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AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Earl McCullouch. AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Claude Humphrey. Passing Leader: John Brodie, 3020 Yds. Rushing Leader: Leroy Kelly, 1239 Yds. Receiving Leader: Roy Jefferson, 1074 Yds. More league info
- 1969 NFL Draft Listing
Checkout the 1969 NFL Draft Results including drafted...
- Elvin Bethea
Draft: Houston Oilers in the 3rd round (77th overall) of the...
- 1969 NFL Draft Listing
NFL Draft History 1968. ESPN Stats and Information utilized numerous resources to compile data for the modern NFL draft (since 1967). High school data is available from 1990-present and...
The NEA NFL Rookie of the Year award was founded in 1964 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and was created by Murray Olderman, the senior sports editor for the NEA. From 1971 through 1976 winners for both the American Football Conference and National Football Conference were chosen, except in 1974.
The 1968 NFL/AFL draft was part of the common draft, in the second year in which the NFL and AFL held a joint draft of college players. It took place at the Belmont Plaza Hotel in New York City on January 30–31, 1968.
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- Division Races
- Postseason
- Coaching Changes
- References
The 1968 NFL/AFL Draft, the first time that both leagues conducted a combined common draft, was held January 30–31, 1968, at New York City's Belmont Plaza Hotel. With the first pick, the Minnesota Vikings selected offensive tackle Ron Yary from the University of Southern California.
The Eastern Conference was split into the Capitol and Century Divisions, and the Western Conference had the Coastal and Central Divisions. In the past, if two teams were tied for the division lead at season's end, a one-game playoff was conducted to break the tie. Starting in 1967, a tiebreaking system was implemented that started with net points i...
Super Bowl
In an upset, the New York Jets, league champion of the 1968 American Football League season, defeated the Baltimore Colts, 16–7, at Orange Bowl in Miami, on January 12, 1969.
Offseason
1. Chicago Bears: George Halas stepped down as head coach and was replaced by Jim Dooley. 2. San Francisco 49ers: Jack Christiansen was replaced by Dick Nolan. 3. Green Bay Packers: Vince Lombardi stepped down as head coach less than one month after winning Super Bowl II and was replaced by his long time assistant, Phil Bengston.
In-season
1. Atlanta Falcons: Norb Hecker was fired after three games and replaced by Norm Van Brocklin.
The NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)NFL Draft History and Past Draft Results by season and team. Listings of the top prospects for the NFL Draft.
Ron Yary, T, USC. 1968-81 Minnesota Vikings. 1982 Los Angeles Rams (15 total playing seasons) 205 career games. All-Pro: 6 years. All-Conference: 8 years. Pro Bowls: 7. Elected to Hall of Fame in 2001.
