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1968 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in NFL Capitol Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (12-2-0)

Points For: 431 (30.8/g) 1st of 16

Points Against: 186 (13.3/g) 2nd of 16

Expected W-L: 12.3-1.7

SRS: 13.84 (2nd of 16), SOS: -3.66

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 20-31 vs. Cleveland Browns

Other Notable Asst.: Raymond Berry (Receivers), Jim Myers (Offensive Line) and Ernie Stautner (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	431	5117	913	5.6	33	15	297	217	399	3026	25	18	7.0	143	480	2091	22	4.4	135	77	751	19
Opp. Stats	186	3633	848	4.3	41	15	202	220	428	2438	20	26	5.1	123	369	1195	2	3.2	61	54	657	18
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			7	11	1		5	1	3	7	3		4	2	1	3
Lg Rank Defense	2	4			4	6	2		14	11	10	3	6		1	1	1	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15		boxscore	W		1-0		Detroit Lions	59	13	29	542	381	161		15	257	189	68	4
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		2-0		Cleveland Browns	28	7	24	346	143	203	1	12	250	163	87	2
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	W		3-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	45	13	21	418	281	137	2	14	263	223	40	7
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	W		4-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	27	10	22	297	103	194	1	14	251	173	78	2
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		5-0		Philadelphia Eagles	34	14	27	414	263	151	1	11	164	72	92	5
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		6-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	20	7	9	177	93	84	2	16	274	144	130	3
7	Mon	October 28		boxscore	L		6-1		Green Bay Packers	17	28	20	365	206	159	4	20	322	217	105	1
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	W		7-1	@	New Orleans Saints	17	3	22	405	220	185	7	13	243	184	59	4
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	L		7-2		New York Giants	21	27	24	349	250	99	5	13	293	181	112	1
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		8-2	@	Washington Redskins	44	24	24	515	295	220	2	13	289	207	82	2
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	W		9-2	@	Chicago Bears	34	3	26	343	230	113	2	9	147	80	67	3
12	Thu	November 28		boxscore	W		10-2		Washington Redskins	29	20	17	285	138	147	1	18	248	220	28	5
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		11-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	28	7	11	341	232	109	2	19	313	120	193	1
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	W		12-2	@	New York Giants	28	10	21	320	191	129	3	15	319	265	54	1
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 21		boxscore	L		12-3	@	Cleveland Browns	20	31	13	286	200	86	4	12	280	178	102	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Don Meredith	30	QB	13	13	11-2-0	171	309	55.3	2500	21	6.8	12	3.9	65	8.1	7.7	14.6	192.3	88.4	30	230	8.85	6.70	6.3	1	1	PB
2	Craig Morton	25	QB	13	1	1-0-0	44	85	51.8	752	4	4.7	6	7.1	53	8.8	6.6	17.1	57.8	68.4	4	39	4.49	8.01	5.9	0	0
3	Dan Reeves	24	RB	4	4		2	4	50.0	43	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	10.8	10.8	21.5	10.8	88.5	0	0	0.00	10.75	10.8	0	0
4	Craig Baynham	24	RB	14	8		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	217	399	54.4	3026	25	6.3	18	4.5	65	8.3	7.5	15.2	216.1	83.9	34	269	7.85	6.99	6.27	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Craig Morton	25	QB	1	0		9	23	39.1	163	1	4.3	1	4.3	48	7.1	6.0	18.1	163.0	60.6	0	0	0.00	7.09	6.0	0	0
2	Don Meredith	30	QB	1	1	0-1-0	3	9	33.3	42	0	0.0	3	33.3	16	4.7	-10.3	14.0	42.0	9.7	1	5	10.00	3.70	-9.8	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	12	32	37.5	200	1	3.1	4	12.5	48	6.4	1.4	17.1	200.0	30.9	1	5	3.03	6.06	1.21	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Don Perkins	30	RB	14	14	191	836	4	28	4.4	59.7	13.6	17	180	10.6	2	24	1.2	12.9	208	4.9	1016	6	3	PB
2	Lance Rentzel	25	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	54	1009	18.7	6	65	3.9	72.1	54	18.7	1009	6	2
3	Bob Hayes	26	LE	14	14	4	2	0	6	0.5	0.1	0.3	53	909	17.2	10	54	3.8	64.9	57	16.0	911	10	2	AP-1
4	Craig Baynham	24	RB	14	8	103	438	5	22	4.3	31.3	7.4	29	380	13.1	3	40	2.1	27.1	132	6.2	818	8	8
5	Walt Garrison	24	RB	14	0	45	271	5	22	6.0	19.4	3.2	7	111	15.9	0	53	0.5	7.9	52	7.3	382	5	0
6	Les Shy	24	RB	14	2	64	179	1	17	2.8	12.8	4.6	10	105	10.5	0	41	0.7	7.5	74	3.8	284	1	0
7	Dan Reeves	24	RB	4	4	40	178	4	25	4.5	44.5	10.0	7	84	12.0	1	21	1.8	21.0	47	5.6	262	5	0
8	Pettis Norman	29	TE	13	13	4	51	0	26	12.8	3.9	0.3	18	204	11.3	1	34	1.4	15.7	22	11.6	255	1	1
9	Pete Gent	26	FL	10	0	2	-5	0		-2.5	-0.5	0.2	16	194	12.1	0	22	1.6	19.4	18	10.5	189	0	0
10	Don Meredith	30	QB	13	13	22	123	1	16	5.6	9.5	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	5.6	123	1	2	PB
11	Dennis Homan	22	WR	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	92	23.0	1	36	0.4	9.2	4	23.0	92	1	0
12	Craig Morton	25	QB	13	1	4	28	2	12	7.0	2.2	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	7.0	28	2	1
13	Sonny Randle	32	WR	6	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.2	2.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
14	Rayfield Wright	23	TE	14	1	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-0.7	0.1	1	15	15.0	1	15	0.1	1.1	2	2.5	5	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	480	2091	22	28	4.4	149.4	34.3	217	3295	15.2	25	65	15.5	235.4	697	7.7	5386	47	19

