NFL playoffs, 1968

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The NFL playoffs following the 1968 NFL season determined who would represent the league in Super Bowl III.

Contents 1 Tournament bracket 2 Conference championships 3 NFL Championship Game 4 References

[edit] Tournament bracket

	Conference championship				NFL Championship
	December 22, 1968 - Memorial Stadium
	Minnesota Vikings	14
	Baltimore Colts	24
					December 29, 1968 - Cleveland Stadium
					Baltimore Colts	34
					Cleveland Browns	0
	December 21, 1968 - Cleveland Stadium
	Dallas Cowboys	20
	Cleveland Browns	31

[edit] Conference championships

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	3	3	7	20
Browns	3	7	14	7	31

Cleveland Browns 31, Dallas Cowboys 20

December 21, 1968 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Scoring

• CLE - field goal Cockroft 38 CLE 3-0
• DAL - Howley 44 fumble return (Clark kick) DAL 7-3
• DAL - field goal Clark 16 DAL 10-3
• CLE - Kelly 45 pass from Nelson run (Cockroft kick) 10-10
• CLE - Lindsey 27 interception return (Cockroft kick) CLE 17-10
• CLE - Kelly 35 run (Cockroft kick) CLE 24-10
• DAL - field goal Clark 47 CLE 24-13
• CLE - Green 2 run (Cockroft kick) CLE 31-13
• DAL - Garrison 2 pass from Morton (Clark kick) CLE 31-20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	0	14	14
Colts	0	7	14	3	24

Baltimore Colts 24, Minnesota Vikings 14

December 22, 1968 at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

Scoring

• BAL - Mitchell 3 pass from Morrall (Michaels kick) BAL 7-0
• BAL - Mackey 49 pass from Morrall (Michaels kick) BAL 14-0
• BAL - Curtis 60 fumble return (Michaels kick) BAL 21-0
• MIN - Martin 1 pass from Kapp (Cox kick) BAL 21-7
• BAL - field goal Michaels 33 BAL 24-7
• MIN - Brown 7 pass from Kapp (Cox kick) BAL 24-14

[edit] NFL Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	0	17	7	10	34
Browns	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Colts 34, Cleveland Browns 0

December 29, 1968 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

For more details on this topic, see NFL Championship Game, 1968.

Scoring

• BAL - field goal Michaels 28 BAL 3-0
• BAL - Matte 1 run (Michaels kick) BAL 10-0
• BAL - Matte 12 run (Michaels kick) BAL 17-0
• BAL - Matte 2 run (Michaels kick) BAL 24-0
• BAL - field goal Michaels 10 BAL 27-0
• BAL - Brown 4 run (Michaels kick) BAL 34-0

[edit] References

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