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1963 Baltimore Colts

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

Scored 316 points (22.6/g), 7th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 285 points (20.4/g), 7th.
 Differential of 31 points (2.2/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by Don Shula (8-6-0)

1963 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 15 box L 0-1 New York Giants 28 37 17 295 204 91 2 22 362 243 119 4
2 Sun September 22 box W 1-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 20 14 27 395 263 132 14 194 138 56 1
3 Sun September 29 box L 1-2 @ Green Bay Packers 20 31 16 333 253 80 7 21 355 187 168 5
4 Sun October 6 box L 1-3 @ Chicago Bears 3 10 11 210 165 45 2 15 281 134 147 1
5 Sun October 13 box W 2-3 San Francisco 49ers 20 3 18 302 144 158 4 5 120 80 40 2
6 Sun October 20 box W 3-3 @ Detroit Lions 25 21 14 256 113 143 1 12 161 70 91 2
7 Sun October 27 box L 3-4 Green Bay Packers 20 34 10 300 214 86 6 18 312 133 179 4
8 Sun November 3 box L 3-5 Chicago Bears 7 17 14 192 90 102 3 18 276 112 164
9 Sun November 10 box W 4-5 Detroit Lions 24 21 24 474 351 123 3 21 330 257 73
10 Sun November 17 box W 5-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 37 34 18 408 303 105 2 16 426 150 276
11 Sun November 24 box L 5-6 @ Los Angeles Rams 16 17 19 340 228 112 2 16 290 91 199 3
12 Sun December 1 box W 6-6 @ Washington Redskins 36 20 24 468 343 125 18 385 305 80 3
13 Sun December 8 box W 7-6 Minnesota Vikings 41 10 22 439 318 121 1 14 203 110 93 3
14 Sun December 15 box W 8-6 Los Angeles Rams 19 16 23 526 307 219 4 18 341 232 109 4

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 316 4938 873 5.7 257 248 433 3296 20 12 6.9 149 396 1642 11 4.1 95 37 25 13
Team Defense 285 4036 827 4.9 367 181 348 2242 19 15 5.7 118 434 1794 16 4.1 228 32 17 21
Lg Rank Offense 7 2 4 2 1 8 1 4 12 9 10 5 7 14
Lg Rank Defense 7 6 6 1 6 6 11 6 9 9 11 9 9 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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* 30 QB 14 14 237 410 57.8 3481 20 4.9 12 2.9 64 8.5 7.7 14.7 248.6 89.7
Gary Cuozzo 22 5 0 10 17 58.8 104 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 6.1 6.1 10.4 20.8 76.6
Tom Matte 24 HB 14 0 1 5 20.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 4.0 4.0 20.0 1.4 43.7
Lamar McHan 31 1 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 14 248 433 57.3 3605 20 4.6 12 2.8 64 8.3 7.5 14.5 257.5 88.4
Opp Total 14 181 348 52.0 2242 19 5.5 15 4.3 6.4 5.0 12.4 160.1 72.5 45 347 5.7 3.6

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
Tom Matte 24 HB 14 0 133 541 4 31 4.1 38.6 9.5 48 466 9.7 1 49 3.4 33.3 1007 5 2
Jerry Hill 24 14 0 100 440 5 20 4.4 31.4 7.1 22 304 13.8 1 55 1.6 21.7 744 6 8
J.W. Lockett 26 FB 12 0 81 273 0 18 3.4 22.8 6.8 16 158 9.9 1 27 1.3 13.2 431 1 2
Johnny Unitas* 30 QB 14 14 47 224 0 26 4.8 16.0 3.4 224 0 13
Lenny Moore 30 hb 7 0 27 136 2 25 5.0 19.4 3.9 21 288 13.7 2 34 3.0 41.1 424 4 2
Alex Hawkins 26 14 0 3 -2 0 -1 -0.7 -0.1 0.2 3 41 13.7 0 19 0.2 2.9 39 0 0
Gary Cuozzo 22 5 0 3 26 0 26 8.7 5.2 0.6 26 0 0
John Mackey* 22 TE 14 14 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 35 726 20.7 7 61 2.5 51.9 729 7 2
Nate Craddock 23 3 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 1 0 1
Raymond Berry* 30 SE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 703 16.0 3 64 4.9 78.1 703 3 0
Jimmy Orr 28 FL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 708 17.3 5 60 3.4 59.0 708 5 1
Willie Richardson 24 13 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 204 12.0 0 22 1.3 15.7 204 0 1
R.C. Owens 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.3 2.3 7 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 396 1642 11 31 4.1 117.3 28.3 248 3605 14.5 20 64 17.7 257.5 5247 31 35
Opp Total 14 434 1794 16 4.1 128.1 31.0 181 2242 12.4 19 12.9 160.1 4036 35 32

