The Dallas Cowboys season was their ninth in the National Football League (NFL) and won the Capitol division by five games with a 12–2 record (tied with 1977 for the best record in the Landry era). 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 . 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.
The Browns upset the favored Cowboys 31–20, sending Dallas to the third place Playoff Bowl at the Orange Bowl in Miami,1968 Dallas Cowboys 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.
Offseason NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1968 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegePaul CatinoDefensive tackleSouthern ConnecticutRoger GrimesRunning backPenn StateHugo HollasSafetyRiceSal OlivasQuarterbackNew Mexico State
Roster
Dallas Cowboys 1968 roster Quarterbacks Don Meredith Craig Morton
Running backs Craig Baynham Walt Garrison Don Perkins Les Shy
Wide receivers Pete Gent Bob Hayes Dennis Homan Sonny Randle Lance Rentzel
Tight ends Pettis Norman Rayfield Wright Offensive linemen Tony Liscio T Dave Manders C Ralph Neely T John Niland G Blaine Nye G Malcolm Walker C John Wilbur G
Defensive linemen George Andrie DE Larry Cole DE Ron East DT Bob Lilly DT Jethro Pugh DT Andy Stynchula DELinebackers Dave Edwards OLB Chuck Howley OLB Lee Roy Jordan MLB D. D. Lewis OLB Dave Simmons MLB
Defensive backs Phil Clark CB/S Dick Daniels FS Mike Gaechter SS Cornell Green CB Mike Johnson CB Mel Renfro CB/FS
Special teams Mike Clark K Ron Widby PReserve lists Jackie Burkett OLB (IR) Buddy Dial WR (IR) Leon Donohue G (IR) John Douglas LB (Military) Dan Reeves RB (IR) Roger Staubach QB (Military) Willie Townes DE (IR)
Taxi squad Ed Harmon LB Ken Kmiec S Obert Logan CB Dave McDaniels WR George Nordgren RB Jerry Rhome QB Earnest Sterling DE Rookies in italics 39 active, 6 inactive, 7 Taxi squad
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site Attendance Recap 1 September 15 Detroit Lions W 59–13 1–0 Cotton Bowl 61,382 Recap 2 September 22 Cleveland Browns W 28–7 2–0 Cotton Bowl 68,733 Recap 3 September 29 at Philadelphia Eagles W 45–13 3–0 Franklin Field 60,858 Recap 4 October 6 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27–10 4–0 Busch Memorial Stadium 48,296 Recap 5 October 13 Philadelphia Eagles W 34–14 5–0 Cotton Bowl 72,083 Recap 6 October 20 at Minnesota Vikings W 20–7 6–0 Metropolitan Stadium 47,644 Recap 7 Green Bay Packers L 17–28 6–1 Cotton Bowl 74,604 Recap 8 November 3 at New Orleans Saints W 17–3 7–1 Tulane Stadium 84,728 Recap 9 November 10 New York Giants L 21–27 7–2 Cotton Bowl 72,163 Recap 10 November 17 at Washington Redskins W 44–24 8–2 D.C. Stadium 50,816 Recap 11 November 24 at Chicago Bears W 34–3 9–2 Wrigley Field 46,667 Recap 12 November 28 Washington Redskins W 29–20 10–2 Cotton Bowl 66,076 Recap 13 December 8 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–7 11–2 Cotton Bowl 55,069 Recap 14 December 15 at New York Giants W 28–10 12–2 Yankee Stadium 62,617 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries Week 3
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Week 14
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Playoffs
Round Date Opponent Result Game Site Attendance Recap Eastern Conference at Cleveland Browns L 20–31 Cleveland Stadium 81,497 Recap Playoff BowlJanuary 5, 1969 vs Minnesota Vikings W 17–13 Orange Bowl 22,961
Standings
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