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1968 Green Bay Packers season

The 1968 Green Bay Packers season was their 50th season overall and the 48th season in the National Football League. Under first-year head coach Phil Bengtson, the team finished with a 6–7–1 record, third place in the four-team Central Division of the Western Conference.

1968 Green Bay Packers season
Vince Lombardi
Phil Bengtson
Lambeau FieldMilwaukee County Stadium
6–7–1
3rd Central
Did not qualify

The 1968 Green Bay Packers season was their 50th season overall and the 48th season in the National Football League. Under first-year head coach Phil Bengtson, the team finished with a 6–7–1 record, third place in the four-team Central Division of the Western Conference.

It was the Packers' first losing season in a decade, and marked a turning point in team history, starting a long period of futility and decline known as the "Gory Years". From 1968 through 1991, Green Bay had only five winning seasons (1969, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989), made the playoffs twice (1972, 1982), with one win (1982).

A few weeks after winning Super Bowl II in January 1968, Vince Lombardi stepped down as head coach but remained as general manager, and longtime defensive coordinator Bengston was promoted. Lombardi left after the season for the Washington Redskins.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
1968 Green Bay Packers draft
1	5	Fred Carr *	Linebacker	Texas at El Paso
1	26	Bill Lueck	Guard	Arizona
3	67	Billy Stevens	Quarterback	Texas at El Paso
3	81	Dick Himes	Tackle	Ohio State
4	92	Brendan McCarthy	Running back	Boston College
4	108	John Robinson	Wide receiver	Tennessee State
5	121	Steve Duich	Tackle	San Diego State
5	137	Francis Winkler	Defensive end	Memphis State
6	164	Walter Chadwick	Running back	Tennessee
7	191	Andy Beath	Defensive back	Duke
8	218	Tom Owens	Guard	Missouri-Rolla
9	245	Bob Apisa	Running back	Michigan State
10	260	Rick Cash	Tackle	Northeast Missouri State
10	272	Ron Worthen	Center	Arkansas State
11	299	Gordon Rule	Defensive back	Dartmouth
12	325	Dennis Porter	Tackle	Northern Michigan
13	353	Frank Geiselman	Wide receiver	Rhode Island
14	380	John Farler	Wide receiver	Colorado
15	407	Ridley Gibson	Defensive back	Baylor
16	434	Al Groves	Tackle	St. Norbert
17	461	Ken Rota	Running back	North Dakota State
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Player	Position	College
Lloyd Carr	Quarterback	Northern Michigan
John Giles	Kicker	Davidson

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
Quarterbacks (QB)
12 Zeke Bratkowski
13 Don Horn
15 Bart Starr
10 Billy Stevens
Running backs (RB)

44 Donny Anderson P 33 Jim Grabowski 30 Chuck Mercein 22 Elijah Pitts 23 Travis Williams Wide receivers (WR)

84 Carroll Dale 86 Boyd Dowler 27 Claudis James 80 Bucky Pope Tight ends (TE)

81 Marv Fleming 83 Phil Vandersea | | Offensive linemen (OL) 57 Ken Bowman C 68 Gale Gillingham G 75 Forrest Gregg T 72 Dick Himes T 50 Bob Hyland C 64 Jerry Kramer G 62 Bill Lueck G 71 Francis Peay G 76 Bob Skoronski T Defensive linemen (DL)

82 Lionel Aldridge DE 78 Bob Brown DT 67 Leo Carroll DE 70 Leon Crenshaw DT 87 Willie Davis DE 74 Henry Jordan DT 77 Ron Kostelnik DT 58 Francis Winkler DE | | Linebackers (LB) 60 Lee Roy Caffey OLB 53 Fred Carr OLB 66 Ray Nitschke MLB 55 Jim Flanigan MLB 89 Dave Robinson OLB Defensive backs (DB)

26 Herb Adderley CB 40 Tom Brown SS 43 Doug Hart CB 21 Bob Jeter CB 45 John Rowser CB/S 47 Gordon Rule CB/S 24 Willie Wood FS Special teams (ST)

14 Errol Mann K 38 Mike Mercer K | | Practice squad -- Andy Beath DB Reserve

73 Jim Weatherwax DT (IR) 36 Ben Wilson FB (IR) Rookies in italics |

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
September 15	Philadelphia Eagles	W 30–13	1–0	Lambeau Field	50,861
September 22	Minnesota Vikings	L 13–26	1–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	49,346
September 29	Detroit Lions	L 17–23	1–2	Lambeau Field	50,861
October 6	at Atlanta Falcons	W 38–7	2–2	Atlanta Stadium	58,850
October 13	Los Angeles Rams	L 14–16	2–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	49,646
October 20	at Detroit Lions	T 14–14	2–3–1	Tiger Stadium	57,302
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}October 28	at Dallas Cowboys	W 28–17	3–3–1	Cotton Bowl	74,604
November 3	Chicago Bears	L 10–13	3–4–1	Lambeau Field	50,861
November 10	at Minnesota Vikings	L 10–14	3–5–1	Metropolitan Stadium	47,644
November 17	New Orleans Saints	W 29–7	4–5–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	49,644
November 24	at Washington Redskins	W 27–7	5–5–1	D.C. Stadium	50,621
December 1	at San Francisco 49ers	L 20–27	5–6–1	Kezar Stadium	47,218
December 7	Baltimore Colts	L 3–16	5–7–1	Lambeau Field	50,861
December 15	at Chicago Bears	W 28–27	6–7–1	Wrigley Field	46,435

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

A win by the Packers was important because a Bears loss means that The Minnesota Vikings clinched the Central Division title and their first ever playoff berth.

NFL Central
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.

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