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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1968 seasonW1968 AFL season↗W1968 NFL season↗

26 teams in AFL, NFL · 183 regular-season games, 1968-09-06 to 1968-12-15 · attendance 8,910,024

◀ 1967 1969 ▶

AFL Championship Game

New York Jets
27–23 over Oakland Raiders

NFL Championship Game

Baltimore Colts
34–0 over Cleveland Browns

<a href="/superbowl/1968">Super Bowl III</a>

New York Jets
16–7 over Baltimore Colts
MVP Joe Namath

MVP

Earl Morrall Baltimore Colts

Offensive Rookie

Earl McCullouch Detroit Lions

Defensive Rookie

Claude Humphrey Atlanta Falcons

Coach of the Year

Don Shula Baltimore Colts

Hall of Fame class of 1968

Alex Wojciechowicz, Art Donovan, Charley Trippi, Cliff Battles, Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch, Marion Motley, Wayne Millner

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
Playoff Bowl	1969-01-05	Dallas Cowboys 17–13 Minnesota Vikings	Orange Bowl
Divisional AFL	1968-12-22	Oakland Raiders 41–6 Kansas City Chiefs	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Eastern Conference	1968-12-21	Cleveland Browns 31–20 Dallas Cowboys	Cleveland Stadium
Western Conference	1968-12-22	Baltimore Colts 24–14 Minnesota Vikings	Memorial Stadium
NFL Championship	1968-12-29	Baltimore Colts 34–0 Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
AFL Championship AFL	1968-12-29	New York Jets 27–23 Oakland Raiders	Shea Stadium
Super Bowl III	1969-01-12	New York Jets 16–7 Baltimore Colts	Miami Orange Bowl

Standings

NFL Central

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Minnesota Vikings	8	6	0	.571	282	242	Bud Grant	Lost Western Conference Championship Game (at Colts) 14–24 Lost NFL Pl
2	Chicago Bears	7	7	0	.500	250	333	Jim Dooley	Did not qualify
3	Green Bay Packers	6	7	1	.464	281	227	Phil Bengtson	Did not qualify
4	Detroit Lions	4	8	2	.357	207	241	Joe Schmidt	Did not qualify

NFL NFL Capitol

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Dallas Cowboys	12	2	0	.857	431	186	Tom Landry	Lost Eastern Conference Championship Game (at Browns) 20–31 Won NFL Pl
2	New York Giants	7	7	0	.500	294	325	Allie Sherman	Did not qualify
3	Washington Redskins	5	9	0	.357	249	358	Otto Graham	Did not qualify
4	Philadelphia Eagles	2	12	0	.143	202	351	Joe Kuharich	Did not qualify

NFL NFL Century

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	394	273	Blanton Collier	Won Eastern Conference Championship Game (vs. Cowboys) 31–20 Lost NFL
2	St. Louis Cardinals	9	4	1	.679	325	289	Charley Winner	Did not qualify
3	New Orleans Saints	4	9	1	.321	246	327	Tom Fears	Did not qualify
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	2	11	1	.179	244	397	Bill Austin	Did not qualify

NFL NFL Coastal

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Baltimore Colts	13	1	0	.929	402	144	Don Shula	Won Western Conference Championship Game (vs. Vikings) 24–14 Won NFL C Champion
2	Los Angeles Rams	10	3	1	.750	312	200	George Allen	Did not qualify
3	San Francisco 49ers	7	6	1	.536	303	310	Dick Nolan	Did not qualify
4	Atlanta Falcons	2	12	0	.143	170	389	Norb Hecker	Did not qualify

AFL Eastern

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	New York Jets	11	3	0	.786	419	280	Weeb Ewbank	Won AFL Championship (vs. Raiders) 27–23 Won Super Bowl III (vs. Colts Champion
2	Houston Oilers	7	7	0	.500	303	248	Wally Lemm	Did not qualify
3	Miami Dolphins	5	8	1	.393	276	355	George Wilson	Did not qualify
4	Boston Patriots	4	10	0	.286	229	406	Mike Holovak	Did not qualify
5	Buffalo Bills	1	12	1	.107	199	367	Joe Collier and Harvey Johnson	Did not qualify

AFL Western

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Oakland Raiders	12	2	0	.857	453	233	John Rauch	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Chiefs) 41–6 Lost AFL Championship (at Je
2	Kansas City Chiefs	12	2	0	.857	371	170	Hank Stram	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 6–41
3	San Diego Chargers	9	5	0	.643	382	310	Sid Gillman	Did not qualify
4	Denver Broncos	5	9	0	.357	275	404	Lou Saban	Did not qualify
5	Cincinnati Bengals	3	11	0	.214	215	329	Paul Brown	Did not qualify

League leaders

NFL

passing yards

1. 3,020John Brodie San Francisco 49ers

passing tds

1. 26Earl Morrall Baltimore Colts

rushing yards

1. 1,239Leroy Kelly Cleveland Browns

rushing tds

1. 16Leroy Kelly Cleveland Browns

receiving yards

1. 1,074Roy Jefferson Pittsburgh Steelers

receiving tds

1. 12Paul Warfield Cleveland Browns

receptions

1. 71Clifton McNeil San Francisco 49ers

interceptions

1. 10Willie Williams New York Giants

sacks

1. 22Deacon Jones Los Angeles Rams

points

1. 120Leroy Kelly Cleveland Browns

AFL

passing yards

1. 3,473John Hadl San Diego Chargers

passing tds

1. 27John Hadl San Diego Chargers

rushing yards

1. 1,023Paul Robinson Cincinnati Bengals

rushing tds

1. 8Paul Robinson Cincinnati Bengals

receiving yards

1. 1,312Lance Alworth (3) San Diego Chargers

receiving tds

1. 11Karl Noonan Miami Dolphins

receiving tds

1. 11Warren Wells Oakland Raiders

receptions

1. 68Lance Alworth San Diego Chargers

interceptions

1. 10Dave Grayson Oakland Raiders

sacks

1. 14Gerry Philbin New York Jets

points

1. 145Jim Turner New York Jets