1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL) |
3rd place • Western Conference • Central Division • 6-7-1 .462 |
Head Coach: Phil Bengston |
Dave Hanner | Defensive Line |
Tom McCormick | Offensive Backs |
Wayne Robinson | Defensive Secondary |
Bob Schnelker | Receivers |
Ray Wietecha | Offensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/2/1968 | A | College All-Stars | 34-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 69917 | |
Sat | 8/10/1968 | H | New York Giants | 14-15 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
Mon | 8/19/1968 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-10 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47127 | |
Sat | 8/24/1968 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 31-27 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 72014 | |
Sat | 8/31/1968 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47265 | |
Sat | 9/7/1968 | A | Cleveland Browns | 31-9 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84918 | |
Sun | 9/15/1968 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-13 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
Sun | 9/22/1968 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 13-26 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 49346 | |
Sun | 9/29/1968 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
Sun | 10/6/1968 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 38-7 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-16 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 49646 | |
Sun | 10/20/1968 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-14 | T | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 57302 | |
Mon | 10/28/1968 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 28-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 74604 | |
Sun | 11/3/1968 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-13 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
Sun | 11/10/1968 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-14 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47644 | |
Sun | 11/17/1968 | H | New Orleans Saints | 29-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 49644 | |
Sun | 11/24/1968 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-7 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50621 | |
Sun | 12/1/1968 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 47218 | |
Sat | 12/7/1968 | H | Baltimore Colts | 3-16 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
Sun | 12/15/1968 | A | Chicago Bears | 28-27 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46435 |
Schedule Notes | ||
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9/7/1968 | Cleveland Browns | Doubleheader |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Herb Adderley | 26 | LCB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Lionel Aldridge | 82 | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
Donny Anderson | 44 | HB-P | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
Ken Bowman | 57 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 13 |
Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 204 | 37 | Georgia | 10 | 4 |
Bob Brown | 78 | LDT | 6-5 | 268 | 29 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | 1 |
Tom Brown | 40 | LS | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
Lee Roy Caffey | 60 | RLB | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Fred Carr | 53 | LB | 6-5 | 239 | 22 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 0 |
Leo Carroll | 67 | DE | 6-7 | 250 | 24 | Glendale CC; Tulsa; San Diego State | 6 | 0 |
Leon Crenshaw | 70 | DT | 6-6 | 280 | 25 | Tuskegee | 10? | 0 |
Carroll Dale | 84 | FL | 6-1 | 198 | 30 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
Willie Davis | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 243 | 34 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
Boyd Dowler | 86 | SE-TE | 6-5 | 224 | 31 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
Dave Dunaway | 29 | FL | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Duke | 2 | 0 |
Jim Flanigan | 55 | LB | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 0 |
Marv Fleming | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 26 | Utah | 14 | 12 |
Gale Gillingham | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
Jim Grabowski | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 10 |
Forrest Gregg | 75 | ROT-ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 35 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
Doug Hart | 43 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Navarro JC; Texas-Arlington | 14 | 2 |
Dick Himes | 72 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
Don Horn | 13 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Washington State; Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 1 | 0 |
Bob Hyland | 50 | C | 6-5 | 253 | 23 | Boston College | 14 | 1 |
Claudis James | 27 | SE | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Jackson State | 14 | 2 |
Bob Jeter | 21 | RCB | 6-1 | 203 | 31 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
Henry Jordan | 74 | RDT | 6-3 | 249 | 33 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
Ron Kostelnik | 77 | LDT | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Cincinnati | 13 | 13 |
Jerry Kramer | 64 | ROG-K | 6-3 | 246 | 32 | Idaho | 14 | 13 |
Bill Lueck | 62 | OG | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Arizona | 11 | 0 |
Errol Mann | 39 | K | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | North Dakota | 2 | 0 |
Chuck Mercein | 30 | FB | 6-3 | 227 | 25 | Yale | 11 | 0 |
Mike Mercer | 38 | K | 6-0 | 208 | 33 | Minnesota; Florida; Hardin-Simmons; Northern Arizona | 6 | 0 |
Ray Nitschke | 66 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 32 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
Francis Peay | 71 | ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Arizona; Cameron JC; Missouri | 14 | 1 |
Elijah Pitts | 22 | FB-HB | 6-1 | 204 | 30 | Philander Smith | 14 | 5 |
Bucky Pope | 80 | FL | 6-5 | 199 | 27 | Duke; Catawba | 3 | 0 |
Dave Robinson | 89 | LLB | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
John Rowser | 45 | RCB | 6-1 | 183 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
Gordon Rule | 47 | CB | 6-2 | 180 | 22 | Dartmouth | 1 | 0 |
Bob Skoronski | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 34 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
Bart Starr | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 34 | Alabama | 12 | 10 |
Billy Stevens | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 2 | 0 |
Phil Vandersea | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Massachusetts | 10 | 0 |
Travis Williams | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Contra Costa JC; Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
Francis Winkler | 58 | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Memphis | 7 | 0 |
Willie Wood | 24 | RS | 5-10 | 189 | 32 | Coalinga JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 5 | Fred Carr | LB | Texas-El Paso |
1 | 26 | Bill Lueck | G | Arizona |
3 | 67 | Billy Stevens | QB | Texas-El Paso |
3 | 81 | Dick Himes | T | Ohio State |
4 | 92 | Brendan McCarthy | RB | Boston College |
4 | 108 | John Robinson | FL | Tennessee State |
5 | 121 | Steve Duich | T | San Diego State |
5 | 137 | Francis Winkler | DE | Memphis |
6 | 164 | Walt Chadwick | RB | Tennessee |
7 | 191 | Andy Beath | DB | Duke |
8 | 218 | Tom Owens | G | Missouri-Rolla |
9 | 245 | Bob Apisa | RB | Michigan State |
10 | 260 | Rick Cash | T | Truman State |
10 | 272 | Ron Worthen | C | Arkansas State |
