THE COWBOYS GALLERY
PICTURES, BIOS AND STATS OF OUR FAVORITE COWBOY HEROS		 THE HISTORY ARCHIVES
 ANNUAL ROSTERS, STATS, SCHEDULES, SCORES AND DRAFTS
THE  LEGENDS THE  ALL-PROS THE  COWBOYS 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Head Coach : Tom Landry 1968 Home : Cotton Bowl

1968 Team Roster
66 George Andrie AP PB DE
46 Craig Baynam HB
60 Jackie Burkett LB
83 Mike Clark K
37 Phil Clark DB
63 Larry Cole DT
45 Dick Daniels S
77 Ron East DT
52 Dave Edwards LB
27 Mike Gaetcher S
32 Walt Garrison HB
35 Pete Gent WR
34 Cornell Green AP DB
22 Bob Hayes AP WR
24  Dennis Homan E
54  Chuck Howley AP PB LB
23 Mike Johnson DB
55  Lee Roy Jordan AP PB LB
50 D.D. Lewis LB
74 Bob Lilly AP PB DT
72 Tony Liscio T
51 Dave Manders G
80 Dave McDaniels E
17 Don Meredith AP PB QB
14 Craig Morton QB
73 Ralph Neely AP T
76 John Niland PB G
84 Pettis Norman TE
61 Blain Nye T
43 Don Perkins AP PB FB
75 Jethro Pugh AP DT
88 Sonny Randle WR
30 Dan Reeves HB
20 Mel Renfro AP PB DB
19 Lance Rentzel AP WR
13 Jerry Rhome QB
46 Les Shy DB
52 Dave Simmons LB
87 Andy Stynchula DE
71 Willie Townes T
57 Malcolm Walker C
12 Rod Widby AP P
65 John Wilbur G
85 Rayfield Wright T
*starters - all pro - probowl

1968 Draft
1 Dennis Homan E Alabama
2 Dave McDaniels E Miss. Valley State
3 Ed Harmon LB Louisville
4 John Douglas LB Missouri
5 Blain Nye T Stanford
6 D.D. Lewis LB Mississippi State
7 Bob Taucher T Nebraska
8 Frank Brown DT Albany State
9 Ken Kmiec DB Illinois
10 Ben Olison WR Kansas
11 Ron Shotts HB Oklahoma
12 Wilson Whitty LB Boston U.
13 Carter Lord WR Harvard
14 Ron Williams DB West Virginia
15 Tony Lunceford K Auburn
16 Larry Cole DT Hawaii
17 George Nordgren HB Houston

1968 Schedule
Sept.15 DETROIT 59-13
Sept. 22 CLEVELAND 28-7
Sept. 29 at Philadelphia 45-13
Oct. 6 at St Louis  27-10
Oct. 13 PHILADELPHIA 34-14
Oct. 20 at Minnesota 20-7
Oct. 28 GREEN BAY 28-17
Nov. 3 at New Orleans 17-3
Nov. 10 NY GIANTS 27-21
Nov. 17 at Washington 44-24
Nov. 24 at Chicago 34-3
Nov. 28 WASHINGTON 29-20
Dec. 8 PITTSBURGH 28-7
Dec. 15 at NY Giants 28-10
Dec. 21

Conf. Championship Game CLEVELAND

31-20


1968 Capitol Div. Standings
DAL 12 2 0 .857
NYG 7 7 0 .500
WAS 5 9 0 .357
PHI 2 12 0 .143


1968 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 399 217 54.4 3295 8.3 25 18
OPP 428 220 51.4 2838 6.6 20 26
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 480 2091 4.4 22 431 30.8
OPP 369 1195 3.2 2 186 13.3
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]


Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Clark

 17/29 54/54 105
OPP 9/22 21/23 48


Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Baynam 23 590 25.7 40 0
Daniels 9 193 21.5 32 0
Neely 3 17 5.6 9 0
Homan 2 21 10.5 21 0
Hayes 1 20 20.0 20 0
Norman 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 39 843 21.6 40 0
OPP 68 1326 19.5 53 0


Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Widby 59 2415 40.9 7 17 84 0 36.4
OPP 77 3119 40.4 6 22 57 0 33.7





Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
Meredith 309 171 55.3 2500 8.09 21 12 88.3
Morton 85 44 51.8 752 8.85 4 8 68.2
Reeves 4 2 50.0 43 10.75 0 0 101.8
Baynam 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 39.6
DAL 399 217 54.4 3295 8.26 25 18 84.1
OPP 428 220 51.4 2838 6.63 20 26 63.9


Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Perkins 191 836 4.4 28t 4
Baynam 103 438 4.3 22t 5
Garrison 45 271 5.9 22 5
Shy 64 179 2.8 17t 1
Reeves 40 178 4.5 25 4
Meredith 22 123 5.6 16 1
Norman 4 51 12.8 26 0
Morton 4 28 7.0 12 2
Hayes 4 2 0.5 0 0
Gent 2 -5 -2.5 -5 0
DAL 480 2071 4.4 28t 22
OPP 369 1195 3.2 27 2


Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Rentzel 54 1009 18.7 65t 6
Hayes 53 909 17.2 54t 10
Baynam 29 380 13.1 40 3
Norman 18 204 11.3 34 1
Perkins 17 180 11.1 24 2
Gent 16 194 12.1 22 0
Shy 10 105 10.5 41 0
Garrison 7 111 15.9 53 0
Reeves 7 84 12.0 21 1
Homan 4 92 23.0 36t 1
Wright 1 15 15.0 15t 1
Randle 1 12 12.0 12 0
DAL 217 3296 15.2 65t 25
OPP 220 2838 12.9 80t 20


Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Howley 6 115 19.2 58 1
Green 4 73 18.3 55t 1
Gaechter 3 23 7.6 17 0
Jordan 3 17 5.7 7 0
Johnson 3 3 1.0 3 0
Renfro 3 5 1.7 5 0
Daniels 2 25 12.5 17 0
Simmons 1 8 8.0 8 0
Cole 1 5 5.0 5 1
DAL 26 275 10.6 58 3
OPP 18 335 20.5 89 1

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hayes 15 9 312 20.8 90t 2
Rentzel 14 12 93 6.6 27 0
Homan 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Gaechter 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 30 23 405 13.5 90t 2
OPP 25 16 128 5.1 48 0