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1968 NFL season

1968 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration September 14 – December 15, 1968
Playoffs
East Champions Cleveland Browns
West Champions Baltimore Colts
Championship Game
Champions Baltimore Colts

The 1968 NFL season was the 49th regular season of the National Football League. As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division.

The season ended when the Baltimore Colts defeated the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship Game, only to be upset by the American Football League's New York Jets in Super Bowl III.

Contents

  • Division races 1
  • Final standings 2
  • Playoffs 3
  • Awards 4
  • See also 5
  • References 6

Division races

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 in head-to-head competition, followed by which team that had less recently been in a title game.[1] As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the won-lost record was the same.

Week Capitol Century Coastal Central
1 Dallas* 1–0–0 Cleveland 1–0–0 Baltimore* 1–0–0 Minnesota* 1–0–0
2 Dallas* 2–0–0 Cleveland* 1–1–0 Baltimore* 2–0–0 Minnesota* 2–0–0
3 Dallas* 3–0–0 Cleveland* 1–2–0 Baltimore* 3–0–0 Minnesota* 2–1–0
4 Dallas 4–0–0 Cleveland 2–2–0 Baltimore* 4–0–0 Minnesota 3–1–0
5 Dallas 5–0–0 St. Louis* 2–3–0 Baltimore* 5–0–0 Minnesota* 3–2–0
6 Dallas 6–0–0 St. Louis* 3–3–0 Los Angeles 6–0–0 Detroit 3–2–1
7 Dallas 6–1–0 St. Louis* 4–3–0 Baltimore* 6–1–0 Detroit* 3–3–1
8 Dallas 7–1–0 St. Louis* 5–3–0 Baltimore* 7–1–0 Chicago* 4–4–0
9 Dallas 7–2–0 Cleveland 6–3–0 Baltimore* 8–1–0 Chicago* 5–4–0
10 Dallas 8–2–0 Cleveland 7–3–0 Baltimore 9–1–0 Minnesota 6–4–0
11 Dallas 9–2–0 Cleveland 8–3–0 Baltimore 10–1–0 Minnesota 6–5–0
12 Dallas 10–2–0 Cleveland 9–3–0 Baltimore 11–1–0 Chicago* 6–6–0
13 Dallas 11–2–0 Cleveland 10–3–0 Baltimore 12–1–0 Chicago* 7–6–0
14 Dallas 12–2–0 Cleveland 10–4–0 Baltimore 13–1–0 Minnesota 8–6–0
  • indicates more than one team with record

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Note: Prior to 1972, the NFL did not include tie games when calculating a team's winning percentage in the official standings

Eastern Conference
Capitol Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Dallas Cowboys 12 2 0 .857 431 186
New York Giants 7 7 0 .500 294 325
Washington Redskins 5 9 0 .357 249 358
Philadelphia Eagles 2 12 0 .143 202 351
Century Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Cleveland Browns 10 4 0 .714 394 273
St. Louis Cardinals 9 4 1 .692 325 289
New Orleans Saints 4 9 1 .308 246 327
Pittsburgh Steelers 2 11 1 .154 244 397
Western Conference
Coastal Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Baltimore Colts 13 1 0 .929 402 144
Los Angeles Rams 10 3 1 .769 312 200
San Francisco 49ers 7 6 1 .538 303 310
Atlanta Falcons 2 12 0 .143 170 389
Central Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Minnesota Vikings 8 6 0 .571 282 242
Chicago Bears 7 7 0 .500 250 333
Green Bay Packers 6 7 1 .462 281 227
Detroit Lions 4 8 2 .333 207 241

Playoffs

Conference Championship Games NFL Championship Game
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  

Awards

Most Valuable Player Earl Morrall, Quarterback, Baltimore Colts
Coach of the Year Don Shula, Baltimore Colts
Offensive Rookie of the Year Earl McCullouch, Wide receiver, Detroit
Defensive Rookie of the Year Claude Humphrey, Defensive End, Atlanta

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.pfraforum.org/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=2&t=305
  • The NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
  • NFL History 1961–1970 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
  • Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)
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