| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 3, 1968 Location: Los Angeles, CA Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 77982 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 66 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Lem Barney 98 kickoff return (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Willie Ellison 36 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 37 FG | 7 | 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 |
| 43 | HB | Dave Kopay |
| 3 | FL | Billy Gambrell |
| 38 | FB | Bill Triplett |
| 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 |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Jack Snow |
| 63 | LOT | Joe Carollo |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 73 | ROT | Charlie Cowan |
| 87 | TE | Billy Truax |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 33 | HB | Willie Ellison |
| 25 | FL | Bernie Casey |
| 35 | FB | Henry Dyer |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 78 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 81 | RDE | Gregg Schumacher |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 55 | RLB | Maxie Baughan |
| 24 | LCB | Clancy Williams |
| 41 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 21 | RS | Eddie Meador |
| 27 | RCB | Irv Cross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bill Triplett | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 20 | 67 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Henry Dyer | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Dennis | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 2 | 172 | 5.1 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 33.0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 24 | 7 | 29.2 | 2 | 211 | 8.8 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 42.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Dave Kopay | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Gambrell | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Triplett | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Willie Ellison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Bernie Casey | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 47 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Ellison | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 | ||||||
| Billy Truax | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Dennis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jerry DePoyster | 10 | 408 | 40.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 10 | 417 | 41.7 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Meador | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 98t | 1 | |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
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