr | 128 | 597 | 4.7 | 46 | 3 | Bill Triplett | 120 | 384 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 | Dave Kopay | 53 | 207 | 3.9 | 22 | 0 | Nick Eddy | 48 | 176 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 | Tom Nowatzke | 36 | 116 | 3.2 | 11 | 1 | Bill Munson | 25 | 109 | 4.4 | 20 | 1 | Greg Landry | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 14 | 1 | Mike Campbell | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 | Jerry DePoyster | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Jim Welch | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 | Earl McCullouch | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Charlie Sanders | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 433 | 1702 | 3.9 | 46 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Earl McCullouch | 40 | 680 | 17.0 | 80 | 5 | Charlie Sanders | 40 | 533 | 13.3 | 25 | 1 | Billy Gambrell | 28 | 492 | 17.6 | 50 | 7 | Bill Triplett | 28 | 135 | 4.8 | 25 | 0 | Mel Farr | 24 | 375 | 15.6 | 86 | 4 | Dave Kopay | 18 | 130 | 7.2 | 21 | 0 | Nick Eddy | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 28 | 0 | Phil Odle | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 | Tom Nowatzke | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | Gail Cogdill | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | Jim Gibbons | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | Mike Campbell | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 | Bill Malinchak | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 204 | 2649 | 13.0 | 86 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Wayne Walker | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 24 | Jerry DePoyster | 20 | 18 | 90.0 | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 26 | 24 | 92.3 | 29 | 9 | 31.0 | 51 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jerry DePoyster | 71 | 2868 | 40.4 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 71 | 2868 | 40.4 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lem Barney | 13 | 79 | 6.1 | 18 | 0 | Nick Eddy | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 11 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 89 | 4.7 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lem Barney | 25 | 670 | 26.8 | 98 | 1 | Bobby Thompson | 17 | 363 | 21.4 | 40 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 31 | 0 | Tom Nowatzke | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 | Dave Kopay | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | Billy Gambrell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Ed Mooney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 54 | 1247 | 23.1 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Lem Barney | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 62 | 0 | Mike Weger | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 | Dick LeBeau | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 | Bill Swain | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 1 | Paul Naumoff | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Mike Lucci | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Wayne Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 242 | 10.1 | 62 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Lem Barney | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Baker | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Bill Munson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lew Kamanu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Kowalkowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Flanagan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Bradshaw | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Earl McCullouch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick LeBeau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Robb | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nick Eddy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Naumoff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Farr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Kopay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Triplett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Nowatzke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Mel Farr | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Billy Gambrell | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Earl McCullouch | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jerry DePoyster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 27 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | Lem Barney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Swain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 |
