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style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Eagles"><img alt="Eagles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><b>Eagles</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:43.491%;left:81.743%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title=".... 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Blue_0080ff_pog.svg/12px-Blue_0080ff_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Blue_0080ff_pog.svg/16px-Blue_0080ff_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Steelers <small><span style="color:#A9CB97;">....</span></small></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.179%;left:10.465%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rams"><img alt="Rams" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Purple_8000ff_pog.svg/8px-Purple_8000ff_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Purple_8000ff_pog.svg/12px-Purple_8000ff_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/12px-White_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/16px-White_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Packers</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.323%;left:70.642%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lions"><img alt="Lions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/8px-White_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/12px-White_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/16px-White_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><b>Lions</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.669%;left:54.258%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Vikings"><img alt="Vikings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/8px-White_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/12px-White_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/16px-White_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b>Vikings</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.982%;left:63.416%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bears"><img alt="Bears" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/8px-White_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/12px-White_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/16px-White_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><b>Bears</b></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Usa edcp relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div><b> NFL teams: <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Purple_8000ff_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Purple_8000ff_pog.svg/10px-Purple_8000ff_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Purple_8000ff_pog.svg/15px-Purple_8000ff_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Purple_8000ff_pog.svg/20px-Purple_8000ff_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Coastal, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:White_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/10px-White_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/15px-White_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/White_pog.svg/20px-White_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Central, <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_0080ff_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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<p>The <b>1968 NFL season</b> was the 49th <a href="/wiki/Regular_season_(NFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular season (NFL)">regular season</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>. Per the agreement made during the <a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967 realignment</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division. </p><p>The season ended when the <a href="/wiki/1968_Baltimore_Colts_season" title="1968 Baltimore Colts season">Baltimore Colts</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/1968_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1968 Cleveland Browns season">Cleveland Browns</a> in the NFL Championship Game, only to be defeated by the <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/1968_New_York_Jets_season" title="1968 New York Jets season">New York Jets</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_III" title="Super Bowl III">Super Bowl III</a> <span class="nowrap">16–7</span> at the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Orange Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>. Subsequently, it was the first time in the history of professional football in which the NFL champion was not crowned as the world champion. One year later, this feat would be repeated, as the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs defeated the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_IV" title="Super Bowl IV">Super Bowl IV</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Draft">Draft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/1968_NFL/AFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 NFL/AFL Draft">1968 NFL/AFL Draft</a>, the first time that both leagues conducted a combined common draft, was held January 30–31, 1968, at <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>'s Belmont Plaza Hotel. With the first pick, the <a href="/wiki/1968_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1968 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a> selected offensive tackle <a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Ron Yary</a> from the <a href="/wiki/1967_USC_Trojans_football_team" title="1967 USC Trojans football team">University of Southern California</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Division_races">Division races</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Division races"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eastern Conference was split into the Capitol and Century Divisions, and the Western Conference had the Coastal and Central Divisions. In the past, from 1933 to 1966, if two teams were tied for the division lead at season's end, a one-game playoff was conducted to break the tie. Starting in 1967, a tiebreaking system was implemented that started with net points in head-to-head competition, followed by the team that had less recently played in a title game. As such, only one team in a division would be the division winner, even if the won-lost record was the same. