1968N Pittsburgh Steelers Season Summary - Thru Week 4 Injuries
Record (0-4)
Wk Result Opponent
1 L 17-20 NY Giants
2 L 0-31 at LA Rams
3 L 5-24 Baltimore
4 L 16-44 at Cleveland
5 at Washington
6 New Orleans
7 Philadelphia
8 at Atlanta
9 at St Louis
10 Cleveland
11 San Francisco
12 St Louis
13 at Dallas
14 at New Orleans
Team Statistics
Steelers Opp.
Total First Downs 47 74
Rushing 25 27
Passing 18 43
Penalty 4 4
Third Down: Made/Att 15-53 25-60
Third Down Pct. 28.3 41.7
Fourth Down: Made/Att 1-3 1-3
Fourth Down Pct. 33.3 33.3
Rez Zone: Made/Att 5-9 12-15
Red Zone Pct. 55.6 80.0
Total Net Yards 920 1495
Avg.Per Game 230.0 373.8
Total Plays 235 267
Avg.Per Play 3.9 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 571 492
Avg.Per Game 142.8 123.0
Total Rushes 112 147
Net Yards Passing 349 1003
Avg.Per Game 87.2 250.8
Sacked-Yds Lost 6-39 7-54
Gross Yards 959 1549
Att-Completions 117-52 113-63
Completion Pct. 44.4 55.8
Had Intercepted 8 4
Punts-Avg. 30-42.4 17-40.9
Net Punting Avg. 39.0 36.6
Penalties-Yards Lost 11-99 22-161
Fumbles-Ball Lost 9-6 2-1
Touchdowns 4 14
Rushing 2 4
Passing 2 8
Returns 0 2
Total Pts. 38 119
Avg. Time of Poss. 25:52 34:08
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
D.Hoak 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39.6
D.Shiner 30 16 53.3 122 21 1 3 2 14 35.0
K.Nix 84 36 42.9 266 24 1 5 4 25 30.2
Steelers 117 52 44.4 388 24 2 8 6 39 30.1
Opponents 113 63 55.8 1,057 85 8 4 7 54 96.4
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
E.Gros 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
B.Lusteg 0 0 0 3/4 3/5 0 12
D.Hoak 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
J.Hilton 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Steelers 2 2 0 3/4 3/5 1 36
Opponents 4 8 2 14/14 7/13 0 119
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
B.Lusteg 2/2 1/1 0/1 0/1 0/0
Steelers 2/2 1/1 0/1 0/1 0/0
Opponents 2/2 1/3 3/5 1/3 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
E.Gros 42 263 6.3 48 2
D.Hoak 50 200 4.0 30 0
D.Shy 13 92 7.1 33 0
K.Nix 2 9 4.5 11 0
D.Shiner 3 5 1.7 5 0
R.Jefferson 2 2 1.0 3 0
Steelers 112 571 5.1 48 2
Opponents 147 492 3.3 24 4
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
J.R.Wilburn 16 124 7.8 17 0
E.Gros 9 42 4.7 20 0
R.Jefferson 9 78 8.7 24 0
D.Hoak 8 61 7.6 23 1
J.Hilton 7 75 10.7 21 1
D.Shy 2 3 1.5 2 0
R.Kotite 1 5 5.0 5 0
Steelers 52 388 7.5 24 2
Opponents 63 1,057 16.8 85 8
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
L.Harris 4 2 28 7.0 13 0
R.Jefferson 4 4 5 1.2 10 0
Steelers 8 6 33 4.1 13 0
Opponents 17 6 82 4.8 18 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
J.Henderson 11 263 23.9 39 0
R.Bleier 2 45 22.5 26 0
D.Shy 9 188 20.9 43 0
Steelers 22 496 22.5 43 0
Opponents 9 261 29.0 89 1
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
B.Walden 30 1,273 42.4 10 57
Steelers 30 1,273 42.4 10 57
Opponents 17 696 40.9 1 65
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
C.Thomas 2 9 4.5 5 0
A.Russell 1 9 9.0 9 0
J.Hillebrand 1 26 26.0 26 0
Steelers 4 44 11.0 26 0
Opponents 8 109 13.6 46 0
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
R.May 3 24 8.0 0
C.Hinton 2 15 7.5 0
L.Voss 1 7 7.0 0
F.Parker 1 8 8.0 0
Steelers 7 54 7.7 0
Opponents 6 39 6.5 0