1968 AFL Championship * Championship * 07-02-2008 Cotton Bowl Temp:43 Wind:15-25 Line:Even MVP:Maynard 1968 Kansas City (0-1) 14 0 7 0 21 1968 New York (1-0) 0 14 10 0 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 3:58 Kansas City TD Dawson 6 pass to Arbanas (Stenerud) (10-84-4:07) 7-0 1 2:05 Kansas City TD Dawson 41 pass to Taylor (Stenerud) (1-41-0:17) 14-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 3:34 New York TD Namath 14 pass to Lammons (Turner,J) (6-73-3:33) 14-7 2 0:26 New York TD Namath 49 pass to Maynard (Turner,J) (7-70-1:35) 14-14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 9:54 New York TD Namath 61 pass to Maynard (Turner,J) (2-61-0:29) 14-21 3 5:53 Kansas City TD Garrett 1 run (Stenerud) (9-77-3:52) 21-21 3 0:01 New York FG Turner 19 (7-59-5:42) 21-24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KC NYA First Downs 19 19 Rushes 41-162 21-31 Passes 25-9-174 30-18-433 Sacked 1-6 4-33 Fumble 0 1 Penalties 4-32 5-51 Turnovers 0 3 Time 31:03 28:57 Third Down 4-13 4-10 Fourth Down 0-4 0-0 Net Offense 330 431 Injuries: none * Added to injury list after game. < Kansas City > < New York > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Dawson 25 9 174 1 3 0 2 87.8 Namath 30 18 433 4 7 3 3 97.9 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Holmes 21 90 4.3 6 2 18 0 Snell 9 14 1.6 1 0 6 0 Garrett 15 37 2.5 2 0 8 1 Boozer 8 12 1.5 0 0 5 0 Dawson 4 26 6.5 0 0 7 0 Joe 2 8 4.0 0 0 4 0 Hayes 1 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Namath 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 0 0 41 162 4.0 8 2 18 1 21 31 1.5 1 0 6 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Garrett 4 0 42 10.5 4 0 15 0 Maynard 7 0 206 29.4 6 4 61 2 Taylor,O 2 1 58 29.0 2 1 41 1 Sauer 5 0 134 26.8 5 3 38 0 Arbanas 2 0 37 18.5 2 1 31 1 Lammons 3 0 47 15.7 3 0 20 1 Pitts 1 0 37 37.0 1 1 37 0 Snell 1 0 8 8.0 1 0 8 0 Turner 1 0 21 21.0 1 0 21 0 Mathis,B 1 0 17 17.0 1 0 17 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Namath 1 0 0 Schmitt 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Smith,N 2 42 21.0 25 0 Christy 1 27 27.0 27 0 Coan 2 26 13.0 16 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Smith,N 2 0 24 12.0 14 0 Christy 3 0 26 8.7 14 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Stenerud 0-0 0 3-3 3 Turner 1-1 19 3-3 6 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Wilson,J 4 189 47.3 0 1 0 50 Johnson,C 4 153 38.3 1 1 0 46 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Thomas,E 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Grantham 8 0 1 3 0 0 0-0 Mays 5 3 0 1 0 0 0-0 Atkinson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Robinson,J 5 0 2 0 0 0 1-10 Hudson 6 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Sellers 4 0 0 0 0 0 2-12 Sample 5 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 4 1 0 1 0 0 0-0 Rochester 5 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 Lanier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Philbin 4 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Lothamer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Biggs 4 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Kearney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Beverly 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Buchanan 2 0 0 1 2 1 0-0 Elliot 3 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Bell,B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Niedert 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lynch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Baird 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Belser 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thompson,S 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mitchell,W 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Gordon,C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hurston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Baker,R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Abell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Schmitt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ladd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play ----------------------------------------- --- -------------------- ----------------------- Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 15:00 NYA kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 14:18 NYA Namath -3/F Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Run-Snell 2 13 own17 14:11 NYA Namath-Maynard X Bas B-Fly/PBK 4-2 tM Pass Dbl-Sauer 3 13 own17 13:34 NYA Namath-Maynard 12 3W1 M-Slant/sec 4-1 tM Pass Dbl-Sauer 4 1 own29 13:30 NYA Johnson 42,Smith 10 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own39 12:50 KC Holmes 5 2T2 Trap-R 4-3 Z Key-Holmes 2 5 own44 12:07 KC Holmes -1 2T2 Trap-R/RB 4-3 M Basic/C 3 6 own43 11:55 NYA Pen20(Atkinson) 2T2 M-Hitch/RB 4-3 M Pass/Lo 1 10 opp37 11:44 KC Dawson-Pitts X 2T2 L-Out/RB 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 2 10 opp37 11:05 KC Holmes 3 3W2 Pitch-R 4-3 M Pass/C 3 7 opp34 11:00 KC Dawson-Taylor X 3W2 S-Slant 4-1 M Pass Dbl-Taylor,O/L 4 7 opp34 10:52 KC Dawson-Garrett X 3W2 M-Hitch/RB 3-1 Z Pass/Lo 1 10 own34 10:08 NYA Namath-Lammons 20 Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 tM Key-Snell 1 10 opp46 9:28 NYA Boozer 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic 2 8 opp44 8:47 NYA Boozer 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Basic 3 5 opp41 8:11 NYA Sk-Mays -6 Bas S-Slant/PBK/sec 4-3 M Run-Snell 4 11 opp47 8:05 NYA Johnson 31,Smith 0 --- Pt-side --- Block 1 10 own16 7:46 KC Dawson-Pitts 37 Bas L-Out 4-3 M Basic/C 1 10 opp47 7:04 KC Garrett 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz1/C 2 6 opp43 6:22 KC Holmes 15 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Holmes/C 1 10 opp28 5:42 KC Holmes 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 2 7 opp25 5:02 KC Dawson 6 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic/Lo 3 1 opp19 5:02 KC Pen5(Pitts) Bas S-Hitch 5-3 sZ Stuff 3 6 opp24 4:18 KC Dawson-Garrett 11 Bas S-Slant/RB 4-2 M Pass Dbl-Taylor,O/C 1 10 opp13 4:09 KC Garrett 1/Pen6(Ellio Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic/C 1 6 opp6 4:03 KC Holmes 0 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Run 2 6 opp6 3:58 KC Dawson-Arbanas 6/TD Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Pass/Bz3/C 7-0 KO 3:58 NYA kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 3:50 NYA Namath-Maynard X Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 dZ Basic 2 10 own20 3:11 NYA Snell 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Run-Snell 3 9 own21 2:32 NYA Namath-Sauer 18 Bas M-Isolate 4-2 tM Basic 1 10 own39 2:22 NYA Namath-INT-Sellers Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 3-4 dZ Basic 1 10 opp41 2:05 KC Dawson-Taylor 41/TD Bas B-Post 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 14-0 KO 2:05 NYA kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 1:18 NYA Namath-Sauer 37 Bas M-Slant 4-3 dZ Basic 1 10 opp43 1:11 NYA Namath-Lammons X Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 tM Basic 2 10 opp43 1:05 NYA Pen15(Walton) Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 lM Basic 2 25 own42 0:58 NYA Namath-Maynard X Bas M-Seam/PBK 3-4 dZ Basic/Li/A 3 25 own42 0:51 NYA Namath-Maynard X Bas M-Seam 3-1 dZ Basic 4 25 own42 0:51 NYA Pen5(Lammons) --- Pt-deep --- Block 4 30 own37 0:46 NYA Johnson 34,Smith 14 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own43 0:39 KC Hayes 9 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic/C 2 1 opp48 0:00 KC Holmes 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic/Lo/C 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp45 14:22 KC Holmes -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic/Lo/C 2 11 opp46 14:13 KC Dawson-Holmes X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Pass/Lo/C 3 11 opp46 13:31 KC Holmes 9 3W2 Trap-L/RB 3-1 M Pass/Lo/C 4 2 opp37 13:25 KC Garrett -2 3W2 Stretch-L/RB 4-3 sZ Key-Garrett/Lo/C 1 10 own39 12:41 NYA Namath-Maynard 26 Bas M-Slant 4-3 dZ Basic 1 10 opp35 11:57 NYA Snell 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run-Snell 2 8 opp33 11:12 NYA Snell 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run-Snell 3 6 opp31 10:29 NYA Snell 6 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 tM Pass Dbl-Maynard 1 10 opp25 10:18 NYA Namath-INT-Sellers Bas M-Slant 4-2 lM Pass Dbl-Lammons 1 10 own16 10:12 KC Garrett 4 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Basic/Lo/C 2 6 own20 9:30 KC Garrett 8 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic/Lo/C 1 10 own28 8:49 KC Garrett 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic/Lr/C 2 7 own31 8:07 KC Holmes 8 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic/Lo/C 1 10 own39 7:25 KC Garrett -2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 12 own37 7:21 KC Dawson-Taylor X Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Lo 3 12 own37 7:12 KC Dawson-Garrett X Bas M-Out 4-1 M Pass/Bz1/Lo 4 12 own37 7:07 KC Wilson 42,Christy 6 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 6:27 NYA Namath-Sauer 16 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 dZ Basic 1 10 own43 5:49 NYA Boozer 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own48 5:11 NYA Sk-Mays -5 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Dbl-Snell 3 10 own43 4:30 NYA Namath-Mathis 17 3W1 M-Slant 3-2 tM Pass Dbl-Sauer 1 10 opp40 3:46 NYA Namath-Maynard 26 Bas M-Slant 3-4 M Run-Snell 1 10 opp14 3:34 NYA Namath-Lammons 14/TD Bas M-Slant 4-3 tM Basic 14-7 KO 3:34 KC kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 2:54 KC Garrett 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 2 5 own25 2:46 KC Garrett 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic/C 3 2 own28 2:07 KC Garrett -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic/C 4 3 own27 2:01 KC Wilson 49,Christy 6 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 2:01 NYA Pen5(Mays) Bas M-Slant 4-3 dZ Pass 1 5 own35 2:00 NYA Namath-Sauer X Bas M-Slant 4-3 dZ Basic 2 5 own35 1:24 NYA Sk-Mays -12 Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 dZ Basic/Li/A 3 17 own23 1:12 KC Pen17(Mitchell) 3W1 M-Hitch 4-3 dZ Prevent 1 10 own40 0:59 NYA Sk-Brown -10 Bas M-Seam 4-1 dZ Basic 2 20 own30 0:48 NYA Namath-Turner 21 3W1 M-Seam 4-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp49 0:40 NYA Namath-Lammons X 3W1 M-Slant/PBK 4-1 tM Pass 2 10 opp49 0:26 NYA Namath-Maynard 49/TD 3W1 L-Out/PBK 4-1 sZ Basic 14-1 KO 0:18 KC Smith ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 0:00 KC Garrett 6 Bas Dive 3-1 nZ Prevent 3rd Quarter KO 14:48 KC Smith ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 14:44 KC Dawson-Garrett X Bas B-Post/sec 4-3 dZ Run/C 2 10 own27 13:56 KC Holmes 18 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic/Lo 1 10 own45 13:48 KC Dawson-Holmes X Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 10 own45 13:07 KC Holmes 0 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 3 10 own45 12:24 KC Dawson-Garrett 11 Bas M-Slant 4-1 Z Pass/Lo 1 10 opp44 11:47 KC Garrett -3 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Basic/C 2 13 opp47 11:04 KC Holmes 9 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Key-Holmes/C 3 4 opp38 10:26 KC Holmes -1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 4 5 opp39 10:23 KC Dawson-Garrett X Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Pass/C 1 10 own39 10:19 NYA Namath-Boozer X Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Basic 2 10 own39 9:54 NYA Namath-Maynard 61/TD Bas L-Straight/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 14-2 KO 9:45 KC Coan ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 9:03 KC Holmes 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 2 8 own25 8:59 NYA Pen5(Elliot) Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Key-Holmes/C 2 3 own30 8:19 KC Dawson-Taylor 17 Bas M-Slant 4-3 dZ Key-Holmes/C 1 10 own47 8:16 KC Dawson-Holmes X Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic/C 2 10 own47 7:37 KC Dawson 7 