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bob Hayes	26	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	83	16.6	0	29	5.0	83.0	5	16.6	83	0	0
2	Lance Rentzel	25	FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	75	25.0	0	48	3.0	75.0	3	25.0	75	0	0
3	Don Perkins	30	RB	1	1	14	51	0	15	3.6	51.0	14.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	3.6	51	0	0
4	Craig Baynham	24	RB	1	1	10	7	0	12	0.7	7.0	10.0	1	34	34.0	0	34	1.0	34.0	11	3.7	41	0	1
5	Walt Garrison	24	RB	1	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	2	8	4.0	1	6	2.0	8.0	3	4.7	14	1	0
6	Craig Morton	25	QB	1	0	2	14	0	11	7.0	14.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	7.0	14	0	0
7	Don Meredith	30	QB	1	1	1	5	0	5	5.0	5.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
8	Pettis Norman	29	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0	5.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
9	Les Shy	24	RB	1	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	3.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.5	3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	30	86	0	15	2.9	86.0	30.0	12	205	17.1	1	48	12.0	205.0	42	6.9	291	1	1

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	George Andrie	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	10.0	0	PB
2	Dave Edwards	29	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
3	Mike Gaechter	28	SS	14	14	3	23	0	17	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
4	Cornell Green	28	LCB	14	14	4	74	1	55	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
5	Bob Hayes	26	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
6	Chuck Howley	32	LLB	14	14	6	115	1	58	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Lee Roy Jordan	27	MLB	14	14	3	17	0	7	0	2	9	0	2.0	0	PB
8	Bob Lilly	29	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
9	Tony Liscio	28	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	John Niland	24	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Don Perkins	30	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Mel Renfro	27	FS	14	14	3	5	0	5	0	1	6	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Lance Rentzel	25	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Malcolm Walker	25	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	John Wilbur	25	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Don Meredith	30	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
17	Pettis Norman	29	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jethro Pugh	24	LDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	1	AP-2
19	Larry Cole	22	LDE	14	10	1	5	1	5	0	2	21	1	3.5	0	AP DRoY-2
20	Craig Baynham	24	RB	14	8	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Dick Daniels	24	FS	14	7	2	25	0	17	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
22	Mike Johnson	25	RCB	14	7	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Willie Townes	25	LDE	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	1	1.0	0
24	Ron East	25	DT	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
25	Craig Morton	25	QB	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Phil Clark	23	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Walt Garrison	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	D.D. Lewis	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
29	Dave Simmons	25	LB	13	0	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	275	3	58	21	21	63	2	51.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Craig Baynham	24	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Dave Edwards	29	RLB	1	1	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Chuck Howley	32	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	44	1	1.0	0	0
4	Don Meredith	30	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Ron East	25	DT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	6	0	6	0	1	2	44	1	2.0	0	0

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