1969  1968 1967

1968 AFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
Sunday, December 22
KAN	6	at OAK	41		Western Division Playoff
Sunday, December 29
OAK	23	at NYJ	27		League Championship

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
KAN	170	4089	18	52	140	23	215		461	214	3262	7.08	14	45	439	37	46.9		365	1266	3.47	4		62	564	22	12
OAK	233	4061	26	83	113	19	215		446	189	2657	5.96	13	49	400	25	48.6		442	1804	4.08	12		90	932	24	15
HOU	248	3375	26	89	96	13	198		359	158	2003	5.58	13	33	332	20	50.9		462	1704	3.69	9		54	526	17	10
NYJ	280	3363	36	59	104	15	178		403	187	2567	6.37	17	43	399	28	52.4		368	1195	3.25	9		65	695	29	15
SDG	310	4333	36	90	118	17	225		430	217	2896	6.73	20	24	204	20	68.3		439	1641	3.74	13		63	692	26	15
CIN	329	4717	39	116	140	19	275		411	212	2903	7.06	25	32	283	10	84.6		473	2097	4.43	13		62	632	19	9
MIA	355	4884	45	116	112	12	240		342	179	2904	8.49	23	21	192	22	76.7		445	2172	4.88	19		70	655	28	18
BUF	367	4225	41	85	103	22	210		340	143	2477	7.29	19	31	273	22	59.2		505	2021	4.00	15		66	540	24	13
DEN	404	5024	48	94	145	12	251		429	217	3419	7.97	25	31	256	20	77.4		457	1861	4.07	20		64	750	24	12
BOS	406	4415	49	86	123	28	237		416	200	2826	6.79	20	27	236	23	63.4		479	1825	3.81	22		70	874	37	17

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
BOS	OWN:	37	197	0		96	3831	0	4	0		71	1442	0		26	26	15	27		OPP:	59	502	1		81	3280		40	901	0		49	49	21	31
BUF	OWN:	44	301	1		100	4175	0	1	0		69	1537	1		19	19	14	28		OPP:	45	521	1		75	2978		49	1062	0		40	41	27	48
CIN	OWN:	30	196	0		84	3436	0	0	0		54	1068	0		24	24	13	27		OPP:	41	252	0		63	2782		40	977	1		37	39	18	35
DEN	OWN:	38	332	1		96	4095	0	1	0		60	1361	0		31	32	10	23		OPP:	46	282	0		76	3271		29	704	0		47	47	21	34
HOU	OWN:	52	443	0		73	3008	0	2	0		53	1235	0		37	38	12	29		OPP:	40	379	1		88	3882		58	1302	0		25	25	21	30
KAN	OWN:	31	450	2		65	2942	0	0	0		38	736	0		39	40	30	40		OPP:	31	220	0		73	3126		54	1044	0		18	18	14	27
MIA	OWN:	28	205	0		75	3044	0	0	0		50	1134	0		36	36	8	19		OPP:	28	250	0		55	2387		54	1108	0		43	44	12	24
NYJ	OWN:	36	286	0		68	2977	0	1	0		46	995	0		43	43	34	46		OPP:	39	531	3		98	3766		82	1664	0		33	34	9	17
OAK	OWN:	55	666	2		64	2788	0	0	0		49	1092	0		54	54	21	34		OPP:	40	211	0		94	3973		75	1652	0		22	23	17	28
SDG	OWN:	39	292	1		56	2281	0	0	0		51	1065	0		40	43	22	32		OPP:	21	220	1		74	3132		60	1251	0		35	35	19	31

