1968 Minnesota Vikings season

1968 Minnesota Vikings season
General managerJim Finks
Head coachBud Grant
Home fieldMetropolitan Stadium
Results
Record8–6
Division place1st NFL Central
Playoff finishLost Western Conference Championship Game
(at Colts) 14–24
Lost NFL Playoff Bowl
(vs. Cowboys) 13–17
Pro BowlersDE Carl Eller
C Mick Tingelhoff
FB Bill Brown
DT Alan Page
DE Jim Marshall
AP All-ProsDE Carl Eller (1st team)
C Mick Tingelhoff (1st team)
FB Bill Brown (2nd team)
S Paul Krause (2nd team)
Uniform

The 1968 season was the Minnesota Vikings' eighth in the National Football League. 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.