NFL playoffs, 1968

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

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

Conference championships

Cleveland Browns 31, Dallas Cowboys 20 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 7 3 3 7 20 Browns 3 7 14 7 31 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio Date: December 21, 1968 Game attendance: 81,497 Referee: Pat Haggerty Game information 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

Baltimore Colts 24, Minnesota Vikings 14 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 0 14 14 Colts 0 7 14 3 24 at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland Date: December 22, 1968 Game attendance: 60,238 Game information 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

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

Baltimore Colts 34, Cleveland Browns 0 1 2 3 4 Total Colts 0 17 7 10 34 Browns 0 0 0 0 0 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio Date: December 29, 1968 Game attendance: 78,410 Referee: Bud Brubaker Game information 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

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