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colts_and_Rams">Colts and Rams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Colts and Rams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the second straight season, the Colts and Rams waged a tight season long battle for the Coastal Division title. In 1967, the Rams defeated the Colts in the season's final game to claim the title. They appeared headed for a similar showdown in 1968 (they were scheduled to face each other in the season finale in L.A.), as the Rams entered week 13 with a 10-1-1 record while the Colts were 11-1-0. But in the next to last game, the Rams were upset by the Chicago Bears 17-16 in what was known as "the lost down game." The biggest play in the game came when the Rams completed a second down pass to get into field goal range in the final minute, but the play was wiped out by a holding penalty. It should have remained second down due to the Bears accepting the penalty on the Rams, but the referees forgot to reset the down marker. After two incomplete passes, the Rams lined up for a fourth down attempt, but referee <a href="/wiki/Norm_Schachter" title="Norm Schachter">Norm Schachter</a> and his crew waived the Bears offense onto the field on a change of possession; the Bears ran out the clock and the Colts (who won the day before) clinched the division. In the now-meaningless season finale, the Colts won 28-24. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Division">Central Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Central Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bears' aforementioned win over the Rams put them in position to clinch the Central Division title with a win in the season finale vs. the Packers at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>. When Chicago lost 28-27 and the Vikings defeated the Eagles 24-17 at <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Field" title="Franklin Field">Franklin Field</a>, Minnesota was in the playoffs for the first time with the first of its ten Central division championships between 1968-78. (Had Chicago and Minnesota finished tied, the Bears would have advanced due to their head-to-head sweep.) </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Week </th> <th>Capitol </th> <th> </th> <th>Century </th> <th> </th> <th>Coastal </th> <th> </th> <th>Central </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>Dallas* </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>1–0–0 </td> <td>Minnesota* </td> <td>1–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>Dallas* </td> <td>2–0–0 </td> <td>Cleveland* </td> <td>1–1–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>2–0–0 </td> <td>Minnesota* </td> <td>2–0–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>Dallas* </td> <td>3–0–0 </td> <td>Cleveland* </td> <td>1–2–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>3–0–0 </td> <td>Minnesota* </td> <td>2–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>4–0–0 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>2–2–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>4–0–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>3–1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>5–0–0 </td> <td>St. Louis* </td> <td>2–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>5–0–0 </td> <td>Minnesota* </td> <td>3–2–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>6–0–0 </td> <td>St. Louis* </td> <td>3–3–0 </td> <td>Los Angeles </td> <td>6–0–0 </td> <td>Detroit </td> <td>3–2–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>6–1–0 </td> <td>St. Louis* </td> <td>4–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>6–1–0 </td> <td>Detroit* </td> <td>3–3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>7–1–0 </td> <td>St. Louis* </td> <td>5–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>7–1–0 </td> <td>Chicago* </td> <td>4–4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>7–2–0 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>6–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore* </td> <td>8–1–0 </td> <td>Chicago* </td> <td>5–4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>8–2–0 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>7–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore </td> <td>9–1–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>6–4–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>9–2–0 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>8–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore </td> <td>10–1–0 </td> <td>Minnesota </td> <td>6–5–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>10–2–0 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>9–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore </td> <td>11–1–0 </td> <td>Chicago* </td> <td>6–6–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Dallas </td> <td>11–2–0 </td> <td>Cleveland </td> <td>10–3–0 </td> <td>Baltimore </td> <td>12–1–0 </td> <td>Chicago* </td> <td>7–6–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td bgcolor="#B0B7BC"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1968 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas</a></b> </td> <td>12–2–0 </td> <td bgcolor="#FF6600"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1968 Cleveland Browns season"><span style="color:brown;">Cleveland</span></a></b> </td> <td>10–4–0 </td> <td 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title="Ties">T</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Winning percentage">PCT</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Win–Loss record within their division">DIV</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Win–Loss record within their conference">CONF</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points For (Total points scored)">PF</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points Against (Total points allowed)">PA</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Current Winning or Losing Streak">STK</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1968 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.857 </td> <td>5–1 </td> <td>9–1 </td> <td>431 </td> <td>186 </td> <td>W5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968_New_York_Giants_season" title="1968 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.500 </td> <td>5–1 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width="40"><abbr title="Win–Loss record within their division">DIV</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Win–Loss record within their conference">CONF</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points For (Total points scored)">PF</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Points Against (Total points allowed)">PA</abbr> </th> <th width="30"><abbr title="Current Winning or Losing Streak">STK</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#cfc;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1968 Cleveland Browns season">Cleveland Browns</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>.714 </td> <td>4–2 </td> <td>7–3 </td> <td>394 </td> <td>273 </td> <td>L1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1968_St._Louis_Cardinals_(NFL)_season" title="1968 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season">St. Louis Cardinals</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>.692 </td> <td>5–0–1 </td> <td>8–1–1 </td> <td>325 </td> <td>289 </td> <td>W4 </td></tr> 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href="/wiki/1968_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1968 