11 | 299 | Gordon Rule | DB | Dartmouth |
12 | 325 | Dennis Porter | T | Northern Michigan |
13 | 353 | Frank Geiselman | FL | Rhode Island |
14 | 380 | John Farler | E | Colorado |
15 | 407 | Ridley Gibson | DB | Baylor |
16 | 434 | Al Groves | T | St. Norbert |
17 | 461 | Ken Rota | RB | North Dakota State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 68 | 61 | 95 | 57 | 281 |
Opponents Totals | 55 | 66 | 43 | 63 | 227 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 240 | 96 | 130 | 14 | / % | / % | 64 | 653 | |
Opponents Totals | 213 | 105 | 92 | 16 | / % | / % | 60 | 541 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carroll Dale | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Donny Anderson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Boyd Dowler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Mike Mercer | 0 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 33 |
Jim Grabowski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Jerry Kramer | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 21 |
Chuck Mercein | 1 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 19 |
Marv Fleming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Tom Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Claudis James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Elijah Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Errol Mann | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Team Totals | 35 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 0 | 281 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 1 | 227 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Mercer | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 3 | 45 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
Jerry Kramer | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 38 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Chuck Mercein | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 21 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
Errol Mann | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 13 | 29 | 44.8 | 3 | 45 | 2/2 | 4/10 | 4/7 | 3/9 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 7/8 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donny Anderson | 170 | 761 | 4.5 | 42 | 5 |
Jim Grabowski | 135 | 518 | 3.8 | 25 | 3 |
Elijah Pitts | 72 | 264 | 3.7 | 14 | 2 |
Travis Williams | 33 | 63 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
Bart Starr | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 15 | 1 |
Chuck Mercein | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 8 | 1 |
Zeke Bratkowski | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
Claudis James | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Don Horn | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 450 | 1749 | 3.9 | 42 | 12 |
Opponents Totals | 476 | 1800 | 3.8 | 63 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bart Starr | 171 | 109 | 63.7 | 54 | 1617 | 9.5 | 14.8 | 63t | 15 | 8.8 | 8 | 4.7 | 29 | 261 | 1356 | 104.3 |
Zeke Bratkowski | 126 | 68 | 54.0 | 51 | 835 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 72t | 3 | 2.4 | 7 | 5.6 | 11 | 107 | 728 | 59.5 |
Don Horn | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 6 | 187 | 11.7 | 18.7 | 67t | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 179 | 142.4 |
Donny Anderson | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 12 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 86.1 |
Billy Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 318 | 188 | 59.1 | 115 | 2651 | 8.3 | 14.1 | 72t | 21 | 6.6 | 15 | 4.7 | 41 | 376 | 2275 | 88.4 |
Opponents Totals | 327 | 157 | 48.0 | 153 | 2031 | 6.2 | 12.9 | 60t | 14 | 4.3 | 17 | 5.2 | 28 | 235 | 1796 | 60.6 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boyd Dowler | 45 | 668 | 14.8 | 72t | 6 |
Carroll Dale | 42 | 818 | 19.5 | 63t | 8 |
Donny Anderson | 25 | 333 | 13.3 | 47t | 1 |
Marv Fleming | 25 | 278 | 11.1 | 32t | 3 |
Jim Grabowski | 18 | 210 | 11.7 | 67t | 1 |
Elijah Pitts | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 19 | 0 |
Claudis James | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 24 | 2 |
Travis Williams | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 17 | 0 |
Chuck Mercein | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 188 | 2651 | 14.1 | 72t | 21 |
Opponents Totals | 157 | 2031 | 12.9 | 60t | 14 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Brown | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
Bob Jeter | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 29 | 0 |
Herb Adderley | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
Willie Wood | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 |
Ray Nitschke | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
Dave Robinson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
Doug Hart | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Team Totals | 17 | 244 | 14.4 | 35 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 15 | 150 | 10.0 | 36 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donny Anderson | 59 | 2359 | 40.0 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 2233 | 37.8 | |
Team Totals | 59 | 2359 | 40.0 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 2233 | 37.8 | |
Opponents Totals | 77 | 3049 | 39.6 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 238 | 2691 | 34.9 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Brown | 16 | 5 | 111 | 6.9 | 52t | 1 |
Willie Wood | 26 | 11 | 126 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
Elijah Pitts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 43 | 17 | 238 | 5.5 | 52t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 20 | 66 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Adderley | 14 | 331 | 23.6 | 50 | 0 | |
Travis Williams | 28 | 599 | 21.4 | 60 | 0 | |
Elijah Pitts | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | |
Dave Robinson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 | |
Phil Vandersea | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
Francis Winkler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 48 | 1007 | 21.0 | 60 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 56 | 1211 | 21.6 | 46 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Adderley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | |
Lionel Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |
Donny Anderson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Bowman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Zeke Bratkowski | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
Lee Roy Caffey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Carr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Carroll Dale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Gale Gillingham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Grabowski | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Forrest Gregg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Don Horn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Claudis James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Henry Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Kostelnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Elijah Pitts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bart Starr | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Travis Williams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Francis Winkler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 31 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 74 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0 |
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