NFL 1968

1968 NFL season
Regular season
season	September 14, 1968 - December 15, 1968
Play-offs
East Champions	Cleveland Browns
West Champions	Baltimore Colts
Championship game
NFL Champion	Baltimore Colts
NFL season  <1967 1969>

The 1968 NFL season was the 49th season of American football in the National Football League (NFL), which at the time, along with the American Football League (AFL), was the top football league in the United States . The regular season began on September 14, 1968 and ended three months later, on December 15, 1968.

For the 1968 season, the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints changed division in the Eastern Conference.

In the NFL Championship Game , the Baltimore Colts defeated the Cleveland Browns 34-0. The Super Bowl III was held on 12 January 1968th The New York Jets , champions of the American Football League, defeated the Colts 16-7.

Regular season

Western Conference Coastal Division team S. N U SQ P + P- Baltimore Colts 13 1 0 .929 402 144 Los Angeles Rams 10 3 1 .769 312 200 San Francisco 49ers 7th 6th 1 .538 303 310 Atlanta Falcons 2 12 0 .143 170 389 Central Division team S. N U SQ P + P- Minnesota Vikings 8th 6th 0 .571 282 242 Chicago Bears 7th 7th 0 .500 250 333 Green Bay Packers 6th 7th 1 .462 281 227 Detroit Lions 4th 8th 2 .333 207 241

Eastern Conference Capitol Division team S. N U SQ P + P- Dallas Cowboys 12 2 0 .857 431 186 New York Giants 7th 7th 0 .500 294 325 Washington Redskins 5 9 0 .357 249 358 Philadelphia Eagles 2 12 0 .143 202 351 Century Division team S. N U SQ P + P- Cleveland Browns 10 4th 0 .714 394 273 St. Louis Cardinals 9 4th 1 .692 325 289 New Orleans Saints 4th 9 1 .308 246 327 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 11 1 .154 244 397

Legend:

S iege	N iederlagen	U nentschieden	SQ games won (relative)
P + points made	P- opposing points	Playoff participant

Play-offs

The play-offs took place from December 21, 1968 to January 12, 1969. The winners of the four divisions competed against each other. The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers defeated their opponents in the Conference Championship Games and competed against each other on December 31st. The Packers won the game with 21:17 and became champions of the NFL.

	Conference Championship Games					NFL Championship Game
		Cleveland Browns	31
		Dallas Cowboys	20th
							Cleveland Browns	0
							Baltimore Colts	34
		Minnesota Vikings	14th
		Baltimore Colts	24

Super Bowl III

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Super Bowl III took place on January 12, 1969 at the Orange Bowl in Miami , Florida . The NFL champions, the Baltimore Colts team, competed against the AFL champions, the New York Jets . The jets defeated the Colts with 16: 7, to the Super Bowl MVP was Namath selected.

	1	2	3	4th	total
Baltimore Colts	0	0	0	7th	7th
New York Jets	0	7th	6th	3	16

Pro Bowl

The Pro Bowl was held on January 19, 1969 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum between the Eastern and Western Conference. The Western Conference team won 10-7. Quarterback Roman Gabriel and defensive tackle Merlin Olsen , both from the Los Angeles Rams , were elected to the Most Valuable Players of the Pro Bowl .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Super Bowl III. In: nfl.com. National Football League , accessed March 17, 2016 . 
2. ↑ NFL Pro Boiwl History. Retrieved March 17, 2016 .