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a> (8–6)</td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">14</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Baltimore_Colts_season" title="1968 Baltimore Colts season">Baltimore Colts</a></b>  (13–1)</td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">24 </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid 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id="Super_Bowl">Super Bowl</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Super Bowl"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_III" title="Super Bowl III">Super Bowl III</a></div> <p>In an upset, the <a href="/wiki/1968_New_York_Jets_season" title="1968 New York Jets season">New York Jets</a>, league champion of the <a href="/wiki/1968_American_Football_League_season" title="1968 American Football League season">1968 American Football League season</a>, defeated the Baltimore Colts, 16–7, at <a href="/wiki/Miami_Orange_Bowl" title="Miami Orange Bowl">Orange Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, on January 12, 1969. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Earl Morrall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a>, Baltimore Colts<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Coach_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Coach of the Year Award">Coach of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Don Shula</a>, Baltimore Colts </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Offensive_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award">Offensive Rookie of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_McCullouch" title="Earl McCullouch">Earl McCullouch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a>, Detroit </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/NFL_Defensive_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award">Defensive Rookie of the Year</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claude_Humphrey" title="Claude Humphrey">Claude Humphrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a>, Atlanta </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_changes">Coaching changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit 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(American football)">Dick Nolan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Green_Bay_Packers" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a> stepped down as head coach less than one month after winning <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_II" title="Super Bowl II">Super Bowl II</a> and was replaced by his long time assistant, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bengtson" title="Phil Bengtson">Phil Bengtson</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In-season">In-season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_NFL_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="1968 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a>: <a href="/wiki/Norb_Hecker" title="Norb Hecker">Norb Hecker</a> was fired after 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early era<br />(1920–1969)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_APFA_season" title="1920 APFA season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_APFA_season" title="1921 APFA season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_NFL_season" title="1922 NFL season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_NFL_season" title="1923 NFL season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_NFL_season" title="1924 NFL season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_NFL_season" title="1925 NFL season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_NFL_season" title="1926 NFL season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_NFL_season" title="1927 NFL season">1927</a></li> <li><a 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title="1941 NFL season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_NFL_season" title="1942 NFL season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_NFL_season" title="1943 NFL season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_NFL_season" title="1944 NFL season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_NFL_season" title="1945 NFL season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_NFL_season" title="1946 NFL season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_NFL_season" title="1947 NFL season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_season" title="1948 NFL season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_NFL_season" title="1949 NFL season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_NFL_season" title="1950 NFL season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_NFL_season" title="1951 NFL season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_season" title="1952 NFL season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_season" title="1953 NFL season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_season" title="1954 NFL season">1954</a></li> 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American Football League season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_American_Football_League_season" title="1968 American Football League season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_American_Football_League_season" title="1969 American Football League season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93NFL_merger" title="AFL–NFL merger">Modern era</a><br />(1970–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_NFL_season" title="1973 NFL season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a></li> 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title="1988 NFL season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NFL_season" title="1989 NFL season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NFL_season" title="1990 NFL season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NFL_season" title="1991 NFL season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NFL_season" title="1992 NFL season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NFL_season" title="1993 NFL season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NFL_season" title="1994 NFL season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NFL_season" title="1995 NFL season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NFL_season" title="1996 NFL season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NFL_season" title="1997 NFL season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NFL_season" title="1998 NFL season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NFL_season" title="1999 NFL season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NFL_season" title="2000 NFL season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a></li> 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