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1958 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 9-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

1958 NFL Champions

Scored 381 points (31.8/g), 1st of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 203 points (16.9/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 178 points (14.8/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 9.8-2.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +30 (2.5/g), 1st.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (9-3-0)

1958 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 28 box W 1-0 Detroit Lions 28 15 26 416 250 166 1 12 182 109 73 4
2 Sat October 4 box W 2-0 Chicago Bears 51 38 17 325 178 147 2 20 316 176 140 6
3 Sun October 12 box W 3-0 @ Green Bay Packers 24 17 19 382 230 152 2 21 360 299 61 4
4 Sun October 19 box W 4-0 @ Detroit Lions 40 14 25 535 219 316 2 14 220 141 79 3
5 Sun October 26 box W 5-0 Washington Redskins 35 10 21 390 204 186 2 11 183 16 167 3
6 Sun November 2 box W 6-0 Green Bay Packers 56 0 30 390 170 220 2 8 142 47 95 5
7 Sun November 9 box L 6-1 @ New York Giants 21 24 19 384 238 146 1 18 341 174 167 2
8 Sun November 16 box W 7-1 @ Chicago Bears 17 0 14 285 126 159 2 8 161 54 107 5
9 Sun November 23 box W 8-1 Los Angeles Rams 34 7 19 369 218 151 19 419 344 75 9
10 Sun November 30 box W 9-1 San Francisco 49ers 35 27 24 415 196 219 2 22 313 158 155 5
11 Sat December 6 box L 9-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 28 30 26 359 203 156 5 12 279 235 44 3
12 Sun December 14 box L 9-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 12 21 13 289 180 109 1 23 368 240 128 3
Playoffs
Championship December 28 box W 10-3 @ New York Giants 23 17

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 381 4539 826 5.5 253 178 354 2412 26 11 6.5 120 456 2127 24 4.7 117 22 11 16
Team Defense 203 3284 726 4.5 306 168 363 1993 9 35 5.0 106 331 1291 13 3.9 188 52 17 12
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 5 6 1 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 2
Lg Rank Defense 2 2 4 11 5 1 1 3 1 1 5 4 1 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Johnny Unitas*+ 25 QB 10 10 8-2-0 136 263 51.7 2007 19 7.2 7 2.7 77 7.6 7.2 14.8 200.7 90.0
George Shaw 25 12 2 1-1-0 41 89 46.1 531 7 7.9 4 4.5 57 6.0 4.7 13.0 44.3 72.8
Ray Brown 22 RS 12 12 1 2 50.0 -1 0 0.0 0 0.0 -1 -0.5 -0.5 -1.0 -0.1 56.2
Team Total 26.4 12 9-3-0 178 354 50.3 2537 26 7.3 11 3.1 77 7.2 6.5 14.3 211.4 85.4
Opp Total 12 168 363 46.3 1993 9 2.5 35 9.6 5.5 1.4 11.9 166.1 32.2 32 255 5.0 0.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Alan Ameche* 25 FB 12 0 171 791 8 28 4.6 65.9 14.3 13 81 6.2 1 18 1.1 6.8 872 9 1
L.G. Dupre 26 LH 10 0 95 390 3 39 4.1 39.0 9.5 13 111 8.5 0 22 1.3 11.1 501 3 2
Lenny Moore*+ 25 RH 12 0 82 598 7 73 7.3 49.8 6.8 50 938 18.8 7 77 4.2 78.2 1536 14 5
Jack Call 23 12 0 37 154 0 35 4.2 12.8 3.1 4 28 7.0 0 12 0.3 2.3 182 0 3
Johnny Unitas*+ 25 QB 10 10 33 139 3 28 4.2 13.9 3.3 139 3 5
Lenny Lyles 22 RET 12 0 22 41 1 27 1.9 3.4 1.8 5 24 4.8 1 11 0.4 2.0 65 2 4
Billy Pricer 24 12 0 10 26 1 4 2.6 2.2 0.8 3 14 4.7 0 6 0.3 1.2 40 1 0
George Shaw 25 12 2 5 -3 1 3 -0.6 -0.3 0.4 -3 1 0
Ray Brown 22 RS 12 12 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.8 0.1 -9 0 1
Raymond Berry*+ 25 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 56 794 14.2 9 54 4.7 66.2 794 9 0
Jim Mutscheller 28 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 504 18.0 7 54 2.3 42.0 504 7 0
Bert Rechichar 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 34 8.5 1 12 0.3 2.8 34 1 1
Art DeCarlo 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.8 10 0 0
Bill Pellington 31 LLB 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 -1 0 0
Team Total 26.4 12 456 2127 24 73 4.7 177.3 38.0 178 2537 14.3 26 77 14.8 211.4 4664 50 26
Opp Total 12 331 1291 13 3.9 107.6 27.6 168 1993 11.9 9 14.0 166.1 3284 22 31

