1968N Detroit Lions Season Summary - Thru Week 4 Injuries
Record (2-2)
Wk Result Opponent
1 L 0-52 at Dallas
2 W 27-3 Chicago
3 L 0-17 at Green Bay
4 W 21-7 at Minnesota
5 at Chicago
6 Green Bay
7 San Francisco
8 at LA Rams
9 Baltimore
10 Minnesota
11 New Orleans
12 Philadelphia
13 at Atlanta
14 at Washington
Team Statistics
Lions Opp.
Total First Downs 62 56
Rushing 16 22
Passing 42 31
Penalty 4 3
Third Down: Made/Att 22-57 21-49
Third Down Pct. 38.6 42.9
Fourth Down: Made/Att 5-7 2-5
Fourth Down Pct. 71.4 40.0
Rez Zone: Made/Att 4-9 10-12
Red Zone Pct. 44.4 83.3
Total Net Yards 1211 1183
Avg.Per Game 302.8 295.8
Total Plays 258 222
Avg.Per Play 4.7 5.3
Net Yards Rushing 440 455
Avg.Per Game 110.0 113.8
Total Rushes 126 125
Net Yards Passing 771 728
Avg.Per Game 192.8 182.0
Sacked-Yds Lost 16-111 11-80
Gross Yards 1322 1263
Att-Completions 116-66 86-47
Completion Pct. 56.9 54.7
Had Intercepted 6 4
Punts-Avg. 19-40.7 15-41.4
Net Punting Avg. 34.4 41.0
Penalties-Yards Lost 19-146 14-120
Fumbles-Ball Lost 8-6 8-6
Touchdowns 6 10
Rushing 0 3
Passing 6 7
Returns 0 0
Total Pts. 48 79
Avg. Time of Poss. 32:16 27:44
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
B.Munson 92 51 55.4 701 60 6 2 10 74 92.7
G.Landry 24 15 62.5 181 25 0 4 6 37 46.0
Lions 116 66 56.9 882 60 6 6 16 111 76.9
Opponents 86 47 54.7 808 72 7 4 11 80 94.5
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
C.Sanders 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
B.Gambrell 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
J.Depoyster 0 0 0 6/6 2/6 0 12
E.McCullouch 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
W.H.Walker 0 0 0 0/0 0/1 0 0
Lions 0 6 0 6/6 2/7 0 48
Opponents 3 7 0 10/10 3/6 0 79
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
J.Depoyster 0/1 1/3 1/2 0/0 0/0
W.H.Walker 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
Lions 0/1 1/3 1/3 0/0 0/0
Opponents 0/0 1/1 2/3 0/2 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
B.Triplett 55 140 2.5 17 0
D.Kopay 32 138 4.3 24 0
T.Nowatzke 29 98 3.4 18 0
B.Munson 5 36 7.2 17 0
G.Landry 2 23 11.5 16 0
C.Sanders 2 4 2.0 2 0
E.McCullouch 1 1 1.0 1 0
Lions 126 440 3.5 24 0
Opponents 125 455 3.6 23 3
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
C.Sanders 26 342 13.2 29 3
E.McCullouch 11 222 20.2 35 1
D.Kopay 10 96 9.6 30 0
B.Gambrell 9 157 17.4 60 2
B.Triplett 6 39 6.5 18 0
J.Gibbons 2 12 6.0 6 0
T.Nowatzke 1 1 1.0 1 0
P.Odle 1 13 13.0 13 0
Lions 66 882 13.4 60 6
Opponents 47 808 17.2 72 7
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
L.Barney 5 4 5 1.0 4 0
T.Vaughn 1 2 1 1.0 1 0
Lions 6 6 6 1.0 4 0
Opponents 7 4 39 5.6 15 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
T.Vaughn 4 84 21.0 33 0
L.Barney 2 36 18.0 21 0
B.Thompson 6 105 17.5 29 0
Lions 12 225 18.8 33 0
Opponents 9 200 22.2 39 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
J.Depoyster 19 773 40.7 8 66
Lions 19 773 40.7 8 66
Opponents 15 621 41.4 5 56
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
M.Weger 2 27 13.5 24 0
L.Barney 1 15 15.0 15 0
B.Swain 1 24 24.0 24 0
Lions 4 66 16.5 24 0
Opponents 6 33 5.5 22 0
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
A.Karras 3 20 6.7 0
W.H.Walker 2 11 5.5 0
P.Naumoff 2 16 8.0 0
B.Thompson 1 6 6.0 0
J.H.Baker 1 8 8.0 0
J.Rush 1 6 6.0 0
M.Lucci 1 13 13.0 0
Lions 11 80 7.3 0
Opponents 16 111 6.9 0