1968 Season

The 1968 Dallas Cowboys season was their ninth in the league and won the Capitol division by five games with a 12–2 record. In the first round of the playoffs, Dallas met the Cleveland Browns (10–4) in the Eastern Conference title game, held at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. In this era, the host sites were rotated, home field advantage was not adopted for the playoffs until 1975. Dallas had won the regular season game 28–7 in September, and had routed the Browns 52–14 in the previous year's playoffs, but both were played at the Cotton Bowl.

Cleveland upset the favored Cowboys 31–20,sending Dallas to the third place Playoff Bowl at the Orange Bowl in Miami,where they rallied to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, 17–13.

The team averaged 30.8 points per game during the regular season, and holds the record for most points scored through the first three games of a season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 15, 1968	Detroit Lions	W 59–13	61,382
2	September 22, 1968	Cleveland Browns	W 28–7	68,733
3	September 29, 1968	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 45–13	60,858
4	October 6, 1968	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 27–10	48,296
5	October 13, 1968	Philadelphia Eagles	W 34–14	72,083
6	October 20, 1968	at Minnesota Vikings	W 20–7	47,644
7	October 28, 1968	Green Bay Packers	L 28–17	74,604
8	November 3, 1968	at New Orleans Saints	W 17–3	84,728
9	November 10, 1968	New York Giants	L 27–21	72,163
10	November 17, 1968	at Washington Redskins	W 44–24	50,816
11	November 24, 1968	at Chicago Bears	W 34–3	46,667
12	November 28, 1968	Washington Redskins	W 29–20	66,076
13	December 8, 1968	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 28–7	55,069
14	December 15, 1968	at New York Giants	W 28–10	62,617

Roster

Dallas Cowboys 1968 roster
Quarterbacks 17 Don Meredith 14 Craig Morton 13 Jerry Rhome Running Backs 46 Craig Baynham KR 32 Walt Garrison FB 43 Don Perkins FB 25 Les Shy Wide Receivers 22 Bob Hayes PR 24 Dennis Homan 80 Dave McDaniels 88 Sonny Randle 19 Lance Rentzel Tight Ends 35 Pete Gent WR 84 Pettis Norman		Offensive Linemen 72 Tony Liscio T 51 Dave Manders C 73 Ralph Neely T 76 John Niland G 61 Blaine Nye G 57 Malcolm Walker C 65 John Wilbur G 67 Rayfield Wright T/TE Defensive Linemen 66 George Andrie DE 63 Larry Cole DE 77 Ron East DT 74 Bob Lilly DT 75 Jethro Pugh DT 87 Andy Stynchula DE/DT		Linebackers 60 Jackie Burkett OLB 52 Dave Edwards OLB 54 Chuck Howley OLB 55 Lee Roy Jordan MLB 50 D. D. Lewis OLB 53 Dave Simmons MLB Defensive Backs 37 Phil Clark CB 21 Dick Daniels FS/SS 27 Mike Gaechter SS/CB 34 Cornell Green CB 23 Mike Johnson CB 20 Mel Renfro FS/CB Special Teams 83 Mike Clark K 12 Ron Widby P		Reserve Lists 30 Dan Reeves RB (IR)  71 Willie Townes DE (IR)  Rookies in italics 42 Active, 2 Inactive