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Record: 6-6-0, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 288 points (24.0/g), 4th of 13 in the NFL.
Allowed 234 points (19.5/g), 6th.
Differential of 54 points (4.5/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 7.4-4.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 6th.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.0, Offense: 2.0, Defense: 0.1, SoS: -2.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Weeb Ewbank
Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Johnny Unitas* | 27 | 4 | 12 | 190 for 378, 3,099 yards, 25 td, 24 int, & 36 rushes for 195 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| HB | Alex Hawkins | 23 | 1 | 0 | 76 rushes for 267 yards, 2 td, & 25 catches for 280 yards and 3 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1959 |
| FB | Alan Ameche | 27 | 5 | 0 | 80 rushes for 263 yards, 3 td, & 7 catches for 56 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| FL | Lenny Moore*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | 45 catches for 936 yards, 9 td, & 91 rushes for 374 yards and 4 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1956 |
| SE | Raymond Berry*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 74 catches for 1,298 yards, 10 td | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| TE | Jim Mutscheller | 30 | 6 | 0 | 18 catches for 271 yards, 2 td | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| LT | Jim Parker*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1957 | |
| LG | Art Spinney* | 33 | 10 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 | |
| C | Buzz Nutter | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| RG | Alex Sandusky | 28 | 6 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 | |
| RT | George Preas | 27 | 5 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gino Marchetti*+ | 33 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 | |
| LDT | Art Donovan | 35 | 10 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| RDT | Gene Lipscomb | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Ordell Braase | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 160th pick / 1954 |
| LLB | Bill Pellington | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Dick Szymanski | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
| RLB | Don Shinnick | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| LCB | Bobby Boyd | 23 | Rook | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 119th pick / 1960 |
| RCB | Milt Davis | 31 | 3 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1954 |
| LS | Andy Nelson* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 126th pick / 1957 |
| KR | Johnny Sample | 23 | 2 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 28.8 average and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Steve Myhra | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 of 19 field goals & 35 of 37 extra points | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 139th pick / 1956 |
| P | Ray Brown | 24 | 2 | 0 | 52 punts for a 38.5 average, 0 blocked | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 50th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Johnny Sample | 23 | 2 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 28.8 average and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Johnny Sample | 23 | 2 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 28.8 average and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Alan Ameche | 27 | FB | 10 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 6/1/1933 | 5 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| 82 | Raymond Berry*+ | 27 | SE | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Schreiner College,SMU | 2/27/1933 | 5 | 16 | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| 40 | Bobby Boyd | 23 | LCB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 12/3/1937 | Rook | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 119th pick / 1960 |
| 81 | Ordell Braase | 28 | RDE | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | South Dakota | 3/13/1932 | 3 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 160th pick / 1954 |
| 17 | Ray Brown | 24 | P | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 9/7/1936 | 2 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 50th pick / 1958 |
| 67 | Jim Colvin | 23 | dt | 12 | 2 | 252 | 6-3 | Houston | 11/30/1937 | Rook | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 95th pick / 1960 |
| 20 | Milt Davis | 31 | RCB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | UCLA | 5/31/1929 | 3 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1954 |
| 21 | Art DeCarlo | 29 | 9 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/23/1931 | 7 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 65th pick / 1953 | |
| 70 | Art Donovan | 35 | LDT | 12 | 12 | 263 | 6-2 | Notre Dame,Boston Col. | 6/5/1925 | 10 | 14 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| 25 | Alex Hawkins | 23 | HB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 7/2/1937 | 1 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1959 |
| 83 | Don Joyce | 31 | 11 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Tulane | 10/8/1929 | 9 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 | |
| 43 | Ed Kovac | 22 | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 4/22/1938 | Rook | 0 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1960 | |
| 76 | Gene Lipscomb | 29 | RDT | 12 | 0 | 284 | 6-6 | none | 8/9/1931 | 7 | 9 | |
| 89 | Gino Marchetti*+ | 33 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | San Francisco | 1/2/1927 | 8 | 16 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| 64 | Marv Matuszak | 29 | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 9/12/1931 | 7 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1953 | |
| 24 | Lenny Moore*+ | 27 | FL | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 11/25/1933 | 4 | 15 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1956 |
| 84 | Jim Mutscheller | 30 | TE | 11 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/31/1930 | 6 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| 65 | Steve Myhra | 26 | K | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-1 | Minnesota,North Dakota | 4/2/1934 | 3 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 139th pick / 1956 |
| 80 | Andy Nelson* | 27 | LS | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/27/1933 | 3 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 126th pick / 1957 |
| 50 | Buzz Nutter | 29 | C | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 2/16/1931 | 6 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| 77 | Jim Parker*+ | 26 | LT | 12 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 4/3/1934 | 3 | 12 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1957 |
| 36 | Bill Pellington | 33 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Defiance,Rutgers | 9/25/1927 | 7 | 10 | |
| 79 | Sherman Plunkett | 27 | 12 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | 2 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 | |
| 60 | George Preas | 27 | RT | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 6/25/1933 | 5 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
| 31 | Billy Pricer | 26 | 12 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 9/3/1934 | 3 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 65th pick / 1957 | |
| 62 | Palmer Pyle | 23 | 11 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 6/12/1937 | Rook | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 72nd pick / 1959 | |
| 87 | Jerry Richardson | 24 | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Wofford | 7/11/1936 | 1 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 154th pick / 1958 | |
| 44 | Johnny Sample | 23 | KR | 11 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 2 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| 68 | Alex Sandusky | 28 | RG | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Clarion | 8/17/1932 | 6 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
| 73 | Lebron Shields | 23 | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 7/23/1937 | Rook | 1 | Detroit Lions / 22nd / 256th pick / 1959 | |
| 66 | Don Shinnick | 25 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | UCLA | 5/15/1935 | 3 | 11 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| 41 | Jackie M. Simpson | 26 | 12 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Florida | 4/2/1934 | 2 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1957 | |
| 61 | Zeke Smith | 24 | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Auburn | 9/29/1936 | Rook | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 48th pick / 1959 | |
| 26 | Mike Sommer | 26 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | George Washington | 10/9/1934 | 2 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1958 | |
| 63 | Art Spinney* | 33 | LG | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Boston Col. | 11/8/1927 | 10 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| 52 | Dick Szymanski | 28 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/7/1932 | 5 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
| 23 | Carl Taseff | 32 | 12 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 9/28/1928 | 9 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 | |
| 19 | Johnny Unitas* | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 194 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/7/1933 | 4 | 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| 46 | Jim Welch | 22 | 11 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | SMU | 3/17/1938 | Rook | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 34th pick / 1960 | |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 12 | 221.4 | 6-1.6 | 3.9 |