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jerry Logan 22 RET 14 4 28 279 0 38 10.0 8 170 0 31 21.3 449
Alex Hawkins 26 14 0 17 156 0 50 9.2 195
Tom Matte 24 HB 14 0 16 331 0 34 20.7 1338
John Mackey* 22 TE 14 14 9 271 0 41 30.1 1000
Wendell Harris 23 14 0 8 198 0 41 24.8 198
Willie Richardson 24 13 3 5 43 0 19 8.6 1 16 0 16 16.0 263
Tom Gilburg 25 P 13 0 3 29 0 26 9.7 29
Jerry Hill 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 32 0 17 16.0 776
J.W. Lockett 26 FB 12 0 3 52 0 28 17.3 483
Lenny Moore 30 hb 7 0 2 7 0 7 3.5 431
Dick Bielski 31 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jim Parker*+ 29 LG 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 27.0 14 53 485 0 50 9.2 52 1114 0 41 21.4 6846
Opp Total 14 19 0 66 1520 0 23.0

Kicking & Punting

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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
Jim Martin 39 K 14 0 39 24 61.5% 35 32 91.4%
Tom Gilburg 25 P 13 0 52 2173 64 0 41.8
Jerry Logan 22 RET 14 4 4 121 55 0 30.3
Team Total 27.0 14 39 24 61.5% 35 32 91.4% 56 2294 64 0 41.0
Opp Total 14 27 12 44.4% 36 33 91.7% 72 3132 43.5

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
Dick Bielski 31 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby Boyd 26 LCB 12 0 3 17 0 9 0 2 34 1
Jackie Burkett 27 LLB 14 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Colvin 26 LDT 14 14 0 2 0 0 1
Nate Craddock 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
John Diehl 27 14 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Gilburg 25 P 13 0 0 1 0 0
Wendell Harris 23 14 0 1 2 0 0
Jerry Hill 24 14 0 8 0 0 0
J.W. Lockett 26 FB 12 0 2 0 0 0
Jerry Logan 22 RET 14 4 1 15 0 15 2 2 0 0
Lenny Lyles 27 RCB 14 0 2 36 1 36
John Mackey* 22 TE 14 14 2 1 0 0
Gino Marchetti* 36 LDE 14 0 0 2 33 1
Tom Matte 24 HB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Fred Miller 23 RDT 13 12 0 1 0 0
Lenny Moore 30 hb 7 0 2 0 0 0
Andy Nelson 30 LS 13 0 3 37 1 26
Jimmy Orr 28 FL 12 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Pellington 36 MLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
George Preas 30 RT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Willie Richardson 24 13 3 1 1 0 0
Don Shinnick 28 RLB 14 0 2 20 0 18
Dick Szymanski 31 C 14 0 0 1 0 0
Johnny Unitas* 30 QB 14 14 13 3 -4 0
Jim Welch 25 RS 14 0 4 49 0 15 0 2 7 0
Team Total 27.0 14 15 174 2 36 35 27 70 2 1
Opp Total 14 44 32 15

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Martin 39 K 14 0 32 24 104
John Mackey* 22 TE 14 14 7 42
Jerry Hill 24 14 0 5 1 36
Tom Matte 24 HB 14 0 4 1 30
Jimmy Orr 28 FL 12 0 5 30
Lenny Moore 30 hb 7 0 2 2 24
Raymond Berry* 30 SE 9 0 3 18
Bobby Boyd 26 LCB 12 0 1 6
J.W. Lockett 26 FB 12 0 1 6
Lenny Lyles 27 RCB 14 0 1 6
Gino Marchetti* 36 LDE 14 0 1 6
Andy Nelson 30 LS 13 0 1 6
Jim Colvin 26 LDT 14 14 1 2
Team Total 27.0 14 11 20 2 2 32 24 1 316
Opp Total 14 16 19 33 12 285