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1961 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 302 points (21.6/g), 7th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 307 points (21.9/g), 10th.
 Differential of -5 points (-0.4/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 6.9-7.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.3/g), 14th.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (8-6-0)

1961 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 17 box W 1-0 Los Angeles Rams 27 24 19 326 113 213 2 21 308 123 185 2
2 Sun September 24 box L 1-1 Detroit Lions 15 16 7 186 103 83 4 15 248 64 184 4
3 Sun October 1 box W 2-1 Minnesota Vikings 34 33 16 366 284 82 5 21 261 137 124
4 Sun October 8 box L 2-2 @ Green Bay Packers 7 45 18 289 136 153 8 25 357 146 211 1
5 Sun October 15 box L 2-3 @ Chicago Bears 10 24 20 362 256 106 1 14 284 194 90 1
6 Sun October 22 box W 3-3 @ Detroit Lions 17 14 18 313 225 88 4 11 208 132 76 1
7 Sun October 29 box L 3-4 Chicago Bears 20 21 19 372 292 80 2 17 341 199 142 3
8 Sun November 5 box W 4-4 Green Bay Packers 45 21 29 407 218 189 3 10 225 64 161 1
9 Sun November 12 box L 4-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 20 28 21 354 138 216 2 19 275 116 159 1
10 Sun November 19 box W 5-5 St. Louis Cardinals 16 0 24 406 227 179 1 8 129 49 80 2
11 Sun November 26 box W 6-5 @ Washington Redskins 27 6 20 415 208 207 4 7 97 63 34 3
12 Sun December 3 box W 7-5 San Francisco 49ers 20 17 18 346 192 154 3 17 309 161 148 3
13 Sat December 9 box L 7-6 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 34 24 414 142 272 2 22 385 203 182
14 Sat December 16 box W 8-6 @ San Francisco 49ers 27 24 21 366 269 97 1 25 355 262 93 2

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 302 4922 921 5.3 274 232 438 2803 17 29 6.0 135 456 2119 17 4.6 124 42 13 15
Team Defense 307 3782 820 4.6 356 161 351 1913 18 16 4.8 110 418 1869 17 4.5 232 24 8 14
Lg Rank Offense 7 2 2 1 3 10 13 6 5 3 3 4 9 4
Lg Rank Defense 10 1 4 3 1 4 14 1 7 10 11 11 14 14

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* 28 QB 14 14 8-6-0 229 420 54.5 2990 16 3.8 24 5.7 72 7.1 4.9 13.1 213.6 66.1
Lamar McHan 29 7 0 3 15 20.0 28 1 6.7 4 26.7 17 1.9 -9.5 9.3 4.0 22.2
Lenny Moore*+ 28 FL 13 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Bobby Boyd 24 LCB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.0 14 8-6-0 232 438 53.0 3018 17 3.9 29 6.6 72 6.9 4.3 13.0 215.6 60.3
Opp Total 14 161 351 45.9 1913 18 5.1 16 4.6 5.5 3.9 11.9 136.6 61.1 51 407 4.8 2.4

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
Joe Perry 34 FB 13 0 168 675 3 27 4.0 51.9 12.9 34 322 9.5 1 27 2.6 24.8 997 4 3
Lenny Moore*+ 28 FL 13 0 92 648 7 54 7.0 49.8 7.1 49 728 14.9 8 72 3.8 56.0 1376 15 1
Alex Hawkins 24 HB 11 0 86 379 4 39 4.4 34.5 7.8 20 158 7.9 1 22 1.8 14.4 537 5 3
Johnny Unitas* 28 QB 14 14 54 190 2 18 3.5 13.6 3.9 190 2 9
Mark Smolinski 22 14 0 31 98 0 14 3.2 7.0 2.2 9 100 11.1 1 25 0.6 7.1 198 1 3
Tom Matte 22 8 0 13 54 0 11 4.2 6.8 1.6 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.0 62 0 0
Mike Sommer 27 4 0 6 10 0 9 1.7 2.5 1.5 1 31 31.0 0 31 0.3 7.8 41 0 0
Lamar McHan 29 7 0 4 1 0 7 0.3 0.1 0.6 1 0 0
Jerry Hill 22 1 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4.0 1.0 4 0 0
Jim Welch 23 14 0 1 60 1 60 60.0 4.3 0.1 60 1 0
Raymond Berry* 28 SE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 75 873 11.6 0 44 6.3 72.8 873 0 0
Jim Mutscheller 31 TE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 370 18.5 2 45 1.7 30.8 370 2 0
Jimmy Orr 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 357 19.8 4 64 1.4 27.5 357 4 0
Dee Mackey 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 66 16.5 0 19 0.3 4.7 66 0 0
Dick Szymanski 29 C 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 5 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 456 2119 17 60 4.6 151.4 32.6 232 3018 13.0 17 72 16.6 215.6 5137 34 21
Opp Total 14 418 1869 17 4.5 133.5 29.9 161 1913 11.9 18 11.5 136.6 3782 35 19

