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1954 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 131 points (10.9/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 279 points (23.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of -148 points (-12.3/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 1.7-10.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 8th.

Simple Rating System: Total -8.3, Offense: -10.4, Defense: 2.1, SoS: 4.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank

Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 131 2934 719 4.1 169 163 313 1659 9 22 4.7 90 364 1275 4 3.5 66 34 12 13
Team Defense 279 3930 780 5.0 234 178 330 2300 12 20 6.5 120 425 1630 21 3.8 95 30 10 19
Lg Rank Offense 12 12 12 10 11 11 4 11 10 10 11 9 4 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 5 10 3 7 3 9 9 10 8 12 6 11 11

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 26 boxscore L 0-1 Los Angeles Rams 0 48 14 196 177 19 4 26 563 403 160
2 Sat October 2 boxscore W 1-1 New York Giants 20 14 14 330 269 61 1 21 253 101 152 2
3 Sun October 10 boxscore L 1-2 @ Chicago Bears 9 28 8 139 85 54 3 14 242 161 81 4
3 Sat October 16 boxscore L 1-3 @ Detroit Lions 0 35 11 213 58 155 3 20 372 335 37 2
5 Sun October 24 boxscore L 1-4 Green Bay Packers 6 7 14 221 90 131 1 14 294 192 102 1
6 Sun October 31 boxscore L 1-5 @ Washington Redskins 21 24 21 314 231 83 3 20 301 129 172 2
7 Sat November 6 boxscore L 1-6 Detroit Lions 3 27 6 69 30 39 3 20 354 234 120 1
8 Sat November 13 boxscore L 1-7 @ Green Bay Packers 13 24 12 324 84 240 3 22 342 154 188 2
9 Sun November 21 boxscore L 1-8 Chicago Bears 13 28 21 337 156 181 7 19 333 173 160 2
10 Sun November 28 boxscore W 2-8 San Francisco 49ers 17 13 15 297 136 161 3 22 325 120 205 2
11 Sat December 4 boxscore W 3-8 @ Los Angeles Rams 22 21 16 221 166 55 1 18 259 104 155 9
12 Sat December 11 boxscore L 3-9 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 10 17 273 177 96 2 18 292 194 98 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
18 Gary Kerkorian 24 K/QB 10 10 3-7-0 117 217 53.9 1515 9 4.1 12 5.5 78 7.0 5.3 12.9 151.5 66.9 0 0
19 Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 0-1-0 28 64 43.8 309 0 0.0 5 7.8 29 4.8 1.3 11.0 25.8 26.1 0 0
17 Fred Enke 30 qb 3 1 0-1-0 17 28 60.7 171 0 0.0 3 10.7 42 6.1 1.3 10.1 57.0 38.5 0 0
20 George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0
21 Tom Keane 28 LS 12 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.2 0 0
36 Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 3-9-0 163 313 52.1 1995 9 2.9 22 7.0 78 6.4 3.8 12.2 166.3 52.3 0 0
Opp Total 12 178 330 53.9 2503 12 3.6 20 6.1 7.6 5.58 14.1 208.6 65.5 25 203 6.5 4.6 7.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
36 Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 86 303 1 15 3.5 25.3 7.2 11 51 4.6 0 13 0.9 4.3 354 1 2
22 Buddy Young* 28 KR/PR/RH 10 0 70 311 2 57 4.4 31.1 7.0 15 272 18.1 3 78 1.5 27.2 583 5 1
26 Royce Womble 23 12 0 60 174 0 24 2.9 14.5 5.0 30 338 11.3 3 78 2.5 28.2 512 3 1
20 George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 48 157 0 29 3.3 14.3 4.4 14 122 8.7 1 29 1.3 11.1 279 1 1
23 Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 41 228 0 32 5.6 19.0 3.4 16 159 9.9 1 30 1.3 13.3 387 1 0
18 Gary Kerkorian 24 K/QB 10 10 22 36 1 11 1.6 3.6 2.2 36 1 6
38 John Huzvar 25 8 0 19 29 0 6 1.5 3.6 2.4 29 0 3
19 Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 11 31 0 15 2.8 2.6 0.9 31 0 4
17 Fred Enke 30 qb 3 1 5 3 0 5 0.6 1.0 1.7 3 0 1
25 Don Shula 24 RDH 12 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 0 0
82 Dan Edwards 28 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 531 13.3 1 42 3.3 44.3 531 1 0
87 Lloyd Colteryahn 23 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 384 12.8 0 21 2.5 32.0 384 0 0
80 Jack Bighead 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 89 14.8 0 25 0.5 8.1 89 0 0
84 Jim Mutscheller 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 49 49.0 0 49 0.1 4.1 49 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 364 1275 4 57 3.5 106.3 30.3 163 1995 12.2 9 78 13.6 166.3 3270 13 20
Opp Total 12 425 1630 21 3.8 135.8 35.4 178 2300 12.9 12 14.8 191.7 3930 33 28

