1968 Houston Oilers season

The 1968 Houston Oilers season was the 9th season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise; The team would play their home games in the Houston Astrodome. The Oilers would become the first team in professional football to play their games in a domed stadium.[1]

1968 Houston Oilers season
Head coachWally Lemm
General managerDon Klosterman
OwnerBud Adams
Home fieldHouston Astrodome
Results
Record7–7
Division place2nd AFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

AFL Draft

Roster
Houston Oilers roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 36 Roy Hopkins

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

  • 88 Ed Carrington
  • 82 Jim LeMoine
 Offensive Linemen
  • 73 Bob Robertson T
  • 68 Richard Stotter G
  • 76 Walt Suggs T
  • 64 Richard Swatland G

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers
  • 68 Richard Stotter

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

  • 15 Wayne Walker K
 Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Season schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 9, 1968 Kansas City Chiefs L 26–21
45,083
2 September 14, 1968 at Miami Dolphins W 24–10
40,067
3 September 21, 1968 at San Diego Chargers L 30–14
46,217
4 September 29, 1968 Oakland Raiders L 24–15
46,098
5 October 6, 1968 Miami Dolphins L 24–7
36,109
6 October 13, 1968 at Boston Patriots W 16–0
32,502
7 October 20, 1968 New York Jets L 20–14
51,710
8 October 27, 1968 at Buffalo Bills W 30–7
34,339
9 November 3, 1968 at Cincinnati Bengals W 27–17
24,012
10 November 10, 1968 at New York Jets L 26–7
60,242
11 November 17, 1968 Denver Broncos W 38–17
36,075
12 November 28, 1968 at Kansas City Chiefs L 24–10
48,493
13 December 7, 1968 Buffalo Bills W 35–6
34,110
14 December 15, 1968 Boston Patriots W 45–17
34,198

Standings
AFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
New York Jets 1130.7867–1419280W4
Houston Oilers 770.5005–3303248W2
Miami Dolphins 581.3854–3–1276355L1
Boston Patriots 4100.2862–6229406L2
Buffalo Bills 1121.0771–6–1199367L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Notable Stats
Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's
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References
  1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 283


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