The

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. The team plays their home game ...

season was their 39th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 5–7–2, winning only four games. They missed the playoffs for the eleventh straight season.

NFL draft

Notes * Detroit traded DT Roger Brown to

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in exchange for the Rams' first- and third-round selections (24th and 74th) and second-round selection in

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. * Detroit traded its third-round selection (65th) and fourth-round selection in 1969 to

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in exchange for RB David Kopay. * Detroit traded its seventeenth-round selection (445th) to

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in exchange for Minnesota's sixteenth-round selection in 1969.

Roster

Schedule

''Note:'' The October 6 game against Minnesota was originally scheduled to be played in Detroit. The game was switched with the November 17 game due to game 4 of the

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Season summary

Week 5

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Standings

References

Detroit Lions seasons

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