NFL playoffs, 1969

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The NFL playoffs following the 1969 NFL season determined who would represent the league in Super Bowl IV.

This was the last NFL playoff tournament before the AFL-NFL Merger.

Contents 1 Tournament bracket 2 Conference playoff games 2.1 Eastern Conference 2.2 Western Conference 3 NFL Championship Game

[edit] Tournament bracket

	Conference playoff				NFL Championship
	December 28, 1969 - Cotton Bowl
	Dallas Cowboys	14
	Cleveland Browns	38
					January 4, 1970 - Metropolitan Stadium
					Cleveland Browns	7
					Minnesota Vikings	27
	December 27, 1969 - Metropolitan Stadium
	Minnesota Vikings	23
	Los Angeles Rams	20

[edit] Conference playoff games

[edit] Eastern Conference

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	7	10	7	14	38
Cowboys	0	0	7	7	14

Cleveland Browns 38, Dallas Cowboys 14

December 28, 1969 at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

Scoring

• CLE - Scott 2 run (Cockroft kick)
• CLE - Morin 6 pass from Nelsen (Cockroft kick)
• CLE - FG Cockroft 29
• CLE - Scott 2 run (Cockruft kick)
• DAL - Morton 2 run (Clark kick)
• CLE - Kelly 1 run (Cockruft kick)
• CLE - Sumner 88 interception return (Cockruft kick)
• DAL - Rentzel 5 pass from Staubach (Clark kick)

[edit] Western Conference

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	10	0	3	20
Vikings	7	0	7	9	23

Minnesota Vikings 23, Los Angeles Rams 20

December 27, 1969 at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota

Scoring

• LA - Klein 3 pass from Gabriel (Gossett kick)
• MIN - Osborn 1 run (Cox kick)
• LA - FG Gossett 20
• LA - Truax 2 pass from Gabriel (Gossett kick)
• MIN - Osborn 1 run (Cox kick)
• LA - FG Gossett 27
• MIN - Kapp 2 run (Cox kick)
• MIN - Safety, Eller tackled Gabriel in end zone

[edit] NFL Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	0	0	7	7
Vikings	14	10	3	0	27

Minnesota Vikings 27, Cleveland Browns 7

January 4, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota

Scoring

• MIN - Kapp 7 run (Cox kick)
• MIN - Washington 75 pass from Kapp (Cox kick)
• MIN - FG Cox 30
• MIN - Osborn 20 run (Cox kick)
• MIN - FG Cox 32
• CLE - Collins 3 pass from Nelsen (Cockroft kick)

Preceded by: NFL playoffs, 1968

NFL playoffs 1969

Succeeded by: NFL playoffs, 1970-71