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.
Detroit labored to change the scoreboard with just 207 points, while the defensive squad allowed 241. Bill Munson tossed for 2,311 yards. Earl McCullouch hauled in 40 balls for 680 yards.
Mel Farr rushed for a team-leading 597 yards for the Lions.
Lem Barney picked off 7 opponent throws.
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 |
| 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 | ||
| John Baker | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Munson | 5 | 2 | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Triplett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Nowatzke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mel Farr | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Billy Gambrell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Earl McCullouch | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Jerry DePoyster | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Swain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 |