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Carl Taseff 30 LDH 12 0 29 196 0 33 6.8 1 50 0 50 50.0 246
Lenny Lyles 22 RET 12 0 11 398 2 103 36.2 463
Bert Rechichar 28 12 0 7 29 0 11 4.1 3 50 0 22 16.7 113
Billy Pricer 24 12 0 9 168 0 28 18.7 208
Lenny Moore*+ 25 RH 12 0 2 11 0 11 5.5 4 91 0 25 22.8 1638
Jackie M. Simpson 24 2 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 3 59 0 24 19.7 60
Jack Call 23 12 0 2 48 0 26 24.0 230
Art DeCarlo 27 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 10
Team Total 26.4 12 39 237 0 33 6.1 34 864 2 103 25.4 5765
Opp Total 12 40 1 43 1241 1 28.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Steve Myhra 24 K 12 0 10 4 40.0% 51 48 94.1%
Ray Brown 22 RS 12 12 41 1635 60 0 39.9
Dick Horn 28 5 0 19 617 48 0 32.5
Bert Rechichar 28 12 0 4 1 25.0%
L.G. Dupre 26 LH 10 0 1 -4 -4 0 -4.0
George Shaw 25 12 2 1 0.0%
Avatus Stone 27 1 0 1 28 28 0 28.0
Team Total 26.4 12 14 5 35.7% 52 48 92.3% 62 2276 60 0 36.7
Opp Total 12 17 6 35.3% 26 23 88.5% 62 2734 44.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Alan Ameche* 25 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0
Ordell Braase 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ray Brown 22 RS 12 12 8 149 0 30 1 3 0 0
Jack Call 23 12 0 3 0 0 0
Milt Davis 29 RDH 10 0 4 40 0 28 0 2 6 0
L.G. Dupre 26 LH 10 0 2 1 0 0
Don Joyce* 29 RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Lenny Lyles 22 RET 12 0 4 3 0 0
Gino Marchetti*+ 31 LDE 12 0 0 3 0 0
Lenny Moore*+ 25 RH 12 0 5 2 0 0
Andy Nelson 25 LS 12 0 8 199 1 69 0 2 0 0
Bill Pellington 31 LLB 12 0 4 44 0 21 0 1 0 0
Sherman Plunkett 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Pricer 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bert Rechichar 28 12 0 1 1 0 0
Johnny Sample 21 12 0 0 1 0 0
Alex Sandusky 26 RG 12 12 0 1 0 0
Leo Sanford 29 RLB 9 0 1 7 0 7
Don Shinnick 23 MLB 12 0 3 23 0 16 0 1 0 0
Jackie M. Simpson 24 2 0 1 0 0 0
Carl Taseff 30 LDH 12 0 7 52 0 17 3 2 0 0
Johnny Unitas*+ 25 QB 10 10 5 4 0 0
Team Total 26.4 12 35 514 1 69 26 32 6 0
Opp Total 12 16 31 14

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lenny Moore*+ 25 RH 12 0 7 7 84
Steve Myhra 24 K 12 0 48 4 60
Alan Ameche* 25 FB 12 0 8 1 54
Raymond Berry*+ 25 LE 12 0 9 54
Jim Mutscheller 28 RE 12 0 7 42
Lenny Lyles 22 RET 12 0 1 1 2 24
L.G. Dupre 26 LH 10 0 3 18
Johnny Unitas*+ 25 QB 10 10 3 18
Bert Rechichar 28 12 0 1 1 9
Andy Nelson 25 LS 12 0 1 6
Billy Pricer 24 12 0 1 6
George Shaw 25 12 2 1 6
Team Total 26.4 12 24 26 2 1 48 5 381
Opp Total 12 13 9 1 1 23 6 203