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Actual SB 3: Jets 16 Colts 7
Simulation: The Raiders beat Dallas to win new SB 2, the AFL winning the SB. Lets see what happens in '68.
NFL DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 21, 1968
Dallas Cowboys (12-2) at Cleveland Browns (10-4)
33 degrees
Dallas -3
Cleveland 31 Dallas 20
DALLAS 34 CLEVELAND 17
Dallas lost Super Bowl 2, the following year they again have reached the NFC Championship.
1st: Don Perkins 51 yd run (Dall 7-0)
Pettis Norman 1 yd reception (Meredith, 14-0)
Bob Hayes 5 yd reception (Meredith, 21-0)
2nd: Leroy Kelly 64 yd run (21-7)
Craig Baynham 13 yd run (28-7)
Mike Clark 42 yd FG (31-7)
Don Cockroft 56 yd FG (31-10)
4th: Eppie Barney 18 yd reception (Nelsen, 31-17)
Mike Clark 44 yd FG (34-17)
MVP: Don Perkins 126 yds rushing, TD
NFL DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 22, 1968
Minnesota Vikings (8-6) at Baltimore Colts (13-1)
33 degrees
Baltimore -11
Baltimore 24 Minnesota 10
COLTS 20 VIKINGS 0
Baltimore shuts out the Vikes and they will host the Cowboys in the NFC Championship.
1st: Tom Matte 47 yd reception (Morrall) (7-0)
2nd: Jerry Hill 1 yd run (14-0)
Lou Michaels 45 yd FG (17-0)
3rd Lou Michaels 32 yd FG (20-0)
MVP: Bubba Smith, 2 sacks, 7 tackles
AFL DIVISIONAL ROUND
Dec 22, 1968
Kansas City Chiefs (12-2) at Oakland Raiders (12-2)
42 degrees
Kansas City -3.5
Raiders 41 Chiefs 6
CHIEFS 23 RAIDERS 20
-The Super Bowl Champion Raiders are eliminated in the divisional round.
1st: Gloster Richardson 1 yd reception (Dawson, KC 7-0)
Hewitt Dixon 3 rd run (7-7)
Otis Taylor 29 yd reception (Dawson, KC 14-7)
2nd: Jan Stenerud 31 yd FG (17-7)
George Blanda 37 yd FG (17-10)
3rd: George Blanda 25 yd FG (17-13)
4th: Jan Stenerud 41 yd FG (20-13)
Jan Stenerud 32 yd FG (23-13)
Warren Wells 7 yd reception (Lamonica, 23-20)
MVP: Len Dawson, 14-24, 212 yds, 2 TDs
AFL CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 29, 1968
Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets (11-3)
42 degrees
CHIEFS 13 JETS 6
The Chiefs lost the AFL Title game two years prior, not playing in SB1 - but they stop Namath's Jets in '68 and head to Super Bowl 3.
2nd: Jim Turner 43 yd FG (NY 3-0)
3rd: Jim Turner 43 yd FG (6-0)
Jan Stenerud 36 yd FG (6-3)
4th: Robert Holmes 3 yd run (KC 10-6)
Jan Stenerud 41 yd FG (KC 13-6)
MVP: Robert Holmes, 140 yds rushing TD
NFL CHAMPIONSHIP
Dec 29, 1968
Dallas Cowboys at Baltimore Colts
COLTS 27 COWBOYS 16
-The Colts retain their NFL Title game win, they head to Super Bowl II, this time to face the Chiefs.
1st: Willie Richardson 28 yd reception (Morrall, Balt 7-0)
Mike Clark 24 yd FG (7-3)
2nd: Lou Michaels 20 yd FG (10-3)
Tom Matte 27 yd run (17-3)
Jerry Hill 12 yd reception (Morrall, 24-3)
Mike Clark 31 yd FG (24-6)
4th: Walt Garrison 8 yd run (24-13)
Mike Clark 24 yd FG (24-16)
Lou Michaels 27 yd FG (27-16)
MVP: Earl Morrall 19-23, 300 yds 2 TD
SUPER BOWL III
Jan 12, 1969
Baltimore Colts v. Kansas City Chiefs
Orange Bowl
65 Degrees
CHIEFS 19 COLTS 16
The Colts didn't face the Jets in this Super Bowl 3, but they still lose the big game, this time to a Chiefs team who wins the Super Bowl a year prior to their real world win. Thats 2 AFL wins in the first 3 Super Bowls.
1st: Jerry Hill 5 yd run (Balt 7-0)
2nd: Jan Stenerud 26 yd FG (7-3)
3rd: Lou Michaels 34 yd FG (10-3)
4th: Robert Holmes 21 yd reception (Dawson, 10-10)
Jerry Hill 12 yd run (XP missed, Balt 16-10)
Lenny Lyles intercepts Len Dawson at the goal line to end a long Chiefs drive; the Colts have to punt from their end zone and decide to take a safety, David Lee running out of the back of the end zone, making it 16-12. After the free kick, the Chiefs take over at the Colt 47 yard line with 1:40 to play, down 4 points, out of time outs. On third and goal at the Baltimore 2 yard line, with 36 seconds to play:
Robert Holmes, 2 yd run (KC 19-16)
MVP: Robert Holmes 2 TD.
Super Bowl History
SB1: PACKERS 17 BILLS 10 MVP-J.Taylor QB-Starr HC-Lombardi
SB2: RAIDERS 28 COWBOYS 14 MVP-W.Wells QB-Lamonica HC-Rauch
SB3: CHIEFS 19 COLTS 16 MVP-R.Holmes QB-Dawson HC-Stram
