1969  1968 1967

1968 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Saturday, December 21
DAL	20	at CLE	31		Eastern Conference Championship
Sunday, December 22
MIN	14	at BLC	24		Western Conference Championship
Sunday, December 29
BLC	34	at CLE	0		League Championship
Sunday, January 12
NYJ	16	at BLC	7		Super Bowl III

1968 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
BLC	144	3377	16	71	119	17	207		432	224	2405	5.57	9	45	367	29	47.5		375	1339	3.57	6		72	799	29	12
DAL	186	3633	23	61	123	18	202		428	220	2838	6.63	20	51	400	26	62.8		369	1195	3.24	2		54	657	21	15
LAM	200	3118	25	66	104	20	190		353	158	2196	6.22	12	51	383	25	47.1		397	1305	3.29	9		88	806	31	19
GNB	227	3596	25	105	92	16	213		327	157	2031	6.21	14	28	235	17	60.6		476	1800	3.78	11		60	541	28	17
DET	241	3837	28	92	105	17	214		337	157	2448	7.26	12	36	291	24	53.4		457	1680	3.68	13		76	658	22	12
MIN	242	3758	27	98	98	14	210		315	185	2162	6.86	16	44	307	16	75.4		432	1903	4.41	8		74	875	29	22
CLE	273	4090	33	110	130	19	259		439	213	2447	5.57	19	26	199	32	49.8		423	1842	4.35	11		61	620	20	14
SLC	289	4419	35	90	131	17	238		399	210	3261	8.17	23	44	400	13	85.6		423	1558	3.68	10		71	728	19	8
SFO	310	4020	35	111	124	15	250		416	201	2548	6.13	19	35	304	20	63.1		445	1776	3.99	12		71	646	22	11
NYG	325	4341	43	125	121	17	263		364	191	2498	6.86	18	21	158	26	61.1		425	2001	4.71	22		62	579	21	14
NOR	327	4291	42	97	109	22	228		366	153	2483	6.78	25	34	297	16	69.7		439	2105	4.79	13		74	757	33	26
CHI	333	4371	43	102	102	36	240		333	172	2893	8.69	25	30	226	18	83.8		427	1704	3.99	17		91	896	20	12
PHI	351	4514	40	128	111	17	256		327	182	2557	7.82	20	21	184	13	84.9		515	2141	4.16	18		76	843	18	7
WAS	358	4683	41	122	118	19	259		359	202	2662	7.42	16	21	173	21	70.4		497	2194	4.41	18		82	879	22	14
ATL	389	5320	49	129	157	16	302		389	248	3306	8.50	30	29	221	14	101.3		518	2235	4.31	17		63	628	30	16
PIT	397	4785	50	92	131	21	244		413	220	3360	8.14	29	28	199	17	86.6		441	1624	3.68	14		79	844	16	9

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
ATL	OWN:	16	66	0		75	3324	0	0	0		68	1273	0		17	20	11	21		OPP:	46	286	0		45	1866		42	799	0		47	49	16	30
BLC	OWN:	42	350	0		49	1935	0	1	0		38	1003	2		48	50	18	28		OPP:	19	62	0		78	3183		71	1391	0		15	16	11	19
CHI	OWN:	19	81	0		66	2507	0	3	0		58	1370	0		25	25	25	36		OPP:	28	120	0		66	2648		54	968	0		40	43	11	31
CLE	OWN:	24	96	0		63	2349	0	0	0		54	974	0		46	49	18	24		OPP:	21	120	0		60	2392		64	1417	0		33	33	14	26
DAL	OWN:	30	405	2		59	2415	0	0	0		39	841	0		54	54	17	29		OPP:	25	125	0		77	3109		68	1326	0		21	23	9	22
DET	OWN:	19	89	0		71	2868	0	0	0		54	1247	1		24	26	9	29		OPP:	32	139	0		66	2686		44	1017	1		28	28	15	29
GNB	OWN:	43	238	1		59	2359	0	0	0		48	1007	0		32	35	13	29		OPP:	19	66	0		77	3049		56	1211	0		24	25	17	26
LAM	OWN:	44	307	0		81	3207	0	0	0		45	1024	1		37	37	17	31		OPP:	30	206	1		88	3522		62	1262	1		23	25	9	17
MIN	OWN:	30	250	1		61	2400	0	0	0		52	1049	0		31	32	19	29		OPP:	29	204	0		64	2460		56	1291	0		26	27	18	27
NOR	OWN:	34	153	1		75	2823	0	1	0		53	1149	0		27	27	19	37		OPP:	30	320	1		69	2813		57	1134	0		37	42	12	27
NYG	OWN:	20	101	0		57	2050	0	1	0		62	1110	0		36	36	14	24		OPP:	23	174	1		47	1882		51	1344	1		37	43	10	23
PHI	OWN:	24	264	1		60	2476	0	0	0		61	1379	1		17	21	19	30		OPP:	33	270	0		55	2141		45	1030	0		39	40	24	35
PIT	OWN:	38	308	1		68	2745	0	0	0		70	1502	0		28	32	8	21		OPP:	32	297	2		66	2642		49	1154	0		49	50	16	26
SFO	OWN:	36	120	0		68	2651	0	0	0		60	1064	0		36	39	11	24		OPP:	31	238	0		68	2778		56	1163	1		34	35	22	32
SLC	OWN:	31	356	1		65	2701	0	0	0		56	1404	0		40	40	15	24		OPP:	36	266	1		70	2668		56	1303	1		34	35	15	33
WAS	OWN:	29	194	0		76	3288	0	2	0		64	1410	0		30	32	9	19		OPP:	45	485	2		57	2259		51	996	0		41	41	23	32

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. John Brodie - SFO 404 2. Roman Gabriel - LAM 366 3. Fran Tarkenton - NYG 337 4. Bill Munson - DET 329 5. Earl Morrall - BLC 317 6. Jim Hart - SLC 316 7. Billy Kilmer - NOR 315 8. Don Meredith - DAL 309 9. Dick Shiner - PIT 304 10. Bill Nelsen - CLE 293	Pass Comp 1. John Brodie - SFO 234 2. Roman Gabriel - LAM 184 3. Earl Morrall - BLC 182 Fran Tarkenton - NYG 182 5. Bill Munson - DET 181 6. Don Meredith - DAL 171 7. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 167 Billy Kilmer - NOR 167 9. Bill Nelsen - CLE 152 Norm Snead - PHI 152	Comp Pct 1. John Brodie - SFO .579 2. Earl Morrall - BLC .574 3. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS .572 4. Don Meredith - DAL .553 5. Bill Munson - DET .550 6. Fran Tarkenton - NYG .540 7. Billy Kilmer - NOR .530 8. Norm Snead - PHI .522 9. Joe Kapp - MIN .520 10. Bill Nelsen - CLE .519 min 196 att	Pass Yards 1. John Brodie - SFO 3020 2. Earl Morrall - BLC 2909 3. Fran Tarkenton - NYG 2555 4. Don Meredith - DAL 2500 5. Bill Nelsen - CLE 2366 6. Roman Gabriel - LAM 2364 7. Bill Munson - DET 2311 8. Billy Kilmer - NOR 2060 9. Jim Hart - SLC 2059 10. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 1980	Pass YPA 1. Earl Morrall - BLC 9.18 2. Don Meredith - DAL 8.09 3. Bill Nelsen - CLE 8.08 4. Fran Tarkenton - NYG 7.58 5. John Brodie - SFO 7.48 6. Bill Munson - DET 7.02 7. Joe Kapp - MIN 6.83 8. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 6.78 9. Billy Kilmer - NOR 6.54 10. Jim Hart - SLC 6.52 min 196 att
Pass TD 1. Earl Morrall - BLC 26 2. John Brodie - SFO 22 3. Don Meredith - DAL 21 Fran Tarkenton - NYG 21 5. Roman Gabriel - LAM 19 Bill Nelsen - CLE 19 7. Dick Shiner - PIT 18 8. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 17 9. Jim Hart - SLC 15 Billy Kilmer - NOR 15 Bill Munson - DET 15 Bart Starr - GNB 15	Pass INT 1. John Brodie - SFO 21 Norm Snead - PHI 21 3. Jim Hart - SLC 18 4. Joe Kapp - MIN 17 Billy Kilmer - NOR 17 Earl Morrall - BLC 17 Dick Shiner - PIT 17 8. Roman Gabriel - LAM 16 9. Bob Berry - ATL 13 10. Don Meredith - DAL 12 Fran Tarkenton - NYG 12	Times Sacked 1. Bob Berry - ATL 49 2. Bill Munson - DET 39 3. Dick Shiner - PIT 33 4. Joe Kapp - MIN 31 5. Don Meredith - DAL 30 6. Bart Starr - GNB 29 7. Roman Gabriel - LAM 27 Fran Tarkenton - NYG 27 9. Billy Kilmer - NOR 26 10. John Brodie - SFO 25	Pass Rating 1. Earl Morrall - BLC 93.2 2. Don Meredith - DAL 88.4 3. Bill Nelsen - CLE 86.4 4. Fran Tarkenton - NYG 84.6 5. Bill Munson - DET 82.3 6. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 81.7 7. John Brodie - SFO 78.0 8. Roman Gabriel - LAM 70.0 9. Billy Kilmer - NOR 66.9 10. Dick Shiner - PIT 64.5 min 196 att	Rush Att 1. Leroy Kelly - CLE 248 2. Ken Willard - SFO 227 3. Bill Brown - MIN 222 4. Tom Woodeshick - PHI 217 5. Willis Crenshaw - SLC 203 6. Don Perkins - DAL 191 7. Tom Matte - BLC 183 8. Dick Hoak - PIT 175 9. Donny Anderson - GNB 170 10. Don McCall - NOR 155
Rush Yards 1. Leroy Kelly - CLE 1239 2. Ken Willard - SFO 967 3. Tom Woodeshick - PHI 947 4. Dick Hoak - PIT 858 5. Gale Sayers - CHI 856 6. Don Perkins - DAL 836 7. Willis Crenshaw - SLC 813 8. Bill Brown - MIN 805 9. Donny Anderson - GNB 761 10. Tom Matte - BLC 662	Rush AVG 1. Gale Sayers - CHI 6.2 2. Leroy Kelly - CLE 5.0 3. Dick Hoak - PIT 4.9 4. Mel Farr - DET 4.7 5. Donny Anderson - GNB 4.5 6. Ernie Koy - NYG 4.4 7. Ronnie Bull - CHI 4.4 8. Don Perkins - DAL 4.4 9. Tom Woodeshick - PHI 4.4 10. Ken Willard - SFO 4.3 min 70 att	Rush TD 1. Leroy Kelly - CLE 16 2. Bill Brown - MIN 11 3. Tom Matte - BLC 9 4. Ken Willard - SFO 7 5. Willis Crenshaw - SLC 6 Jim Hart - SLC 6 7. Donny Anderson - GNB 5 Craig Baynham - DAL 5 Willie Ellison - LAM 5 Walt Garrison - DAL 5	Receptions 1. Clifton Mcneil - SFO 71 2. Roy Jefferson - PIT 58 3. Danny Abramowicz - NOR 54 Lance Rentzel - DAL 54 5. Bob Hayes - DAL 53 6. Paul Warfield - CLE 50 7. Jackie Smith - SLC 49 8. Charley Taylor - WAS 48 9. Gene Washington - MIN 46 10. Boyd Dowler - GNB 45 Homer Jones - NYG 45 John Mackey - BLC 45 Jerry Smith - WAS 45	Rec Yards 1. Roy Jefferson - PIT 1074 2. Paul Warfield - CLE 1067 3. Homer Jones - NYG 1057 4. Lance Rentzel - DAL 1009 5. Clifton Mcneil - SFO 994 6. Bob Hayes - DAL 909 7. Danny Abramowicz - NOR 890 8. Carroll Dale - GNB 818 9. Milt Morin - CLE 792 10. Jackie Smith - SLC 789
Rec AVG 1. Jimmy Orr - BLC 25.6 2. Homer Jones - NYG 23.5 3. Paul Warfield - CLE 21.3 4. Bernie Casey - LAM 19.5 5. Carroll Dale - GNB 19.5 6. Willie Richardson - BLC 18.9 7. Lance Rentzel - DAL 18.7 8. Roy Jefferson - PIT 18.5 9. Milt Morin - CLE 18.4 10. Ray Ogden - ATL 18.1 min 25 rec	Rec TD 1. Paul Warfield - CLE 12 2. Roy Jefferson - PIT 11 3. Bob Hayes - DAL 10 4. Pat Richter - WAS 9 5. Carroll Dale - GNB 8 Willie Richardson - BLC 8 7. Danny Abramowicz - NOR 7 Billy Gambrell - DET 7 Homer Jones - NYG 7 Clifton Mcneil - SFO 7	Fumbles 1. Craig Baynham - DAL 8 Willis Crenshaw - SLC 8 3. Donny Anderson - GNB 7 Bob Brunet - WAS 7 Earl Morrall - BLC 7 Gale