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
Lenny Lyles 25 RET 14 0 28 672 0 64 24.0 672
Bobby Boyd 24 LCB 14 0 18 173 0 46 9.6 173
Bob Harrison 23 RS 13 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 11 250 0 34 22.7 266
Carl Taseff 33 7 0 5 39 0 23 7.8 39
Jim Welch 23 14 0 5 146 0 50 29.2 206
Alex Hawkins 24 HB 11 0 4 20 0 9 5.0 557
Andy Nelson 28 LS 14 0 4 19 0 12 4.8 19
Mark Smolinski 22 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 3 27 0 23 9.0 227
Tom Matte 22 8 0 2 50 0 30 25.0 112
Ken Gregory 24 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Joe Lewis 25 11 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Dee Mackey 27 14 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 72
Marv Matuszak 30 mlb 14 5 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Team Total 27.0 14 33 269 0 46 8.2 53 1182 0 64 22.3 6588
Opp Total 14 18 1 57 1552 0 27.2

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 27 K 14 0 39 21 53.8% 34 33 97.1%
Tom Gilburg 23 P 14 0 42 1804 61 0 43.0
Team Total 27.0 14 39 21 53.8% 34 33 97.1% 42 1804 61 0 43.0
Opp Total 14 26 16 61.5% 37 37 100.0% 64 2650 41.4

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
Bobby Boyd 24 LCB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Ordell Braase 29 RDE 13 0 0 1 0 0
Jackie Burkett 25 LLB 14 0 1 23 0 23 0 1 0 0
Wiley Feagin 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Glick 31 RCB 11 0 4 18 0 10
Bob Harrison 23 RS 13 0 3 43 0 27
Alex Hawkins 24 HB 11 0 3 2 0 0
Lenny Lyles 25 RET 14 0 1 1 4 0
Gino Marchetti*+ 34 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lenny Moore*+ 28 FL 13 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Pellington 34 MLB/llb 14 0 3 9 0 4
Joe Perry 34 FB 13 0 3 0 0 0
George Preas 28 RT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Palmer Pyle 24 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Don Shinnick 26 RLB 14 0 2 15 0 15 0 3 0 0
Billy Ray Sr. Smith 26 RDT 14 0 0 1 6 0
Mark Smolinski 22 14 0 3 0 0 0
Dick Szymanski 29 C 14 0 0 1 4 0
Carl Taseff 33 7 0 1 15 0 15 1 0 0 0
Johnny Unitas* 28 QB 14 14 9 2 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 16 123 0 27 21 16 14 0 1
Opp Total 14 27 19 11

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Steve Myhra 27 K 14 0 33 21 96
Lenny Moore*+ 28 FL 13 0 7 8 90
Alex Hawkins 24 HB 11 0 4 1 30
Jimmy Orr 26 13 0 4 24
Joe Perry 34 FB 13 0 3 1 24
Jim Mutscheller 31 TE 12 0 2 12
Johnny Unitas* 28 QB 14 14 2 12
Mark Smolinski 22 14 0 1 6
Jim Welch 23 14 0 1 6
Gino Marchetti*+ 34 LDE 14 0 1 2
Team Total 27.0 14 17 17 33 21 1 302
Opp Total 14 17 18 1 37 16 307