# 1968 Detroit Lions season

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. They missed the playoffs for the eleventh straight season.

## NFL Draft

1968 Detroit Lions draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 1 | 11 | Greg Landry * | QB | Massachusetts | |
| 1 | 24 | Earl McCullouch | WR | USC | from Los Angeles |
| 2 | 37 | Jerry DePoyster | K | Wyoming | |
| 3 | 74 | Charlie Sanders * $^†$ | TE | Minnesota | from Los Angeles |
| 4 | 93 | Ed Mooney | LB | Texas Tech | |
| 5 | 120 | Phil Odle | WR | BYU | |
| 6 | 148 | Mike Spitzer | DE | San Jose State | |
| 8 | 202 | Terry Miller | LB | Illinois | |
| 9 | 229 | Greg Barton | QB | Tulsa | |
| 10 | 256 | Granville Liggins | LB | Oklahoma | |
| 11 | 283 | Dwight Little | G | Kentucky | |
| 12 | 310 | Ed Caruthers | DB | Arizona | |
| 13 | 337 | Chuck Bailey | OT | Cal State-Humboldt | |
| 14 | 364 | Richie Davis | WR | Upsala | |
| 15 | 391 | Jim Oliver | RB | Colorado State | |
| 16 | 418 | Bob Rokita | DE | Arizona State | |
| Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||
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.

## 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

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Lions | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Bears | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

## Standings

NFL Central :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 4–2 | 6–4 | 282 | 242 | W2 |
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 250 | 333 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 6 | 7 | 1 | .462 | 1–4–1 | 2–7–1 | 281 | 227 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 4 | 8 | 2 | .333 | 3–2–1 | 4–5–1 | 207 | 241 | L1 |
    Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.