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Buddy Young* 28 KR/PR/RH 10 0 14 60 0 16 4.3 13 308 0 30 23.7 951
23 Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 8 52 0 13 6.5 7 167 0 35 23.9 606
20 George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 5 34 0 18 6.8 7 134 0 24 19.1 447
44 Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 6 22 0 9 3.7 3 26 0 12 8.7 48
26 Royce Womble 23 12 0 9 170 0 27 18.9 682
65 Bill Pellington 27 LLB 12 0 2 26 0 14 13.0 26
38 John Huzvar 25 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 29
76 Don Joyce 25 RDE 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
83 Bob Langas 24 8 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
31 Chuck McMillan 23 6 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
52 George Radosevich 26 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
66 Charley Robinson 27 6 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
36 Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 367
Team Total 25.6 12 33 168 0 18 5.1 48 899 0 35 18.7 4337
Opp Total 12 45 0 29 587 0 20.2

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
19 Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 72 2680 55 1 37.2
18 Gary Kerkorian 24 K/QB 10 10 10 5 50.0% 12 11 91.7%
44 Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 13 6 46.2% 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 23 11 47.8% 13 12 92.3% 72 2680 55 1 37.2
Opp Total 12 19 9 47.4% 36 36 100.0% 57 2269 39.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
18 Gary Kerkorian 24 K/QB 10 10 0 6 2 0 0
21 Tom Keane 28 LS 12 0 5 22 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 0 4 1 0 0
25 Don Shula 24 RDH 12 0 5 84 0 25 0
67 Doug Eggers 24 RLB 11 0 3 18 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 John Huzvar 25 8 0 0 3 1 0 0
40 Bob Leberman 22 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
44 Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 2 27 0 21 0 0 0 1 5 0
73 Joe Campanella 24 MLB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Fred Enke 30 qb 3 1 0 1 1 0 0
20 George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 0 1 1 0 0
23 Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 2 15 0 15 0
36 Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 0 2 0 0 0
60 Sisto Averno 29 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 Dan Edwards 28 RE 12 0 0 0 1 7 0
76 Don Joyce 25 RDE 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
83 Bob Langas 24 8 0 0 0 1 0 0
84 Jim Mutscheller 24 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
50 Buzz Nutter 23 C 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
66 Charley Robinson 27 6 0 0 0 1 0 1
26 Royce Womble 23 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 Buddy Young* 28 KR/PR/RH 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 20 166 0 25 0 0 20 18 12 1 1
Opp Total 12 42 28 18

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
18 Gary Kerkorian 24 K/QB 10 10 1 1 11 5 32
22 Buddy Young* 28 KR/PR/RH 10 0 2 3 5 30
44 Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 1 6 19
26 Royce Womble 23 12 0 3 3 18
82 Dan Edwards 28 RE 12 0 1 1 6
66 Charley Robinson 27 6 0 1 1 6
20 George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 1 1 6
23 Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 1 1 6
36 Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 1 1 6
77 Tom Finnin 27 RDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 4 9 1 14 12 11 1 131
Opp Total 12 21 12 36 9 279