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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.
Coached by Weeb Ewbank (6-6-0)
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1960 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| 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 |
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| LG | Art Spinney* | 33 | 10 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
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| 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 |
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| RT | George Preas | 27 | 5 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gino Marchetti*+ | 33 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
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| 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 |
| RS | Johnny Sample | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | 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 |
| PR | Johnny Sample | 23 | 2 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 7.2 average and 0 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 27 | FB | 10 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 6/1/1933 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| Raymond Berry*+ | 27 | E | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Schreiner College,SMU | 2/27/1933 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| Bobby Boyd | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 12/3/1937 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 119th pick / 1960 |
| Ordell Braase | 28 | DE | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | South Dakota | 3/13/1932 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 160th pick / 1954 |
| Ray Brown | 24 | DB-QB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 9/7/1936 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 50th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Colvin | 23 | DT-DE-G | 12 | 2 | 252 | 6-3 | Houston | 11/30/1937 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 95th pick / 1960 |
| Milt Davis | 31 | DB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | UCLA | 5/31/1929 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 97th pick / 1954 |
| Art DeCarlo | 29 | DB-E | 9 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgia | 3/23/1931 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 65th pick / 1953 |
| Art Donovan | 35 | DT-T | 12 | 12 | 263 | 6-2 | Boston College,Notre Dame | 6/5/1925 | 10 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| Alex Hawkins | 23 | HB-FL-WR | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 7/2/1937 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1959 |
| Don Joyce | 31 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Tulane | 10/8/1929 | 9 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 |
| Ed Kovac | 22 | HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 4/22/1938 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 68th pick / 1960 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 29 | DT | 12 | 0 | 284 | 6-6 | none | 8/9/1931 | 7 | |
| Gino Marchetti*+ | 33 | DE-T-DT | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | San Francisco | 1/2/1927 | 8 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| Marv Matuszak | 29 | LB | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 9/12/1931 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1953 |
| Lenny Moore*+ | 27 | HB-FL | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Penn State | 11/25/1933 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 30 | E-DE | 11 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/31/1930 | 6 | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| Steve Myhra | 26 | G-LB-K | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-1 | Minnesota,North Dakota | 4/2/1934 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 139th pick / 1956 |
| Andy Nelson* | 27 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Memphis | 5/27/1933 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 126th pick / 1957 |
| Buzz Nutter | 29 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 2/16/1931 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| Jim Parker*+ | 26 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 273 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 4/3/1934 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 8th pick / 1957 |
| Bill Pellington | 33 | LB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Defiance,Rutgers | 9/25/1927 | 7 | |
| Sherman Plunkett | 27 | T | 12 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
| George Preas | 27 | T-G-LB | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 6/25/1933 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
| Billy Pricer | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 9/3/1934 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 65th pick / 1957 |
| Palmer Pyle | 23 | G | 11 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 6/12/1937 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 72nd pick / 1959 |
| Jerry Richardson | 24 | FL-HB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Wofford | 7/11/1936 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 154th pick / 1958 |
| Johnny Sample | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| Alex Sandusky | 28 | G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Clarion | 8/17/1932 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
| Lebron Shields | 23 | DE-T | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 7/23/1937 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 22nd / 256th pick / 1959 |
| Don Shinnick | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | UCLA | 5/15/1935 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| Jackie M. Simpson | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Florida | 4/2/1934 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1957 |
| Zeke Smith | 24 | LB-G-DE | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Auburn | 9/29/1936 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 48th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Sommer | 26 | HB-DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | George Washington | 10/9/1934 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1958 |
| Art Spinney* | 33 | G-DE | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Boston College | 11/8/1927 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| Dick Szymanski | 28 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/7/1932 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
| Carl Taseff | 32 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 9/28/1928 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| Johnny Unitas* | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 194 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/7/1933 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| Jim Welch | 22 | DB | 11 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | SMU | 3/17/1938 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 34th pick / 1960 |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 12 | 221.4 | 6-1.6 | 3.9 |