| Detroit Lions at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1968 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 46996 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 32 pass from Bill Munson (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Cecil Turner 80 pass from Larry Rakestraw (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 9 run (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 33 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 1 run (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Tom Nowatzke 1 run (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 28 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | SE | Earl McCullouch |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 79 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 38 | HB | Bill Triplett |
| 3 | FL | Billy Gambrell |
| 24 | FB | Mel Farr |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Baker |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 84 | RDE | Joe Robb |
| 58 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 67 | LOG | George Seals |
| 50 | C | Mike Pyle |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 63 | ROT | Bob Wetoska |
| 84 | TE | Austin Denney |
| 12 | QB | Larry Rakestraw |
| 40 | HB | Gale Sayers |
| 21 | FL | Cecil Turner |
| 29 | FB | Ronnie Bull |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 73 | LDT | Frank Cornish |
| 76 | RDT | John Johnson |
| 86 | RDE | Loyd Phillips |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 53 | RLB | Jim Purnell |
| 26 | LCB | Bennie McRae |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 31 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 18 | 138 | 7.7 | 46 | 2 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Triplett | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Welch | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ronnie Bull | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 0 | 169 | 7.7 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.5 |
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 39.6 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Larry Rakestraw | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 131 | 7.3 | 80t | 1 | 2 | 20 | 78.7 |
| Virgil Carter | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 32t | 1 |
| Earl McCullouch | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Austin Denney | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 80 | 80.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Brian Piccolo | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jerry DePoyster | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Gambrell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kurek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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