The 1968 Detroit Lions season was their 39th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 5–7–2, winning only four games.1968 Detroit Lions They missed the playoffs for the eleventh straight season.
NFL draft
Notes
Detroit traded DT Roger Brown to Los Angeles in exchange for the Rams' first- and third-round selections (24th and 74th) and second-round selection in 1969. Detroit traded its third-round selection (65th) and fourth-round selection in 1969 to San Francisco in exchange for RB David Kopay. Detroit traded its seventeenth-round selection (445th) to Minnesota in exchange for Minnesota's sixteenth-round selection in 1969.
Personnel Staff / Coaches
Final roster 1968 Detroit Lions roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Dave Kopay
Wide receivers
Tight ends Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen John Baker DE Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams Reserve lists
Taxi squad
Note: rookies in italics
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 15 at Dallas Cowboys L 13–59 0–1 Cotton Bowl 61,382 2 September 22 Chicago Bears W 42–0 1–1 Tiger Stadium 50,688 3 September 29 at Green Bay Packers W 23–17 2–1 Lambeau Field 50,681 4 October 6 at Minnesota Vikings L 10–24 2–2 Metropolitan Stadium 44,289 5 October 13 at Chicago Bears W 28–10 3–2 Wrigley Field 46,996 6 October 20 Green Bay Packers T 14–14 3–2–1 Tiger Stadium 57,302 7 October 27 San Francisco 49ers L 7–14 3–3–1 Tiger Stadium 53,555 8 November 3 at Los Angeles Rams L 7–10 3–4–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 77,982 9 November 10 Baltimore Colts L 10–27 3–5–1 Tiger Stadium 55,170 10 November 17 Minnesota Vikings L 6–13 3–6–1 Tiger Stadium 46,654 11 November 24 New Orleans Saints T 20–20 3–6–2 Tiger Stadium 46,152 12 November 28 Philadelphia Eagles L 0–12 3–7–2 Tiger Stadium 47,909 13 December 8 at Atlanta Falcons W 24–7 4–7–2 Atlanta Stadium 49,437 14 December 15 at Washington Redskins L 3–14 4–8–2 D.C. Stadium 50,123 Note: The October 6 game against Minnesota was originally scheduled to be played in Detroit. The game was switched with the November 17 game due to game 4 of the World Series.
Season summary
Week 5
Pro-Football-Reference.com
Standings
References
External links 1968 Detroit Lions at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1968 Detroit Lions at jt-sw.com 1968 Detroit Lions at The Football Database (FootballDB.com)