1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2017 January 2025 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.jpg 200 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Down 40px 2–12(18) Kerry 40px 1–13(16) 22 September 1968 Croke Park Dublin Mick Loftus (Mayo) 71,294 1967 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 SFC final, and they won all three.http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/ni-news/co-tyrone/down-fans-travel-to-all-ireland-final-1-1850283 Down fans travel to All-Ireland final The News Letter 19 September 2010 19 September 2010 It was the third of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent Independent News & Media 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the eleventh greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 15. Match Summary 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. Kerry never recovered. 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.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Details 22 September 1968 Final Down football 2–12 – 1–13 Kerry football S O'Neill 1–2, P Doherty 0–5, J Murphy 1–0, T O'Hare 0–2, P Rooney 0–2, J Milligan 0–1 B Lynch 1–2, M O'Dwyer 0–5, P Griffin 0–3, M O'Connell 0–2, DJ Crowley 0–1 Croke Park, Dublin Mick Loftus (Mayo) 71,294 _blackborder _collarblack _blackborder _redtop ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 000000 Down _gold_hoop _goldhorizontal _gold_hoop _hoops_gold 009900 009900 009900 ffffff 009900 Kerry Down 1 D. Kelly 2 B. Sloan 3 D. McCartan 4 T. O'Hare 5 R. McConville 6 W. Doyle 7 J. Lennon (c) 8 J. Milligan 9 C. McAlarney 10 M.Cole 11 P. Doherty 12 J. Murphy 13 P. Rooney 14 S. O'Neill 15 J. Purdy Subs used L. Powell for J. Lennon G. Glynn for L. Powell Subs not used H. McGrath R. Murphy V. Kane Manager G. Brown Kerry 1 J. Culloty 2 S. Murphy 3 P. O'Donoghue 4 S. Burrows 5 Denis O'Sullivan 6 M. Morris 7 Donie O'Sullivan 8 M. O'Connell 9 M. Fleming 10 B. Lynch 11 P. Griffin (c) 12 É. O'Donoghue 13 T. Prendergast 14 D. J. Crowley 15 M. O'Dwyer Subs used 17 P. Moynihan for T. Prendergast 23 S. Mac Gearailt for S. Burrows Subs not used 16 Dom O'Donnell 18 M. Ó Sé 19 M. Sheehan 20 P. J. McIntyre 21 M. O'Sullivan 22 T. Bowler 24 D. Lovett 25 J. O'Brien 26 D. Crowley References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Down county football team matches Category:Kerry county football team matches