1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final | |
Event: | 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship |
Team1score: | 2–12 (18) |
Team2score: | 1–13 (16) |
Date: | 22 September 1968 |
Stadium: | Croke Park |
City: | Dublin |
Referee: | M Loftus (Mayo) |
Attendance: | 71,294 |
Previous: | 1967 |
Next: | 1969 |
The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 81st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
This was Down's third appearance in an All-Ireland final, and they won all three.[1] It was the third of three All-Ireland football titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.[2]
In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the eleventh greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[3]
Seán O'Neill and John Murphy each scored a goal which contributed to Down being in the lead by eight points following eight minutes of play.[3] Kerry never recovered.[3]
Seán O'Neill and John Murphy scored scrappy goals for Down, while Brendan Lynch's goal for Kerry was too late to make a difference.[4]