1968 Minnesota Vikings season
| 1968 Minnesota Vikings season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Jim Finks |
| Head coach | Bud Grant |
| Home stadium | Metropolitan Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 8–6 |
| Division place | 1st NFL Central |
| Playoffs | Lost Western Conference Championship Game (at Colts) 14–24 Lost NFL Playoff Bowl (vs. Cowboys) 13–17 |
| All-Pros | DE Carl Eller (1st team) C Mick Tingelhoff (1st team) FB Bill Brown (2nd team) S Paul Krause (2nd team) |
| Pro Bowlers | DE Carl Eller C Mick Tingelhoff FB Bill Brown DT Alan Page DE Jim Marshall |
| Uniform | |
The 1968 season was the Minnesota Vikings' eighth in the National Football League. In their second year under head coach Bud Grant, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title with an 8–6 record, and qualified for the postseason for the first time in franchise history. This was the first of four consecutive division titles for the Vikings. The Vikings' first trip to the playoffs saw them suffer a 24–14 loss in the Western Conference Championship Game to the eventual NFL champion and Super Bowl runner-up Baltimore Colts at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. In the Playoff Bowl two weeks later, they again lost to the Dallas Cowboys 17–13.