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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)
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1958 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Johnny Unitas*+ | 25 | 2 | 10 | 136 for 263, 2,007 yards, 19 td, 7 int, & 33 rushes for 139 yards and 3 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| FB | Alan Ameche* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 171 rushes for 791 yards, 8 td, & 13 catches for 81 yards and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| LH | L.G. Dupre | 26 | 3 | 0 | 95 rushes for 390 yards, 3 td, & 13 catches for 111 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 27th pick / 1955 |
| RH | Lenny Moore*+ | 25 | 2 | 0 | 82 rushes for 598 yards, 7 td, & 50 catches for 938 yards and 7 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1956 |
| LE | Raymond Berry*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 56 catches for 794 yards, 9 td | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| LT | Jim Parker*+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1957 |
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| LG | Art Spinney | 31 | 8 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
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| C | Buzz Nutter | 27 | 4 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
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| RG | Alex Sandusky | 26 | 4 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
| RT | George Preas | 25 | 3 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
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| RE | Jim Mutscheller | 28 | 4 | 0 | 28 catches for 504 yards, 7 td | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gino Marchetti*+ | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| LDT | Art Donovan | 33 | 8 | 0 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
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| RDT | Gene Lipscomb*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | ||
| RDE | Don Joyce* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 |
| LLB | Bill Pellington | 31 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Don Shinnick | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| RLB | Leo Sanford | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 90th pick / 1951 |
| LDH | Carl Taseff | 30 | 7 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| RDH | Milt Davis | 29 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1954 |
| LS | Andy Nelson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 126th pick / 1957 |
| RS | Ray Brown | 22 | Rook | 12 | 8 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 50th pick / 1958 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Steve Myhra | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 of 10 field goals & 48 of 51 extra points | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 139th pick / 1956 |
| P | Ray Brown | 22 | Rook | 12 | 41 punts for a 39.9 average, 0 blocked | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 50th pick / 1958 |
| PR | Carl Taseff | 30 | 7 | 0 | 29 punt returns for a 6.8 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| KR | Lenny Lyles | 22 | Rook | 0 | 11 kick returns for a 36.2 average and 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 11th pick / 1958 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Alan Ameche* | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 6/1/1933 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| 82 | Raymond Berry*+ | 25 | E | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Schreiner College,SMU | 2/27/1933 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| 81 | Ordell Braase | 26 | DE | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | South Dakota | 3/13/1932 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 160th pick / 1954 |
| 17 | Ray Brown | 22 | DB-QB | 12 | 12 | 195 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 9/7/1936 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 50th pick / 1958 |
| 25 | Jack Call | 23 | HB | 12 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Colgate | 7/30/1935 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 151st pick / 1957 |
| 20 | Milt Davis | 29 | DB | 10 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | UCLA | 5/31/1929 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1954 |
| 21 | Art DeCarlo | 27 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/23/1931 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 65th pick / 1953 |
| 70 | Art Donovan | 33 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-2 | Boston College,Notre Dame | 6/5/1925 | 8 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| 45 | L.G. Dupre | 26 | HB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Baylor | 9/10/1932 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 27th pick / 1955 |
| 18 | Dick Horn | 28 | QB | 5 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Stanford | 3/18/1930 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 17th / 194th pick / 1952 |
| 83 | Don Joyce* | 29 | DE-DT | 12 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Tulane | 10/8/1929 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 |
| 78 | Ray Krouse | 31 | DT-DE-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-3 | Maryland | 3/21/1927 | 7 | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1951 |
| 76 | Gene Lipscomb*+ | 27 | DT | 12 | 0 | 284 | 6-6 | none | 8/9/1931 | 5 | |
| 26 | Lenny Lyles | 22 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Louisville | 1/26/1936 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 11th pick / 1958 |
| 89 | Gino Marchetti*+ | 31 | DE-T-DT | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | San Francisco | 1/2/1927 | 6 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| 24 | Lenny Moore*+ | 25 | HB-FL | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Penn State | 11/25/1933 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1956 |
| 84 | Jim Mutscheller | 28 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/31/1930 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| 65 | Steve Myhra | 24 | G-LB-K | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-1 | Minnesota,North Dakota | 4/2/1934 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 139th pick / 1956 |
| 80 | Andy Nelson | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/27/1933 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 126th pick / 1957 |
| 50 | Buzz Nutter | 27 | C-LB | 12 | 12 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 2/16/1931 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| 77 | Jim Parker*+ | 24 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 4/3/1934 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1957 |
| 36 | Bill Pellington | 31 | LB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Defiance,Rutgers | 9/25/1927 | 5 | |
| 79 | Sherman Plunkett | 25 | T | 12 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
| 60 | George Preas | 25 | T-G-LB | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 6/25/1933 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
| 31 | Billy Pricer | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 9/3/1934 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 65th pick / 1957 |
| 44 | Bert Rechichar | 28 | DB-LB-HB-E | 12 | 0 | 209 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/16/1930 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| 47 | Johnny Sample | 21 | DB | 12 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| 68 | Alex Sandusky | 26 | G | 12 | 12 | 235 | 6-1 | Clarion | 8/17/1932 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
| 55 | Leo Sanford | 29 | LB | 9 | 0 | 224 | 6-1 | Louisiana Tech | 10/4/1929 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 90th pick / 1951 |
| 14 | George Shaw | 25 | QB | 12 | 2 | 183 | 6-1 | Oregon | 7/25/1933 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1955 |
| 66 | Don Shinnick | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | UCLA | 5/15/1935 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| 41 | Jackie M. Simpson | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Florida | 4/2/1934 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1957 |
| 63 | Art Spinney | 31 | G-DE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Boston College | 11/8/1927 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| 41 | Avatus Stone | 27 | HB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 4/21/1931 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 100th pick / 1953 |
| 52 | Dick Szymanski | 26 | C-LB | 8 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/7/1932 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
| 23 | Carl Taseff | 30 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 9/28/1928 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| 64 | Fuzzy Thurston | 25 | G | 4 | 0 | 247 | 6-1 | Valparaiso | 12/29/1933 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 54th pick / 1956 |
| 19 | Johnny Unitas*+ | 25 | QB | 10 | 10 | 194 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/7/1933 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 12 | 220.4 | 6-1.5 | 3.0 |