1968_Atlanta_Falcons_season

1968 Atlanta Falcons season
1968 Atlanta Falcons season
Owner	Rankin M. Smith Sr.
General manager	Frank E. Wall
Head coach	Norb Hecker (0–3); Norm Van Brocklin (2–9)
Home field	Atlanta Stadium
Results
Record	2–12
Division place	4th Coastal
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	LB Tommy Nobis
	← 1967; Falcons seasons; 1969 →;

1968 Atlanta Falcons season

NFL team season

The 1968 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's third year in the National Football League (NFL). After going an NFL-worst 1-12-1 last year, the Falcons slightly improved on that record by going 2-12, but they still finished tied for the worst record in the whole NFL and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

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"1968 Atlanta Falcons draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 24, 2014.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1968 Atlanta Falcons draft
1	3	Claude Humphrey * ^†	Defensive end	Tennessee State
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career


	Quarterbacks 17 Bob Berry 11 Randy Johnson 18 Bruce Lemmerman Running backs 38 Joe Auer 32 Charlie Bryant 33 Cannonball Butler FB 30 Doug Goodwin 35 Billy Harris 31 Dwight Lee 37 Perry Lee Dunn 5 Harmon Wages Wide receivers 25 Rick Eber 85 Paul Flatley 80 Bob Long 44 Jerry Simmons 45 John Wright Tight ends 84 Mike Donohoe 28 Ray Ogden		Offensive linemen 56 Joe Cerne C 65 Steve Duich G 67 Dan Grimm G 73 Errol Linden T 61 Bill Sandeman T 66 Jim Simon G 53 Phil Sobocinski C 72 Don Talbert T 64 Randy Winkler G Defensive linemen 77 Rick Cash DE 79 Carlton Dabney DT 76 Jim Garcia DE 87 Claude Humphrey DE 78 Jerry Shay DT 71 Joe Szczecko DT		Linebackers 57 Dick Absher 52 Ron Acks 54 Grady Allen 50 Greg Brezina 55 Ralph Heck 60 Tommy Nobis Defensive backs 49 Jimmy Burson CB 22 Lee Calland CB 43 Mike Freeman 24 Floyd Hudlow 27 Nick Rassas S 36 Ken Reaves CB 42 Philip Spiller 46 Larry Suchy Special teams 3 Bob Etter K 26 Billy Lothridge P		Reserve lists 34 Junior Coffey RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 20 Bob Riggle S (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Rookies in italics

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 14	at Minnesota Vikings	L 7–47	0–1	Metropolitan Stadium	45,563
2	September 22	Baltimore Colts	L 20–28	0–2	Atlanta Stadium	50,428
3	September 29	at San Francisco 49ers	L 13–28	0–3	Kezar Stadium	27,471
4	October 6	Green Bay Packers	L 7–38	0–4	Atlanta Stadium	58,850
5	October 13	New York Giants	W 24–21	1–4	Atlanta Stadium	49,962
6	October 20	at Los Angeles Rams	L 14–27	1–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	54,443
7	October 27	at Cleveland Browns	L 7–30	1–6	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	67,723
8	November 3	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 21–41	1–7	Atlanta Stadium	47,727
9	November 10	Los Angeles Rams	L 10–17	1–8	Atlanta Stadium	53,979
10	November 17	at Chicago Bears	W 16–13	2–8	Wrigley Field	44,214
11	November 24	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 12–17	2–9	Busch Memorial Stadium	43,246
12	December 1	at Baltimore Colts	L 0–44	2–10	Memorial Stadium	60,238
13	December 8	Detroit Lions	L 7–24	2–11	Atlanta Stadium	49,437
14	December 15	San Francisco 49ers	L 12–14	2–12	Atlanta Stadium	44,977
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

NFL Coastal
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts	13	1	0	.929	6–0	10–0	402	144	W8
Los Angeles Rams	10	3	1	.769	3–2–1	6–3–1	312	200	L2
San Francisco 49ers	7	6	1	.538	2–3–1	4–5–1	303	310	W1
Atlanta Falcons	2	12	0	.143	0–6	1–9	170	389	L4

1968_Atlanta_Falcons_season

1968 Atlanta Falcons season

Offseason

NFL Draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

References

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