# 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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.
On 22 September 1968, Down won the championship following a 2-12 to 1-13 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. 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.

## Results
### Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

### Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals
Final

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Paddy Doherty | Down | 1-25 | 28 | 5 | 5.60 |
| 2 | John Lalor | Laois | 1-22 | 25 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 3 | Seán O'Neill | Down | 3-13 | 22 | 5 | 4.40 |
| 4 | Charlie Gallagher | Cavan | 2-13 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 5 | Pat Griffin | Kerry | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 5 | Mick O'Dwyer | Kerry | 0-18 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 7 | John Keenan | Galway | 1-14 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 7 | Mickey Kearns | Sligo | 0-17 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 9 | Jackie Devine | Longford | 2-10 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 10 | Brendan Lynch | Kerry | 1-12 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Mickey Kearns | Sligo | 0-12 | 12 | Leitrim |
| 2 | John Keenan | Galway | 1-7 | 10 | Mayo |
| 3 | Paddy Doherty | Down | 1-6 | 9 | Donegal |
| 3 | Paddy Doherty | Down | 0-9 | 9 | Cavan |
| 5 | Dick Strang | Tipperary | 2-2 | 8 | Kerry |
| 5 | Jim Kane | Roscommon | 2-2 | 8 | Galway |
| 5 | Brendan Doyle | Carlow | 2-2 | 8 | Wicklow |
| 5 | John Lalor | Laois | 1-5 | 8 | Kildare |
| 9 | Seán Donnelly | Longford | 2-1 | 7 | Laois |
| 9 | Fergus McAuley | Cavan | 2-1 | 7 | Antrim |
| 9 | Éamon Tavey | Monaghan | 2-1 | 7 | Fermanagh |
| 9 | Charlie Gallagher | Cavan | 1-4 | 7 | Antrim |
| 9 | Pat Griffin | Kerry | 1-4 | 7 | Longford |
| 9 | Jackie Devine | Longford | 1-4 | 7 | Kerry |
| 9 | Charlie Gallagher | Cavan | 1-4 | 7 | Down |
| 9 | Mick O'Dwyer | Kerry | 0-7 | 7 | Cork |
| 9 | John Lalor | Laois | 0-7 | 7 | Wexford |

### Miscellaneous

* Longford win their first ever Leinster football title.
* The All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Longford is the first ever championship meeting between the two teams.

## Roll of Honour

* Kerry - 20 (1962)
* Dublin - 17 (1963)
* Galway - 7 (1966)
* Wexford - 5 (1918)
* Cavan - 5 (1952)
* Kildare - 4 (1928)
* Tipperary - 4 (1920)
* Down - 3 (1968)
* Meath - 3 (1967)
* Louth - 3 (1957)
* Mayo - 3 (1951)
* Cork - 3 (1945)
* Roscommon - 2 (1944)
* Limerick - 2 (1896)