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. John Hadl - SDG 440 2. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 416 3. Joe Namath - NYJ 380 4. Bob Griese - MIA 355 5. Tom Sherman - BOS 226 6. Marlin Briscoe - DEN 224 Len Dawson - KAN 224 8. Pete Beathard - HOU 223 9. Dan Darragh - BUF 215 10. John Stofa - CIN 177	Pass Comp 1. John Hadl - SDG 208 2. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 206 3. Joe Namath - NYJ 187 4. Bob Griese - MIA 186 5. Len Dawson - KAN 131 6. Pete Beathard - HOU 105 7. Marlin Briscoe - DEN 93 8. Dan Darragh - BUF 92 9. Tom Sherman - BOS 90 10. John Stofa - CIN 85	Comp Pct 1. Len Dawson - KAN .585 2. Bob Griese - MIA .524 3. Daryle Lamonica - OAK .495 4. Joe Namath - NYJ .492 5. John Hadl - SDG .473 6. Pete Beathard - HOU .471 7. Dan Darragh - BUF .428 8. Marlin Briscoe - DEN .415 9. Tom Sherman - BOS .398 min 196 att	Pass Yards 1. John Hadl - SDG 3473 2. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 3245 3. Joe Namath - NYJ 3147 4. Bob Griese - MIA 2473 5. Len Dawson - KAN 2109 6. Marlin Briscoe - DEN 1589 7. Pete Beathard - HOU 1559 8. Tom Sherman - BOS 1199 9. Dan Darragh - BUF 917 10. John Stofa - CIN 896	Pass YPA 1. Len Dawson - KAN 9.42 2. Joe Namath - NYJ 8.28 3. John Hadl - SDG 7.89 4. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 7.80 5. Marlin Briscoe - DEN 7.09 6. Pete Beathard - HOU 6.99 7. Bob Griese - MIA 6.97 8. Tom Sherman - BOS 5.31 9. Dan Darragh - BUF 4.27 min 196 att
Pass TD 1. John Hadl - SDG 27 2. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 25 3. Bob Griese - MIA 21 4. Len Dawson - KAN 17 5. Joe Namath - NYJ 15 6. Marlin Briscoe - DEN 14 7. Tom Sherman - BOS 12 8. Don Trull - HOU 10 9. Pete Beathard - HOU 7 10. George Blanda - OAK 6	Pass INT 1. John Hadl - SDG 32 2. Joe Namath - NYJ 17 3. Pete Beathard - HOU 16 Bob Griese - MIA 16 Tom Sherman - BOS 16 6. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 15 Mike Taliaferro - BOS 15 8. Dan Darragh - BUF 14 9. Marlin Briscoe - DEN 13 10. Len Dawson - KAN 9	Times Sacked 1. Bob Griese - MIA 43 2. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 27 3. Tom Sherman - BOS 19 4. Mike Taliaferro - BOS 18 5. John Stofa - CIN 17 6. Joe Namath - NYJ 15 7. Pete Beathard - HOU 14 8. Sam Wyche - CIN 11 9. John Hadl - SDG 10 Dewey Warren - CIN 10	Pass Rating 1. Len Dawson - KAN 98.6 2. Daryle Lamonica - OAK 80.9 3. Bob Griese - MIA 75.7 4. Joe Namath - NYJ 72.1 5. John Hadl - SDG 64.5 6. Marlin Briscoe - DEN 62.9 7. Pete Beathard - HOU 51.0 8. Tom Sherman - BOS 45.6 9. Dan Darragh - BUF 33.0 min 196 att	Rush Att 1. Paul Robinson - CIN 238 2. Hewritt Dixon - OAK 206 3. Hoyle Granger - HOU 202 4. Matt Snell - NYJ 179 5. Jim Nance - BOS 177 6. Robert Holmes - KAN 174 7. Jim Kiick - MIA 165 8. Mike Garrett - KAN 164 9. Floyd Little - DEN 158 10. Dickie Post - SDG 151
