| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 April – 22 September 1968 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Down (3rd win) |
| Captain | Joe Lennon |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kerry |
| Captain | Pat Griffin |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Longford |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 32 |
| Top Scorer |  Paddy Doherty (1-25) |
| Player of the Year | Seán O'Neill |
← 1967 1969 → | |
The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 82nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 21 April 1968 and ended on 22 September 1968.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Longford in the Leinster semi-final.[1]
On 22 September 1968, Down won the championship following a 2-12 to 1-13 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their third All-Ireland title and their first in seven championship seasons.
Down's Paddy Doherty was the championship's top scorer with 1-25. His teammate Seán O'Neill was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
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- ^ "All Ireland Football Championship: The Down captains who ruled Croke Park". Belfast Telegraph. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2016.