1968 Conference Championship * Playoff * 06-18-2008 Municipal Stadium Temp:28 Wind:5-15 *Internet* Line:Even MVP:Hayes 1968 Dallas (1-0) 0 24 7 7 38 1968 Cleveland (0-1) 3 0 14 7 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 5:28 Cleveland FG Cockroft 30 (11-60-7:26) 0-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 12:37 Dallas TD Meredith 28 pass to Hayes (Clark,Mi) (13-84-7:35) 7-3 2 7:11 Dallas FG Clark 18 (5-0-1:45) 10-3 2 4:27 Dallas TD Hayes 84 punt return (Clark,Mi) (0-0-0:00) 17-3 2 0:04 Dallas TD Meredith 52 pass to Rentzel (Clark,Mi) (1-52-0:23) 24-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 10:21 Cleveland TD Nelsen 17 pass to Morin (Cockroft) (8-66-3:26) 24-10 3 7:40 Dallas TD Meredith 13 pass to Hayes (Clark,Mi) (5-78-2:32) 31-10 3 3:09 Cleveland TD Kelly 4 run (Cockroft) (10-70-4:19) 31-17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 12:43 Dallas TD Baynham 6 run (Clark,Mi) (9-76-5:18) 38-17 4 12:11 Cleveland TD Nelsen 69 pass to Warfield (Cockroft) (1-69-0:24) 38-24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dal Cle First Downs 19 22 Rushes 38-176 27-145 Passes 10-9-232 30-15-295 Sacked 1-4 2-8 Fumble 1 0 Penalties 6-47 5-25 Turnovers 1 2 Time 31:19 28:41 Third Down 5-8 4-9 Fourth Down 0-1 2-3 Net Offense 404 432 Injuries: none < Dallas > < Cleveland > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Meredith 10 9 232 1 4 0 3 158.3 Nelsen 30 15 295 2 2 2 2 79.2 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Perkins 20 115 5.8 6 1 12 0 Kelly,L 21 109 5.2 7 2 11 1 Garrison 4 33 8.3 1 1 22 0 Leigh 3 33 11.0 2 2 13 0 Baynham 4 14 3.5 2 0 6 1 Green,E 3 3 1.0 0 0 3 0 Shy 5 8 1.6 1 0 4 0 27 145 5.4 9 4 13 1 Reeves 4 7 1.8 0 0 4 0 Morton,C 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 38 176 4.6 10 2 22 1 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Hayes 5 0 134 26.8 5 3 48 2 Warfield 6 0 188 31.3 6 2 69 1 Baynham 2 0 22 11.0 1 0 13 0 Morin 6 1 81 13.5 5 0 17 1 Rentzel 1 0 52 52.0 1 1 52 1 Green,E 1 1 8 8.0 1 0 8 0 Reeves 1 0 24 24.0 1 0 24 0 Kelly,L 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Harraway 1 1 11 11.0 1 0 11 0 Barney 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Baynham 1 0 0 Johnson,W 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Baynham 5 109 21.8 35 0 Leigh 5 113 22.6 29 0 James,N 1 13 13.0 13 0 Ward,C 1 13 13.0 13 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Hayes 2 0 94 47.0 84 1 Leigh 1 0 -1 -1.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Clark,M 1-1 18 5-5 8 Cockroft 1-1 30 3-3 6 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Widby 1 37 37.0 0 1 0 37 Cockroft 2 78 39.0 0 0 0 41 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Green,C 9 0 0 0 0 0 1-48 Houston 7 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Gaechter 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson,W 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howley 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Davis,B 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lilly 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howell 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Cole 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Gregory 4 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jordan,L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Snidow 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Johnson,M 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lindsey 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Andrie 2 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 Kanicki 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Renfro 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Barnes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Clark,P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mitchell,A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Edwards,D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Matheson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Pugh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Garlington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Walker,M 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Barney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis,D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Andrews,B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 East 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 James,N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Daniels 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Whitlow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:46 Dal Baynham ret of 35 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 13:55 Dal Perkins 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Basic 2 9 own39 13:05 Dal Perkins 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic 3 3 own45 12:58 Dal Meredit-Rentzel X Bas M-Slant 4-3 nM Basic/C 4 3 own45 12:54 Dal Widby 37,Leigh-1 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 12:03 Cle Nelsen-Morin 12 Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 nM Basic/Lo 1 10 own29 11:11 Cle Kelly 11 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 own40 11:07 Cle Nelsen-Green X Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 tM Basic 2 10 own40 10:17 Cle Kelly 7 Bas Draw 4-3 tM Key-Kelly,L 3 3 own47 9:31 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 14 Bas S-Cross/PBK 4-3 nM Key-Kelly,L 1 10 opp39 8:42 Cle Kelly 5 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 2 5 opp34 7:54 Cle Green 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 5 opp34 7:04 Cle Kelly 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 1 10 opp29 6:16 Cle Green 0 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Basic 2 10 opp29 5:32 Cle Nelsen-Morin 6 Bas S-Slant/PBK 4-3 tM Basic 3 4 opp23 5:28 Cle Nelsen-Green X Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 4 4 opp23 5:23 Cle FG Cockroft 30/G --- FG --- Block 0-3 KO 5:12 Dal Baynham ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 4:23 Dal Reeves 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 cM Basic/C 2 7 own19 3:30 Dal Perkins 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 3 1 own25 2:42 Dal Perkins 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 lM Run 1 10 own28 2:35 Cle Pen5(Snidow) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Basic 1 5 own33 1:50 Dal Perkins 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 lM Basic 1 10 own39 1:01 Dal Perkins 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Basic/C 2 8 own41 0:11 Dal Perkins 7 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic/C 3 1 own48 0:00 Dal Baynham 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 cM Run-Baynham 2nd Quarter 1 10 50 14:19 Dal Perkins 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 cM Run/C 2 7 opp47 13:41 Dal Meredit-Baynham 9 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 opp38 13:00 Dal Perkins 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 cM Run/C 2 7 opp35 12:51 Dal Perkins 7 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Run/C 3 0 opp28 12:37 Dal Meredit-Hayes 28/TD Bas M-Slant 4-3 lM Run-Perkins,D 7-3 KO 12:28 Cle Ward ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 11:39 Cle Nelsen-Morin 17 Bas M-Isolate/PBK 4-3 nM Basic 1 10 own32 10:48 Cle Kelly 3 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Key-Kelly,L 2 7 own35 9:57 Cle Kelly 7 Bas Trap-L 4-3 cM Basic/Lo 1 10 own42 9:11 Cle Kelly 8 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 cM Basic 2 2 50 8:56 Cle Nelsen-INT-Green Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 lM Key-Harraway 1 10 opp11 8:56 Dal Pen5(Manders) Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Key-Reeves 1 15 opp16 8:14 Dal Reeves -3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic/Lo 2 18 opp19 8:04 Dal Pen15(Wilbur) Bas M-Slant 3-4 M Basic/C 2 33 opp34 8:01 Cle Pen5(Johnson) Bas S-Slant/sec 3-3 M Basic/C 2 28 opp29 7:49 Dal Garrison 22 Bas Sweep-L 3-3 tM Pass Dbl-Rentzel 3 6 opp7 7:11 Dal Sk-Gregory -4 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/C 4 10 opp11 7:06 Dal FG Clark 18/G --- FG --- Block 10-3 KO 6:58 Cle Leigh ret of 15 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 6:16 Cle Kelly 6 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 4 own27 6:02 Cle Leigh 13 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 own40 5:19 Cle Kelly 4 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 6 own44 5:14 Cle Nelsen-Kelly X Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Basic 3 6 own44 4:32 Cle Kelly 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Basic/Lo 4 3 own47 4:27 Cle Cockroft 37,Hayes 84 --- Pt-deep --- Return 17-3 KO 4:17 Cle James ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own14 4:08 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own14 3:30 Cle Nelsen-Kelly 7 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Basic/Lo 3 3 own21 2:45 Cle Kelly 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Basic 4 0 own24 2:16 Cle Kelly 0 Bas Trap-L 4-3 tM Key-Kelly,L/Lo 1 10 own24 2:10 Cle Leigh 7 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Basic/Lo 2 3 own31 2:01 Cle Kelly 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 own36 2:00 Cle Nelsen-Morin X Bas L-Straight/PBK/sec 4-3 nM Basic 2 10 own36 1:19 Cle Kelly 0 Bas Draw 4-3 M Pass/Lo 3 10 own36 0:34 Cle Kelly 9 Bas Pitch-R 3-3 M Pass Dbl-Warfield 4 1 own45 0:27 Cle Nelsen-INT-Cole Bas S-Cross/PBK 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 1 10 own48 0:04 Dal Meredit-Rentzel 52/T Bas M-Out/HO 4-3 nM Pass/C 24-3 KO 0:00 Cle Leigh ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Return 3rd Quarter KO 14:50 Cle Leigh ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own11 14:45 Cle Nelsen-Barney X Bas S-Cross/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own11 14:45 Cle Pen5(Clark) Bas EndAround 4-3 Z Basic/Lo 2 15 own6 14:40 Cle Nelsen-Green X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 3 15 own6 14:03 Cle Kelly 9 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Pass 4 6 own15 13:58 Cle Cockroft 41,Hayes 10 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp46 13:47 Dal Meredit-Baynham 13/F Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Run 1 10 own34 13:44 Cle Nelsen-Morin X Bas M-Straight/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own34 13:00 Cle