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Pass/Lr 3 3 opp46 6:54 KC Dawson-Arbanas 31 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Key-Holmes/C 1 10 opp15 6:45 KC Garrett 8 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Pass/C 2 2 opp7 6:01 KC Holmes 6 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Key-Holmes/C 1 1 opp1 5:53 KC Garrett 1/TD Bas Stretch-R 5-4 sZ Stuff/Li/C 21-2 KO 5:43 NYA Christy ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 4:57 NYA Boozer 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own31 4:04 NYA Namath-Sauer 38 Bas L-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp31 3:13 NYA Joe 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Basic 2 6 opp27 2:30 NYA Namath-Snell 8 Bas S-Slant 3-3 tM Pass Dbl-Lammons 1 10 opp19 1:38 NYA Joe 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 sZ Basic/Li/A 2 6 opp15 0:48 NYA Snell 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 ZoPass/Li 3 4 opp13 0:01 NYA Snell 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Run 4 3 opp12 0:00 NYA FG Turner 19/G --- FG --- 21-2 4th Quarter KO 14:53 KC Coan ret of 10 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own9 14:43 KC Garrett 2 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic/C 2 8 own11 14:06 KC Sk-Philbin -6 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass/C 3 14 own5 13:27 KC Dawson-Garrett 15 Bas M-Slant/RB 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1/C 1 10 own20 13:24 KC Dawson-Holmes X Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 Z Key-Holmes/C 2 10 own20 13:16 KC Dawson-Taylor X Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Pass/C 3 10 own20 13:07 KC Dawson-Richards X 3W2 M-Hitch 3-1 M Pass Dbl-Taylor,O/C 4 10 own20 13:01 KC Wilson 50,Christy 14 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own44 12:22 NYA Namath-Maynard 11 Bas M-Slant/PBK/sec 4-1 tM Basic/Li 1 10 opp45 11:28 NYA Boozer 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 lM Basic 2 6 opp41 10:30 NYA Snell -1 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 sZ Basic 3 7 opp42 9:33 NYA Boozer -4 3W2 Pitch-R 5-3 tM Basic 4 11 opp46 9:28 NYA Johnson 46,Smith 0 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own20 8:43 KC Dawson 7 3W2 L-Out 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 2 3 own27 8:06 KC Dawson-Garrett 5 3W2 M-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 own32 7:26 KC Holmes 2 3W2 Trap-L 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 2 8 own34 7:22 KC Dawson-Holmes X 3W2 S-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Pass/Lo/C 3 8 own34 7:17 KC Dawson-Richards X 3W2 S-Slant 3-1 M Pass/C 4 8 own34 7:11 KC Wilson 48,Christy 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own18 7:03 NYA Namath-Sauer X Bas S-Slant/sec 5-3 tM Basic 2 10 own18 6:06 NYA Namath-Lammons 13 Bas M-Slant/PBK/sec 5-3 tMiBasic/Li 1 10 own31 5:53 NYA Namath-INT-Robinson Bas L-Straight/PBK 5-3 MoBasic/Bz1/Lo 1 10 own48 5:11 KC Dawson 6 Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 Z Key-Holmes/C 2 4 opp46 4:31 KC Holmes 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic/C 1 10 opp42 3:50 KC Holmes 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Pass/C 2 6 opp38 3:14 KC Holmes 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Holmes/C 3 4 opp36 2:34 KC Holmes 0 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic/C 4 4 opp36 2:34 KC Pen5(Hill) 3W2 S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic/C 4 9 opp41 2:25 KC Dawson-Garrett X 3W2 M-Slant/RB 3-1 Z Pass/C 1 10 own41 2:12 NYA Boozer 0 Bas OffTkl-L/RS 4-3 Z Run/Li/A 2 10 own41 2:00 NYA Namath-Maynard 21 Bas S-Hitch 5-3 Z Run/Li 1 10 opp38 1:49 NYA Snell 0 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 Z Run 2 10 opp38 1:09 NYA Namath-Sauer 25 Bas S-Hitch 5-3 Z Run 1 10 opp13 0:57 NYA Boozer 0 Bas OffTkl-L/RS 5-3 Z Stuff 2 10 opp13 0:18 NYA Snell 1 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 Z Stuff/Li/A 3 9 opp12 0:00 NYA Namath 0 Bas QbKneel 5-3 Z Stuff/Bz6/Li