Rush Yards 1. Paul Robinson - CIN 1023 2. Robert Holmes - KAN 866 3. Hewritt Dixon - OAK 865 4. Hoyle Granger - HOU 848 5. Dickie Post - SDG 758 6. Matt Snell - NYJ 747 7. Jim Kiick - MIA 621 8. Jim Nance - BOS 593 9. Floyd Little - DEN 584 10. Mike Garrett - KAN 564	Rush AVG 1. Charlie Smith - OAK 5.3 2. Dickie Post - SDG 5.0 3. Robert Holmes - KAN 5.0 4. Russ Smith - SDG 4.8 5. Paul Robinson - CIN 4.3 6. Hewritt Dixon - OAK 4.2 7. Hoyle Granger - HOU 4.2 8. Matt Snell - NYJ 4.2 9. Wendell Hayes - KAN 4.0 10. R.C. Gamble - BOS 4.0 min 70 att	Rush TD 1. Paul Robinson - CIN 8 2. Hoyle Granger - HOU 7 Robert Holmes - KAN 7 4. Woody Campbell - HOU 6 Larry Csonka - MIA 6 Matt Snell - NYJ 6 7. Emerson Boozer - NYJ 5 Bill Mathis - NYJ 5 Charlie Smith - OAK 5 10. Pete Banaszak - OAK 4 Wendell Hayes - KAN 4 Jim Kiick - MIA 4 Fran Lynch - DEN 4 Jim Nance - BOS 4 Russ Smith - SDG 4	Receptions 1. Lance Alworth - SDG 68 2. George Sauer - NYJ 66 3. Fred Biletnikoff - OAK 61 4. Karl Noonan - MIA 58 5. Don Maynard - NYJ 57 6. Warren Wells - OAK 53 7. Gary Garrison - SDG 52 8. Jim Whalen - BOS 47 9. Alvin Reed - HOU 46 10. Jim Kiick - MIA 44	Rec Yards 1. Lance Alworth - SDG 1312 2. Don Maynard - NYJ 1297 3. George Sauer - NYJ 1141 4. Warren Wells - OAK 1137 5. Gary Garrison - SDG 1103 6. Fred Biletnikoff - OAK 1037 7. Karl Noonan - MIA 760 8. Alvin Reed - HOU 747 9. Jim Whalen - BOS 718 10. Frank Pitts - KAN 655
Rec AVG 1. Don Maynard - NYJ 22.8 2. Frank Pitts - KAN 21.8 3. Warren Wells - OAK 21.5 4. Gary Garrison - SDG 21.2 5. Jacque Mackinnon - SDG 19.6 6. Lance Alworth - SDG 19.3 7. Mac Haik - HOU 18.3 8. George Sauer - NYJ 17.3 9. Bob Trumpy - CIN 17.3 10. Al Denson - DEN 17.2 min 25 rec	Rec TD 1. Karl Noonan - MIA 11 Warren Wells - OAK 11 3. Lance Alworth - SDG 10 Gary Garrison - SDG 10 Don Maynard - NYJ 10 6. Mac Haik - HOU 8 7. Jim Whalen - BOS 7 8. Fred Biletnikoff - OAK 6 Billy Cannon - OAK 6 Jacque Mackinnon - SDG 6 Frank Pitts - KAN 6 Gloster Richardson - KAN 6	Fumbles 1. Tom Sherman - BOS 8 2. George Atkinson - OAK 7 3. Pete Banaszak - OAK 6 Dan Darragh - BUF 6 Mike Garrett - KAN 6 John Hadl - SDG 6 Floyd Little - DEN 6 8. Emerson Boozer - NYJ 5 Bob Davis - HOU 5 Hewritt Dixon - OAK 5 Robert Holmes - KAN 5 Jim LeClair - DEN 5 Charlie Smith - OAK 5 John Stofa - CIN 5	Punt Returns 1. Hagood Clarke - BUF 29 2. Larry Carwell - HOU 27 3. Floyd Little - DEN 24 4. Sid Blanks - HOU 22 Essex Johnson - CIN 22 Willie Porter - BOS 22 7. Billy Baird - NYJ 18 Speedy Duncan - SDG 18 Noland Smith - KAN 18 10. Earl Christy - NYJ 13 Kenny Graham - SDG 13	Punt Ret Avg 1. Noland Smith - KAN 15.0 2. Speedy Duncan - SDG 11.4 3. Floyd Little - DEN 10.9 4. Larry Carwell - HOU 8.4 5. Hagood Clarke - BUF 8.3 6. Sid Blanks - HOU 8.1 7. Billy Baird - NYJ 6.2 8. Willie Porter - BOS 6.1 9. Essex Johnson - CIN 5.0 min 14 returns