Kelly 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Key-Kelly,L 3 8 own36 13:00 Cle Pen5(Andrie) Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Pass/Lo 3 3 own41 12:14 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 20 Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 nM Key-Kelly,L 1 10 opp39 11:31 Cle Nelsen-Harraway 11 Bas M-Straight/sec 4-3 nM Key-Kelly,L 1 10 opp28 11:22 Cle Kelly 3 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 cM Basic/Lo 2 7 opp25 10:42 Cle Nelsen-Green 8 Bas S-Cross/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp17 10:33 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Fade/PBK 4-3 ZoBasic/Bz1 2 10 opp17 10:21 Cle Nelsen-Morin 17/TD Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 sZ Basic 24-10 KO 10:12 Dal Baynham ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 9:31 Dal Reeves 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 own26 9:12 Dal Meredit-Hayes 48 Bas L-Straight/ND 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp26 8:31 Dal Perkins 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 2 6 opp22 7:53 Dal Perkins 9 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Basic/Lo/C 1 10 opp13 7:40 Dal Meredit-Hayes 13/TD Bas S-Slant 4-3 sM Goalline 31-10 KO 7:28 Cle Leigh ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 7:18 Dal Pen5(Andrie) Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 5 own35 7:18 Cle Pen5(Team) Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own30 7:09 Cle Kelly 4 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 own34 6:23 Cle Leigh 13 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own47 6:18 Cle Nelsen-Barney X Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Basic/Lo 2 10 own47 5:30 Cle Kelly 11 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp42 4:48 Cle Green 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp39 4:05 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 18 Bas M-Straight/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp21 3:22 Cle Nelsen-Morin 17 Bas M-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic 1 4 opp4 3:18 Cle Nelsen-Warfield X Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 tM Key-Kelly,L 2 4 opp4 3:09 Cle Kelly 4/TD Bas Sweep-R 5-3 tM Stuff 31-17 KO 3:01 Dal Baynham ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 2:20 Dal Perkins 7 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Garrison 2 3 own31 1:38 Dal Perkins 9 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-Garrison 1 10 own40 0:58 Dal Meredit-Hayes 19 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Run 1 10 opp41 0:12 Dal Perkins 7 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Basic/C 2 3 opp34 0:00 Dal Perkins 12 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic/Lr 4th Quarter 1 10 opp22 14:18 Dal Perkins 8 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 2 opp14 13:34 Dal Garrison 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run/A 1 8 opp8 12:52 Dal Baynham 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 opp6 12:43 Dal Baynham 6/TD Bas Dive 4-3 tM Run 38-17 KO 12:35 Cle Leigh ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 12:11 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 69/T Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 38-24 KO 12:06 Dal Baynham ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own9 11:09 Dal Garrison 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 lM Run 2 5 own14 10:14 Dal Perkins 7 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz1/A 1 10 own21 9:16 Dal Perkins 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 6 own25 8:22 Dal Perkins 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic/C 3 2 own29 8:13 Cle Pen5(Johnson) Bas Trap-R 4-3 lM Run 1 10 own34 7:17 Dal Garrison 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 dZ Basic/C 2 10 own34 6:18 Dal Meredit-Hayes 26 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Run/C 1 10 opp40 5:24 Dal Meredit-Reeves 24 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Basic/Bz1/C 1 10 opp16 4:26 Dal Reeves 3 Bas Draw 4-3 M Run 2 7 opp13 3:30 Dal Shy 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Key-Perkins,D 3 4 opp10 2:35 Dal Shy 4 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-Perkins,D 1 6 opp6 2:24 Dal Shy 0 Bas Dive/RS 6-3 sM Goalline 2 6 opp6 2:10 Dal Shy 0 Bas Dive 5-4 sM Goalline 3 6 opp6 1:58 Dal Shy 1 Bas Dive 6-2 sM Goalline 4 5 opp5 1:50 Dal Morton -1 Bas QbKneel 6-3 sZ Goalline 1 10 own6 1:24 Cle Nelsen-Morin 12 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Pass/Lo/C 1 10 own18 1:14 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 12 Bas M-Out/ND/HO/PBK 4-3 ZoPass/C 1 10 own30 0:52 Cle Nelsen-Warfield 55 Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Pass/Lo/C 1 10 opp15 0:43 Cle Nelsen-Barney X Bas M-Cross/PBK 4-3 ZoPass 2 10 opp15 0:39 Cle Nelsen-Harraway X Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Pass 3 10 opp15 0:27 Cle Sk-Howley -2 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass/Bz3 4 12 opp17 0:17 Cle Sk-Lilly -6 Bas M-Straight/NS/PBK 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 own23 0:00 Dal Baynham 4 Bas Dive 5-2 Z Basic