1968 Detroit Lions season

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1968 Detroit Lions season
Head coachJoe Schmidt
Home fieldTiger Stadium
Results
Record4–8–2
Division place4th NFL Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1968 Detroit Lions season was their 39th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 5–7–2, winning only four games.[1] They missed the playoffs for the eleventh straight season.

NFL Draft[]

Main article: 1968 NFL/AFL Draft
1968 Detroit Lions draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 11 Greg Landry *  QB Massachusetts
1 24 Earl McCullouch  WR USC from Los Angeles
2 37 Jerry DePoyster  K Wyoming
3 74 Charlie Sanders * †  TE Minnesota from Los Angeles
4 93 Ed Mooney  LB Texas Tech
5 120 Phil Odle  WR BYU
6 148 Mike Spitzer  DE San Jose State
8 202 Terry Miller  LB Illinois
9 229 Greg Barton  QB Tulsa
10 256 Granville Liggins  LB Oklahoma
11 283 Dwight Little  G Kentucky
12 310 Ed Caruthers  DB Arizona
13 337 Chuck Bailey  OT Cal State-Humboldt
14 364 Richie Davis  WR Upsala
15 391 Jim Oliver  RB Colorado State
16 418 Bob Rokita  DE Arizona State
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Notes

  • Detroit traded DT Roger Brown to Los Angeles in exchange for the Rams' first- and third-round selections (24th and 74th) and second-round selection in 1969.
  • Detroit traded its third-round selection (65th) and fourth-round selection in 1969 to San Francisco in exchange for RB David Kopay.
  • Detroit traded its seventeenth-round selection (445th) to Minnesota in exchange for Minnesota's sixteenth-round selection in 1969.

Roster[]

1968 Detroit Lions roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists
  • None - vacant

Practice Squad

Note: Rookies in italics

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 15 at Dallas Cowboys L 59–13
61,382
2 September 22 Chicago Bears W 42–0
50,688
3 September 29 at Green Bay Packers W 23–17
50,681
4 October 6 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–10
44,289
5 October 13 at Chicago Bears W 28–10
46,996
6 October 20 Green Bay Packers T 14–14
57,302
7 October 27 San Francisco 49ers L 14–7
53,555
8 November 3 at Los Angeles Rams L 10–7
77,982
9 November 10 Baltimore Colts L 27–10
55,170
10 November 17 Minnesota Vikings L 13–6
46,654
11 November 24 New Orleans Saints T 20–20
46,152
12 November 28 Philadelphia Eagles L 12–0
47,909
13 December 8 at Atlanta Falcons W 24–7
49,437
14 December 15 at Washington Redskins L 14–3
50,123

Note: The October 6 game against Minnesota was originally scheduled to be played in Detroit. The game was switched with the November 17 game due to game 4 of the World Series.

Season summary[]

Week 5[]

1 234Total
• Lions 7 777 28
Bears 7 300 10
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago
  • Game weather: 67 °F, wind 9 mph

[2]

Standings[]

NFL Central
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 W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Minnesota Vikings 8 6 0 .571 4–2 6–4 282 242 W2
Chicago Bears 7 7 0 .500 3–3 5–5 250 333 L1
Green Bay Packers 6 7 1 .462 1–4–1 2–7–1 281 227 W1
Detroit Lions 4 8 2 .333 3–2–1 4–5–1 207 241 L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References[]

  1. ^ 1968 Detroit Lions
  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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