1968 NFL Championship * Championship * 07-02-2008 Cotton Bowl Temp:62 Wind:0-10 *Internet* Line:Even MVP:Dan 1968 Baltimore (0-1) 0 0 7 7 14 1968 Dallas (1-0) 3 21 7 0 31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 6:23 Dallas FG Clark 20 (12-44-8:19) 0-3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 8:43 Dallas TD Meredith 31 pass to Rentzel (Clark,Mi) (12-92-6:24) 0-10 2 4:57 Dallas TD Meredith 1 run (Clark,Mi) (6-32-3:17) 0-17 2 4:24 Dallas TD Meredith 23 pass to Rentzel (Clark,Mi) (1-23-0:11) 0-24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 11:55 Dallas TD Baynham 8 run (Clark,Mi) (4-29-0:53) 0-31 3 4:37 Baltimore TD Morrall 28 pass to Mackey (Michaels) (10-69-7:10) 7-31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 0:01 Baltimore TD Morrall 10 pass to Mackey (Michaels) (10-83-2:31) 14-31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bal Dal First Downs 18 20 Rushes 18-63 47-205 Passes 39-16-214 9-5-86 Sacked 3-25 0-0 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 2-14 1-10 Turnovers 6 2 Time 24:36 35:23 Third Down 5-11 6-12 Fourth Down 1-1 2-1 Net Offense 252 291 Injuries: none, *Burkett(Dal-9) * Added to injury list after game. < Baltimore > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Morrall 39 16 214 3 2 5 2 36.6 Meredith 9 5 86 0 1 1 2 88.2 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Matte 9 24 2.7 3 0 7 0 Perkins 26 115 4.4 7 3 12 0 Mackey 1 18 18.0 1 1 18 0 Baynham 15 74 4.9 6 1 13 1 Cole 4 12 3.0 1 0 5 0 Garrison 1 11 11.0 1 1 11 0 Morrall 2 7 3.5 0 0 4 0 Shy 2 3 1.5 0 0 2 0 Hill,J 2 2 1.0 0 0 3 0 Meredith 2 2 1.0 1 0 1 1 18 63 3.5 5 1 18 0 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 47 205 4.4 15 5 13 2 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Mackey 6 1 70 11.7 4 1 28 2 Rentzel 3 0 69 23.0 3 1 31 2 Matte 4 0 42 10.5 4 0 12 0 Hayes 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 Richardson, 3 0 64 21.3 3 1 40 0 Norman 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Hill,J 2 1 22 11.0 1 0 13 0 Orr 1 0 16 16.0 1 0 16 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Morrall 1 0 0 Baynham 1 0 0 Gaubatz 0 1 0 Pugh 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Pearson,P 3 83 27.7 29 0 Baynham 1 38 38.0 38 0 Porter,R 1 6 6.0 6 0 Wilbur 2 0 0.0 0 0 Johnson,C 2 4 2.0 4 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Volk 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Michaels 0-0 0 2-2 2 Clark,M 1-2 20 4-4 7 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Lee,D 1 42 42.0 0 1 0 42 Widby 1 53 53.0 0 1 0 53 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Miller,F 11 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 Renfro 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith,B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lilly 5 2 0 0 2 1 0-0 Shinnick 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gaechter 4 0 1 0 0 0 1-8 Logan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Andrie 4 0 1 1 1 0 0-0 Smith,B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 East 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gaubatz 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howley 3 0 1 0 0 0 1-12 Boyd 3 0 1 0 0 0 1-26 Edwards,D 3 1 1 0 0 0 0-0 Volk 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Daniels 2 0 1 0 0 0 3-27 Curtis 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Green,C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Braase 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jordan,L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lyles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson,M 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Porter,R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Pugh 1 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 Stukes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Walker,M 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Burkett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Simmons,D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis,D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Townes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:42 Dal Baynham ret of 38 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own43 13:50 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own48 12:59 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 0 opp47 12:54 Dal Meredit-Rentzel X Bas L-Straight 4-3 Z Key-Reeves 4 0 opp47 12:07 Dal Perkins 0 Bas Overtop 4-3 Z Key-Perkins,D/Bz1 1 10 opp47 11:21 Dal Perkins 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 2 7 opp44 10:35 Dal Reeves 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 7 opp44 9:45 Dal Meredit-Hayes 12 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp32 8:53 Dal Baynham 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Dbl-Rentzel 2 4 opp26 8:06 Dal Baynham 