Punt Ret FC 1. Kenny Graham - SDG 10 Noland Smith - KAN 10 3. Billy Johnson - BOS 8 4. Pete Jaquess - DEN 7 Jimmy Richards - NYJ 7 Goldie Sellers - KAN 7 7. Billy Baird - NYJ 6 Sid Blanks - HOU 6 9. Speedy Duncan - SDG 5 Floyd Little - DEN 5 Willie Porter - BOS 5	Punt Ret TD 1. Hagood Clarke - BUF 1 Speedy Duncan - SDG 1 Floyd Little - DEN 1 Goldie Sellers - KAN 1 Noland Smith - KAN 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Max Anderson - BUF 39 2. Willie Porter - BOS 36 3. Zeke Moore - HOU 32 4. Floyd Little - DEN 26 5. Earl Christy - NYJ 25 Speedy Duncan - SDG 25 7. Noland Smith - KAN 23 8. Billy Johnson - BOS 22 9. Gene Milton - MIA 18 10. Larry Carwell - HOU 15	Kick Ret Avg 1. Floyd Little - DEN 25.0 2. Max Anderson - BUF 24.9 3. Zeke Moore - HOU 24.6 4. Earl Christy - NYJ 24.0 5. Noland Smith - KAN 23.9 6. Speedy Duncan - SDG 23.4 7. Bake Turner - NYJ 22.8 8. Gene Milton - MIA 22.7 9. Willie Porter - BOS 22.6 10. Larry Carwell - HOU 22.3 min 14 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Max Anderson - BUF 1
Punts 1. Paul Maguire - BUF 100 2. Billy Van heusen - DEN 88 3. Larry Seiple - MIA 75 4. Jim Norton - HOU 73 5. Dale Livingston - CIN 70 6. Curley Johnson - NYJ 68 7. Mike Eischeid - OAK 64 8. Jerrel Wilson - KAN 63 9. Terry Swanson - BOS 62 10. Dennis Partee - SDG 56	Punt Avg 1. Terry Swanson - BOS 0.0 2. Larry Seiple - MIA 0.0 3. Dennis Partee - SDG 0.0 4. Jim Norton - HOU 0.0 5. Paul Maguire - BUF 0.0 6. Dale Livingston - CIN 0.0 7. Mike Eischeid - OAK 0.0 8. Curley Johnson - NYJ 0.0 9. Billy Van heusen - DEN 0.0 10. Jerrel Wilson - KAN 0.0 min 35 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Jim Turner - NYJ 34 2. Jan Stenerud - KAN 30 3. Dennis Partee - SDG 22 4. George Blanda - OAK 21 5. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 15 6. Bruce Alford - BUF 14 7. Dale Livingston - CIN 13 8. Bobby Howfield - DEN 9 9. Wayne Walker - HOU 8 10. Jimmy Keyes - MIA 7	Field Goals Att 1. Jim Turner - NYJ 46 2. Jan Stenerud - KAN 40 3. George Blanda - OAK 34 4. Dennis Partee - SDG 32 5. Gino Cappelletti - BOS 27 6. Dale Livingston - CIN 26 7. Bruce Alford - BUF 24 8. Bobby Howfield - DEN 18 9. Jimmy Keyes - MIA 16 Wayne Walker - HOU 16	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Dave Grayson - OAK 10 2. Dick Anderson - MIA 8 3. Leroy Mitchell - BOS 7 Johnny Sample - NYJ 7 5. Butch Byrd - BUF 6 Johnny Robinson - KAN 6 7. Joe Beauchamp - SDG 5 Bobby Bell - KAN 5 Kenny Graham - SDG 5 Ken Houston - HOU 5 Jim Hudson - NYJ 5 Pete Jaquess - DEN 5 Willie Mitchell - KAN 5	INT TD Ret 1. Joe Beauchamp - SDG 2 Booker Edgerson - BUF 2 Miller Farr - HOU 2 Ken Houston - HOU 2 5. Dick Anderson - MIA 1 George Atkinson - OAK 1 Al Beauchamp - CIN 1 Randy Beverly - NYJ 1 Rodger Bird - OAK 1 Willie Brown - OAK 1 Butch Byrd - BUF 1 Larry Carwell - HOU 1 Dave Grayson - OAK 1 Tommy Janik - BUF 1 Charley King - CIN 1 Willie Lanier - KAN 1 Jim Lynch - KAN 1 Johnny Sample - NYJ 1 Mel Witt - BOS 1

Awards

AFL All-Star Game Defensive MVP - George Webster
AFL All-Star Game Offensive MVP - Len Dawson
UPI AFL-AFC MVP - Joe Namath
UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year - Paul Robinson

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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