1968 New Orleans Saints season
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The 1968
New Orleans Saints
season was the team's second as a member of the National Football League
. They improved on their previous season
's output of 3-11, winning four games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
December 15, 1968, Charlie Brown (running back)
was the first New Orleans Saint to return a punt for a touchdown. Brown’s historic run was recognized by NFL Films as one of the top ten runs (# 8) in NFL History. Incredibly, nine of the opposing 11 players get a piece of Brown--but known bring him down. It would be another 21 years before another Saint would return a punt for a touchdown.
1968 NFL season
The 1968 NFL season was the 49th regular season of the National Football League. As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division.The...
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are members of the South Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League ....
season was the team's second as a member of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. They improved on their previous season
1967 New Orleans Saints season
The 1967 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints inaugural season.-Expansion Draft:The Saints made a splash in the expansion draft by selecting Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung. Lombardi was distraught when the Saints selected Hornung in the draft. In later years, Hornung revealed that...
's output of 3-11, winning four games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
December 15, 1968, Charlie Brown (running back)
Charlie Brown (running back)
Charles Robert Brown is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League. He attended the University of Missouri...
was the first New Orleans Saint to return a punt for a touchdown. Brown’s historic run was recognized by NFL Films as one of the top ten runs (# 8) in NFL History. Incredibly, nine of the opposing 11 players get a piece of Brown--but known bring him down. It would be another 21 years before another Saint would return a punt for a touchdown.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 15, 1968 | Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 24-10 |
| 2 | September 22, 1968 | Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,... |
W 37-17 |
| 3 | September 29, 1968 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 21-20 |
| 4 | October 6, 1968 | at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 38-21 |
| 5 | October 13, 1968 | Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960... |
W 20-17 |
| 6 | October 20, 1968 | at Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 16-12 |
| 7 | October 27, 1968 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 31-17 |
| 8 | November 3, 1968 | Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... |
L 17-3 |
| 9 | November 10, 1968 | at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 35-17 |
| 10 | November 17, 1968 | at Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... |
L 29-7 |
| 11 | November 24, 1968 | at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... |
T 20-20 |
| 12 | December 1, 1968 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 23-17 |
| 13 | December 8, 1968 | at Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
L 29-17 |
| 14 | December 15, 1968 | Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC... |
W 24-14 |
Standings
| NFL Century | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Cleveland Browns 1968 Cleveland Browns season The 1968 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 19th season with the National Football League.The Browns made it to the playoffs for the 2nd straight year thanks to a 8-game winning streak and the brillant play of quarterback Bill Nelsen who replaced Frank Ryan as the starting quarterback prior to... |
10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 394 | 273 | L-1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals 1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season The 1968 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 49th season the team was in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 6-7-1, winning nine games. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 20th consecutive season.... |
9 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 325 | 289 | W-4 |
| New Orleans Saints | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 246 | 327 | W-1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers 1968 Pittsburgh Steelers season The 1968 Pittsburgh Steelers continued the team's descent in the NFL's basement, finishing with a league-worst 2–11–1 record and the dismissal of head coach Bill Austin at the end of the season, leading to the eventual hiring of Chuck Noll.... |
2 | 11 | 1 | .154 | 244 | 397 | L-5 |