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp20 7:19 Dal Perkins 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 ZoBasic 2 7 opp17 6:32 Dal Perkins 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 3 3 opp13 6:23 Dal Meredit-Gent X Bas M-Straight/sec 4-3 M Key-Garrison 4 3 opp13 6:17 Dal FG Clark 20/G --- FG --- 0-3 KO 6:10 Bal Johnson ret of 0 --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own22 5:13 Bal Matte 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 cM Basic 2 7 own25 4:20 Bal Matte 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic 3 5 own27 3:24 Bal Morrall-Mackey 12 Bas S-Slant 4-3 nM Basic 1 10 own39 2:27 Bal Hill -1 Bas Draw 4-3 cM Basic 2 11 own38 1:29 Bal Morrall-Orr 16 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp46 0:30 Bal Matte -4 Bas DelayDraw 4-3 tM Basic 2 14 50 0:23 Bal Morrall-Mackey X Bas M-Isolate/sec 4-3 Z Pass 3 14 50 0:14 Bal Morrall-Mackey X Bas M-Hitch 4-2 M Pass Dbl-Orr 4 14 50 0:07 Bal Lee 42,Hayes 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own8 0:00 Dal Perkins 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2nd Quarter 2 6 own12 14:18 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 1 own17 13:34 Dal Perkins 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Garrison 1 10 own21 12:54 Dal Perkins 10 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 own31 12:07 Dal Perkins 7 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 own38 11:24 Dal Baynham 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic/Ll 1 10 own43 11:15 Dal Meredit-Rentzel X Bas L-Straight 4-3 Z Basic/Ll 2 10 own43 10:34 Dal Perkins 0 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Pass Dbl-Hayes 3 10 own43 9:52 Dal Meredit-Rentzel 15 Bas M-Slant 4-2 M Pass Dbl-Rentzel 1 10 opp42 9:09 Dal Baynham 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 M Basic 2 4 opp36 9:01 Dal Perkins 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp31 8:43 Dal Meredit-Rentzel 31/T Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/Lr 0-10 KO 8:40 Bal Porter ret of 6 --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own33 8:31 Bal Morrall-Mackey X Bas Screen 4-3 nM Basic 2 10 own33 8:27 Bal Morrall-Matte X Bas M-Isolate/sec 4-3 Z Pass 3 10 own33 8:14 Bal Morrall-INT-Howley Bas M-Cross/PBK 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp32 7:23 Dal Baynham 13 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic/Ll 1 10 opp19 6:41 Dal Perkins 7 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 3 opp12 6:27 Dal Garrison 11 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Key-Perkins,D 1 1 opp1 5:45 Dal Perkins 0 Bas Overtop 4-3 sZoGoalline 2 1 opp1 5:03 Dal Perkins 0 Bas Overtop 5-2 sZoGoalline 3 1 opp1 4:57 Dal Meredith 1/TD Bas QbSneak 5-2 sZ Goalline 0-17 KO 4:52 Bal Johnson ret of 4 --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own35 4:46 Bal Morrall-Matte X Bas B-Fly/sec 4-3 tM Basic 2 10 own35 4:35 Bal Sk-Lilly -12/F Bas B-Fly/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp23 4:24 Dal Meredit-Rentzel 23/T Bas M-Straight 4-3 Z Basic/A 0-24 KO 4:11 Bal Pearson ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 4:08 Bal Morrall-Hill X Bas L-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own29 3:10 Bal Sk-Lilly -8 Bas B-Fly 4-3 Z Pass 3 18 own21 2:54 Bal Morrall-INT-Daniels Bas L-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp43 2:14 Dal Baynham 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/A 2 4 opp37 2:00 Dal Baynham 7 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp30 1:35 Dal Perkins -2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 2 12 opp32 1:25 Dal Meredith 1 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 3 11 opp31 1:07 Dal Meredit-INT-Boyd Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own44 1:04 Bal Morrall-Hill X Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 nM Pass 2 10 own44 0:58 Bal Morrall-Mackey 8 Bas B-Fly/sec 4-3 lM Pass 3 2 opp48 0:52 Bal Morrall-Mackey X Bas L-Out 4-3 nM Pass 4 2 opp48 0:26 Bal Matte 4 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp44 0:26 Bal Pen5(Curry) Bas B-Fly 4-3 dZ Pass 1 15 opp49 0:17 Bal Morrall-Orr X Bas M-Isolate/sec 4-3 dZ Pass 2 15 opp49 0:11 Bal Morrall-Mackey 5 Bas L-Out/SG/PBK/sec 4-3 dZ Pass 3 10 opp44 0:00 Bal Sk-Edwards -5 Bas L-Out/SG 4-3 dZ Pass/Bz1 3rd Quarter KO 14:51 Bal Pearson ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 13:56 Bal Morrall-Hill 9 Bas S-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 1 own35 13:00 Bal Matte 1 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own36 12:48 Bal Morrall-INT-Daniels Bas L-Straight/sec 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp29 12:08 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 opp24 12:02 Dal Perkins 7/Pen9(Mille Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 8 opp8 11:55 Dal Baynham 