Sayers - CHI 7 Dick Shiner - PIT 7 Tom Woodeshick - PHI 7 9. Bill Brown - MIN 6 Roman Gabriel - LAM 6 Jim Grabowski - GNB 6 Leroy Kelly - CLE 6 Johnny Roland - SLC 6	Punt Returns 1. Roy Jefferson - PIT 28 Chuck Latourette - SLC 28 3. Willie Wood - GNB 26 4. Rick Volk - BLC 25 5. Kermit Alexander - SFO 24 6. Charlie West - MIN 20 7. Rickie Harris - WAS 19 8. Eddie Meador - LAM 17 9. Timmy Brown - BLC 16 Tom Brown - GNB 16	Punt Ret Avg 1. Bob Hayes - DAL 20.8 2. Alvin Haymond - PHI 13.4 3. Chuck Latourette - SLC 12.3 4. Charlie West - MIN 10.1 5. Roy Jefferson - PIT 9.8 6. Eddie Meador - LAM 8.0 7. Rick Volk - BLC 7.9 8. Timmy Brown - BLC 7.8 9. Rickie Harris - WAS 7.6 10. Tom Brown - GNB 6.9 min 14 returns
Punt Ret FC 1. Cecil Turner - CHI 17 2. Jimmy Burson - ATL 16 3. Eddie Meador - LAM 15 4. Lem Barney - DET 14 5. Kermit Alexander - SFO 13 6. Carl Lockhart - NYG 12 7. Chuck Latourette - SLC 11 Lance Rentzel - DAL 11 Willie Wood - GNB 11 10. Bobby Bryant - MIN 10 Bob Hayes - DAL 10 Tommy Vaughn - DET 10	Punt Ret TD 1. Bob Hayes - DAL 2 2. Charlie Brown - NOR 1 Tom Brown - GNB 1 Alvin Haymond - PHI 1 Roy Jefferson - PIT 1 Chuck Latourette - SLC 1 Charlie West - MIN 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Chuck Latourette - SLC 46 2. Jim Butler - ATL 37 3. Ronnie Blye - NYG 35 4. Jon Henderson - PIT 29 5. Alvin Haymond - PHI 28 Don Shy - PIT 28 Travis Williams - GNB 28 8. Lem Barney - DET 25 9. Craig Baynham - DAL 23 Rickie Harris - WAS 23 Gene Howard - NOR 23	Kick Ret Avg 1. Preston Pearson - BLC 35.1 2. Gale Sayers - CHI 27.1 3. Chuck Latourette - SLC 26.9 4. Lem Barney - DET 26.8 5. Craig Baynham - DAL 25.7 6. Rickie Harris - WAS 25.2 7. Don Shy - PIT 24.4 8. Alvin Haymond - PHI 24.2 9. Herb Adderley - GNB 23.6 10. Gene Howard - NOR 23.2 min 14 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Preston Pearson - BLC 2 2. Lem Barney - DET 1 Alvin Haymond - PHI 1
Punts 1. Pat Studstill - LAM 81 2. Mike Bragg - WAS 76 3. Billy Lothridge - ATL 75 4. Jerry DePoyster - DET 71 5. Steve Spurrier - SFO 68 Bobby Walden - PIT 68 7. Chuck Latourette - SLC 65 8. Don Cockroft - CLE 61 9. Donny Anderson - GNB 59 Ron Widby - DAL 59	Punt Avg 1. Jon Kilgore - CHI 0.0 2. Ernie Koy - NYG 0.0 3. Don Cockroft - CLE 0.0 4. Steve Spurrier - SFO 0.0 5. David Lee - BLC 0.0 6. Pat Studstill - LAM 0.0 7. Donny Anderson - GNB 0.0 8. Bobby Walden - PIT 0.0 9. Jerry DePoyster - DET 0.0 10. Sam Baker - PHI 0.0 min 35 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Mac Percival - CHI 25 2. Sam Baker - PHI 19 Fred Cox - MIN 19 Charlie Durkee - NOR 19 5. Don Cockroft - CLE 18 Lou Michaels - BLC 18 7. Mike Clark - DAL 17 Bruce Gossett - LAM 17 9. Jim Bakken - SLC 15 10. Pete Gogolak - NYG 14	Field Goals Att 1. Charlie Durkee - NOR 37 2. Mac Percival - CHI 36 3. Bruce Gossett - LAM 31 4. Sam Baker - PHI 30 5. Mike Clark - DAL 29 Fred Cox - MIN 29 7. Lou Michaels - BLC 