NFL playoffs, 1968

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

Tournament bracket

Round4
RD1 = Conference championship
RD2 = NFL Championship
December 22, 1968 - Memorial Stadium|Minnesota Vikings|14|Baltimore Colts|24
December 21, 1968 - Cleveland Stadium|Dallas Cowboys|20|Cleveland Browns|31
December 29, 1968 - Cleveland Stadium|Baltimore Colts|34|Cleveland Browns|0

Conference championships

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cowboys
R1=7
R2=3
R3=3
R4=7
RT=20
Home=Browns
H1=3
H2=7
H3=14
H4=7
HT=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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Vikings
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=14
RT=14
Home=Colts
H1=0
H2=7
H3=14
H4=3
HT=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

NFL Championship Game

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Colts
R1=0
R2=17
R3=7
R4=10
RT=34
Home=Browns
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0
HT=0

Baltimore Colts 34, Cleveland Browns 0

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

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

References