8/TD Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZoGoalline 0-31 KO 11:47 Bal Pearson ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 11:39 Bal Matte 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 5 own36 10:43 Bal Matte 7 Bas FakeReverse 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own43 9:46 Bal Matte 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own46 8:57 Bal Hill 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass 3 4 own49 8:09 Bal Cole 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp46 7:19 Bal Cole 2 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic/Lo 2 8 opp44 6:29 Bal Cole 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 3 6 opp42 5:37 Bal Morrall-Richards 11 Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp31 4:52 Bal Cole 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 2 7 opp28 4:37 Bal Morrall-Mackey 28/TD Bas M-Straight 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 7-31 KO 4:32 Dal Wilbur ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Return 1 10 50 3:52 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 opp45 3:09 Dal Perkins 11 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Baynham 1 10 opp34 2:26 Dal Baynham 7 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 opp27 1:43 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Ll 1 10 opp22 0:58 Dal Baynham 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp19 0:14 Dal Perkins 0 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Goalline 3 7 opp19 0:06 Dal Pen10(Wilbur) Bas M-Straight 4-3 sZ Goalline 3 17 opp29 0:00 Dal Meredit-Norman 5 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-2 Z Basic 4th Quarter 4 12 opp24 14:53 Dal FG Clark 31/M --- FG --- 1 10 own20 14:50 Bal Morrall-Cole X Bas S-/sec 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own20 14:38 Bal Morrall-INT-Daniels Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp31 13:57 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 opp26 12:59 Dal Perkins 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 0 opp21 12:05 Dal Baynham 1 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Stuff 1 10 opp20 11:58 Dal Baynham 3/F Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Basic/Bz2/A 1 10 own17 11:51 Bal Morrall-Mackey X Bas L-Out 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own17 11:25 Bal Morrall-Richards 13 Bas M-Seam/SG 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own30 11:20 Bal Morrall-Richards X Bas L-Straight/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 10 own30 10:50 Bal Mackey 18 Bas EndAround 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 own48 10:22 Bal Morrall-Matte 11 Bas L-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 opp41 10:17 Bal Morrall-Hill X Bas B-Post/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 10 opp41 10:10 Bal Morrall-Mackey X Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Pass/C 3 10 opp41 9:42 Bal Morrall-Hill 13 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 opp28 9:12 Bal Morrall-Matte 12 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 opp16 9:04 Bal Morrall-Mackey X Bas M-Fade 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp16 8:37 Bal Matte 3 Bas OffTkl-L/RS 4-3 Z Pass/C 3 7 opp13 8:28 Bal Morrall-INT-Gaechter Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 own12 7:28 Dal Baynham 0 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Goalline/Bz2/A 2 10 own12 6:30 Dal Baynham 4 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 3 6 own16 5:26 Dal Perkins 12 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own28 4:32 Dal Baynham -1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz7 2 11 own27 3:35 Dal Shy 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 3 9 own29 2:37 Dal Shy 1 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 4 8 own30 2:32 Dal Widby 53,Volk 0 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own17 2:07 Bal Morrall 4 Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 6 own21 1:58 Bal Morrall-Mackey 7 Bas B-Post/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 own28 1:52 Bal Morrall-Orr X Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 10 own28 1:26 Bal Morrall-Matte 11 Bas B-Post/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 own39 0:56 Bal Morrall 3 Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 7 own42 0:30 Bal Morrall-Matte 8 Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 50 0:24 Bal Morrall-Orr X Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 10 50 0:19 Bal Morrall-Matte X Bas B-Post/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 3 10 50 0:03 Bal Morrall-Richards 40 Bas L-Cross 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 opp10 0:01 Bal Morrall-Mackey 10/TD Bas M-Fade 4-3 Z Basic/C 14-31 KO 0:00 Dal Wilbur ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Return