28 8. Jim Bakken - SLC 24 Don Cockroft - CLE 24 Pete Gogolak - NYG 24	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Willie Williams - NYG 10 2. Kermit Alexander - SFO 9 3. Bobby Boyd - BLC 8 Ben Davis - CLE 8 Carl Lockhart - NYG 8 Brig Owens - WAS 8 7. Lem Barney - DET 7 Paul Krause - MIN 7 Clancy Williams - LAM 7 10. Mike Howell - CLE 6 Chuck Howley - DAL 6 Ernie Kellermann - CLE 6 Eddie Meador - LAM 6 Rick Volk - BLC 6 Dave Whitsell - NOR 6	INT TD Ret 1. Carl Lockhart - NYG 2 Jack Pardee - LAM 2 3. Kermit Alexander - SFO 1 Erich Barnes - CLE 1 Bill Belk - SFO 1 Bobby Boyd - BLC 1 Bobby Bryant - MIN 1 Bo Burris - NOR 1 Jimmy Burson - ATL 1 Larry Cole - DAL 1 Mike Curtis - BLC 1 Bill Glass - CLE 1 Cornell Green - DAL 1 Chris Hanburger - WAS 1 Roy Hilton - BLC 1 Stan Hindman - SFO 1 Chuck Howley - DAL 1 Ray May - PIT 1 Ken Reaves - ATL 1 Charlie Stukes - BLC 1 Bill Swain - DET 1 Rosey Taylor - CHI 1

Awards

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year - Claude Humphrey
AP NFL MVP - Earl Morrall
AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - Earl McCullouch
Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - Leroy Kelly
Heisman Trophy Winner - O.J. Simpson
Pro Bowl MVP - Roman Gabriel
Pro Bowl MVP - Merlin Olsen
Super Bowl MVP - Joe Namath
UPI MVP - Earl Morrall
UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year - Earl McCullouch

Pro Bowl
EAST	QB	Don Meredith
EAST	QB	Fran Tarkenton
EAST	FB	Tom Woodeshick
EAST	FB	Don Perkins
EAST	WR	Paul Warfield
EAST	TE	Jackie Smith
EAST	TE	Milt Morin
EAST	T	Bob Reynolds
EAST	T	Dick Schafrath
EAST	T	Bob Brown
EAST	G	Ken Gray
EAST	G	Gene Hickerson
EAST	G	John Niland
EAST	C	Len Hauss
EAST	C	Greg Larson
EAST	HB	Leroy Kelly
EAST	SE	Homer Jones
EAST	E	Roy Jefferson
EAST	DE	Don Brumm
EAST	DE	George Andrie
EAST	DE	Ben McGee
EAST	DT	Bob Rowe
EAST	DT	Walter Johnson
EAST	DT	Bob Lilly
EAST	LB	Lee Jordan
EAST	LB	Chuck Howley
EAST	LB	Chris Hanburger
EAST	LB	Andy Russell
EAST	CB	Mel Renfro
EAST	CB	Carl Lockhart
EAST	CB	Erich Barnes
EAST	S	Ernie Kellermann
EAST	S	Larry Wilson
EAST	P	Sam Baker
WEST	QB	Roman Gabriel
WEST	QB	Earl Morrall
WEST	FB	Ken Willard
WEST	FB	Bill Brown
WEST	WR	Carroll Dale
WEST	TE	Charlie Sanders
WEST	TE	John Mackey
WEST	T	Joe Carollo
WEST	OT	Charlie Cowan
WEST	T	Forrest Gregg
WEST	OG	Tom Mack
WEST	G	Howard Mudd
WEST	G	Joe Scibelli
WEST	C	Mick Tingelhoff
WEST	HB	Tom Matte
WEST	HB	Donny Anderson
WEST	FL	Clifton McNeil
WEST	FL	Willie Richardson
WEST	DE	Jim Marshall
WEST	DE	Carl Eller
WEST	DE	Deacon Jones
WEST	DT	Fred Miller
WEST	DT	Merlin Olsen
WEST	DT	Alan Page
WEST	DT	Bob Vogel
WEST	LB	Dave Wilcox
WEST	LB	Tommy Nobis
WEST	LB	Mike Curtis
WEST	LB	Dick Butkus
WEST	LB	Maxie Baughan
WEST	CB	Bobby Boyd
WEST	CB	Lem Barney
WEST	CB	Kermit Alexander
WEST	S	Eddie Meador
WEST	S	Willie Wood
WEST	S	Rosey Taylor
WEST	K	Bruce Gossett

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