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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 26 | Herb Adderley | LCB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Lionel Aldridge | RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Donny Anderson | HB-P | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
| 57 | Ken Bowman | C | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Zeke Bratkowski | QB | 6-4 | 204 | 37 | Georgia | 10 | 4 |
| 78 | Bob Brown | LDT | 6-5 | 268 | 29 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | 1 |
| 40 | Tom Brown | LS | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Lee Roy Caffey | RLB | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Fred Carr | LB | 6-5 | 239 | 22 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | Leo Carroll | DE | 6-7 | 250 | 24 | Glendale CC; Tulsa; San Diego State | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | Leon Crenshaw | DT | 6-6 | 280 | 25 | Tuskegee | 10 | 0 |
| 84 | Carroll Dale | FL | 6-1 | 198 | 30 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Willie Davis | LDE | 6-3 | 243 | 34 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Boyd Dowler | SE-TE | 6-5 | 224 | 31 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| 29 | Dave Dunaway | FL | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Duke | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Jim Flanigan | LB | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 0 |
| 81 | Marv Fleming | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 26 | Utah | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | Gale Gillingham | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Jim Grabowski | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 10 |
| 75 | Forrest Gregg | ROT-ROG | 6-3 | 249 | 35 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Doug Hart | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Navarro JC; Texas-Arlington | 14 | 1 |
| 72 | Dick Himes | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | Don Horn | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Washington State; Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Bob Hyland | OT-C | 6-5 | 253 | 23 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| 27 | Claudis James | SE | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Jackson State | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Bob Jeter | RCB | 6-1 | 203 | 31 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Henry Jordan | RDT | 6-3 | 249 | 33 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Ron Kostelnik | LDT | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Cincinnati | 13 | 13 |
| 64 | Jerry Kramer | ROG-K | 6-3 | 246 | 32 | Idaho | 14 | 13 |
| 62 | Bill Lueck | OG | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Arizona | 11 | 0 |
| 39 | Errol Mann | K | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | North Dakota | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Chuck Mercein | FB | 6-3 | 227 | 25 | Yale | 11 | 0 |
| 38 | Mike Mercer | K | 6-0 | 208 | 33 | Minnesota; Florida State; Hardin-Simmons; Northern Arizona | 6 | 0 |
| 66 | Ray Nitschke | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 32 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Francis Peay | ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Arizona; Cameron JC; Missouri | 14 | 1 |
| 22 | Elijah Pitts | FB-HB | 6-1 | 204 | 30 | Philander Smith | 14 | 5 |
| 80 | Bucky Pope | OE | 6-5 | 199 | 27 | Duke; Catawba | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | Dave Robinson | LLB | 6-3 | 243 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | John Rowser | RCB | 6-1 | 183 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 1 |
| 47 | Gordon Rule | CB | 6-2 | 180 | 22 | Dartmouth | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | Bob Skoronski | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 34 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Bart Starr | QB | 6-1 | 197 | 34 | Alabama | 12 | 10 |
| 10 | Billy Stevens | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 2 | 2 |
| 83 | Phil Vandersea | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Massachusetts | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | Travis Williams | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Contra Costa JC; Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Francis Winkler | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Memphis | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | Willie Wood | RS | 5-10 | 189 | 32 | Coalinga JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 61 | 95 | 57 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 66 | 43 | 63 |
| 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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