1968 NFL Championship

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The 1968 NFL Championship was the league's final pre-merger title game, in which the Baltimore Colts defeated the Cleveland Browns to advance to Super Bowl III.

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1968 NFL Championship canonical 1
1968 NFL Championship Game 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game
NFL Championship Game
announcer Jack Buck
Pat Summerall
attendance 79018
awayScore 34
awayTeam Baltimore Colts (original NFL Colts franchise)
surface form: Baltimore Colts
BaltimoreColtsConference NFL Coastal Division champion
BaltimoreColtsDivision Coastal Division
BaltimoreColtsHeadCoach Don Shula
BaltimoreColtsOwner Carroll Rosenbloom
BaltimoreColtsQuarterback Earl Morrall
BaltimoreColtsRecordEnteringGame 13–1
city Cleveland
ClevelandBrownsConference NFL Century Division champion
ClevelandBrownsDivision Century Division
ClevelandBrownsHeadCoach Blanton Collier
ClevelandBrownsOwner Art Modell
ClevelandBrownsQuarterback Bill Nelsen
ClevelandBrownsRecordEnteringGame 10–4
conference National Football League
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date December 29, 1968
finalScore Baltimore Colts 34–0 Cleveland Browns
followedBy 1969 NFL Championship Game
homeScore 0
homeTeam Cleveland Browns
isFinalPreMergerTitleGame true
isShutout true
league National Football League
location Cleveland Stadium
surface form: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
losingTeam Cleveland Browns
marginOfVictory 34 points
MVP Earl Edwin Morrall
surface form: Earl Morrall
network CBS
notableFor being the last NFL Championship Game before the AFL–NFL merger
sending the Baltimore Colts to Super Bowl III
playedOnSurface grass
precededBy 1967 NFL Championship Game
surface form: 1967 NFL Championship
referee Tom Bell
season 1968 NFL season
sport American football
state Ohio
type league championship game
weather cold
winnerAdvancedTo Super Bowl III
winningTeam Baltimore Colts (original NFL Colts franchise)
surface form: Baltimore Colts
year 1968

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Johnny Unitas nflChampionships 1968 NFL Championship
1967 NFL Championship Game (Ice Bowl) followedBy 1968 NFL Championship
subject surface form: 1967 NFL Championship Game
this entity surface form: 1968 NFL Championship Game