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second consecutive championship game. Unfortunately for Orange County, the result was the same: the
Panthers won the game and the CoFL title, this time by a score of 30-23. Attendance did not improve, however; the Ramblers drew just 10,053 fans to three home games at
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Fullback Bob Jackson again made the league all-star team, as did defensive standouts Ron Fowlkes and Darrell Hoover. (The 1968 CoFL All-Star team was for the entire league; there were no separate all-star teams for the two divisions.)
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