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1965 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 389 points (27.8/g), 3rd of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 284 points (20.3/g), 4th.
 Differential of 105 points (7.5/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 9.5-4.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 8th.

Coached by Don Shula (10-3-1)

1965 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 19 box W 1-0 Minnesota Vikings 35 16 20 310 203 107 2 16 263 160 103 2
2 Sun September 26 box L 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 20 15 309 197 112 6 11 184 78 106 3
3 Sun October 3 box W 2-1 San Francisco 49ers 27 24 20 341 231 110 3 15 352 313 39 3
4 Sun October 10 box W 3-1 Detroit Lions 31 7 17 363 294 69 2 14 155 89 66 4
5 Sun October 17 box W 4-1 @ Washington Redskins 38 7 14 273 204 69 1 14 268 181 87 2
6 Sun October 24 box W 5-1 Los Angeles Rams 35 20 26 356 223 133 2 13 226 162 64 3
7 Sun October 31 box W 6-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 34 28 25 418 310 108 2 26 443 329 114 3
8 Sun November 7 box W 7-1 @ Chicago Bears 26 21 18 402 308 94 4 25 340 266 74 2
9 Sun November 14 box W 8-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 41 21 20 393 201 192 20 249 85 164 2
10 Sun November 21 box W 9-1 Philadelphia Eagles 34 24 23 403 277 126 2 12 250 174 76 2
11 Thu November 25 box T 9-1-1 @ Detroit Lions 24 24 22 280 154 126 3 17 264 77 187 1
12 Sun December 5 box L 9-2-1 Chicago Bears 0 13 15 222 163 59 6 18 418 216 202 4
13 Sun December 12 box L 9-3-1 Green Bay Packers 27 42 21 264 190 74 3 18 366 222 144 3
14 Sat December 18 box W 10-3-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 20 17 10 264 50 214 14 267 210 57 2
Playoffs
Division December 26 box L 10-4-1 @ Green Bay Packers 10 13

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 389 4598 887 5.2 266 222 399 3005 31 17 6.8 144 445 1593 13 3.6 94 36 19 28
Team Defense 284 4045 849 4.8 388 213 400 2562 22 22 5.8 131 410 1483 11 3.6 233 36 14 24
Lg Rank Offense 3 5 4 6 3 2 6 4 5 9 7 10 7 9
Lg Rank Defense 4 5 9 10 7 7 6 5 5 4 3 5 6 11

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+ 32 QB 11 11 164 282 58.2 2530 23 8.2 12 4.3 61 9.0 7.9 15.4 230.0 97.4
Gary Cuozzo 24 qb 7 2 54 105 51.4 700 7 6.7 4 3.8 44 6.7 5.6 13.0 100.0 79.1
Tom Matte 26 qb 14 1 1 7 14.3 19 0 0.0 1 14.3 19 2.7 -3.7 19.0 1.4 0.0
Ed Brown 37 1 0 3 5 60.0 81 1 20.0 0 0.0 68 16.2 18.2 27.0 81.0 143.7
Team Total 27.3 14 222 399 55.6 3330 31 7.8 17 4.3 68 8.3 7.2 15.0 237.9 91.4
Opp Total 14 213 400 53.3 2562 22 5.5 22 5.5 6.4 4.5 12.0 183.0 68.6 39 341 5.8 3.3

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
Jerry Hill 26 FB 14 0 147 516 5 20 3.5 36.9 10.5 20 112 5.6 0 20 1.4 8.0 628 5 4
Lenny Moore 32 HB 12 12 133 464 5 28 3.5 38.7 11.1 27 414 15.3 3 52 2.3 34.5 878 8 3
Tom Matte 26 qb 14 1 69 235 1 20 3.4 16.8 4.9 12 131 10.9 0 15 0.9 9.4 366 1 2
Tony Lorick 24 14 0 63 296 1 38 4.7 21.1 4.5 15 184 12.3 2 49 1.1 13.1 480 3 3
Johnny Unitas+ 32 QB 11 11 17 68 1 18 4.0 6.2 1.5 68 1 7
Mike Curtis 22 14 0 6 1 0 4 0.2 0.1 0.4 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 6 0 0
Gary Cuozzo 24 qb 7 2 6 8 0 10 1.3 1.1 0.9 8 0 3
Bobby Felts 23 7 0 2 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 2
John Mackey* 24 TE 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.5 0.1 40 814 20.4 7 68 2.9 58.1 821 7 2
Ed Brown 37 1 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -2.0 1.0 -2 0 1
Raymond Berry 32 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 739 12.7 7 40 4.1 52.8 739 7 0
Jimmy Orr*+ 30 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 847 18.8 10 57 3.2 60.5 847 10 1
Alex Hawkins 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 32 16.0 1 27 0.1 2.3 32 1 0
Willie Richardson 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 1 14 0.1 1.6 14 1 0
Butch Wilson 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 38 38.0 0 38 0.1 2.7 38 0 0
Team Total 27.3 14 445 1593 13 38 3.6 113.8 31.8 222 3330 15.0 31 68 15.9 237.9 4923 44 31
Opp Total 14 410 1483 11 3.6 105.9 29.3 213 2562 12.0 22 15.2 183.0 4045 33 33

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
Alvin Haymond 23 RET 14 0 41 403 0 55 9.8 20 614 0 53 30.7 1017
Bobby Felts 23 7 0 10 193 0 36 19.3 193
Tony Lorick 24 14 0 9 211 0 30 23.4 691
Tom Matte 26 qb 14 1 8 211 0 46 26.4 577
Alex Hawkins 28 14 0 4 18 0 11 4.5 2 0 0 0 0.0 50
Mike Curtis 22 14 0 2 10 0 10 5.0 16
Jerry Hill 26 FB 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 631
Team Total 27.3 14 45 421 0 55 9.4 52 1242 0 53 23.9 6586
Opp Total 14 26 0 63 1346 1 21.4

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
Lou Michaels 30 LDE 14 0 28 17 60.7% 48 48 100.0%
Tom Gilburg 27 P 14 0 54 2139 66 0 39.6
Ed Brown 37 1 0 2 80 49 0 40.0
Team Total 27.3 14 28 17 60.7% 48 48 100.0% 56 2219 66 0 39.6
Opp Total 14 23 13 56.5% 35 35 100.0% 71 3117 43.9

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+ 28 LCB 14 0 9 78 1 24 1 2 17 0
Ed Brown 37 1 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Cuozzo 24 qb 7 2 3 0 0 0
Ted Davis 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby Felts 23 7 0 2 0 0 0
Dennis Gaubatz 25 MLB 14 0 1 5 0 5
Wendell Harris 25 RS 14 0 3 77 0 36 1 0 0 0
Alvin Haymond 23 RET 14 0 3 47 1 30 1 1 0 0
Jerry Hill 26 FB 14 0 4 2 0 0
Jerry Logan* 24 LS 14 14 2 74 2 38 0 1 0 0
Tony Lorick 24 14 0 3 1 0 0
Lenny Lyles 29 RCB 11 0 1 28 0 28 0 2 6 0
John Mackey* 24 TE 14 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Matte 26 qb 14 1 2 0 0 0
Lou Michaels 30 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0 1
Lenny Moore 32 HB 12 12 3 2 0 0
Jimmy Orr*+ 30 FL 14 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Parker*+ 31 LG 14 14 0 3 0 0
Don Shinnick 30 RLB 10 0 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 0
Billy Ray Sr. Smith 30 RDT 14 0 1 5 0 5 0 3 0 0
Steve Stonebreaker 27 LLB 14 14 1 0 0 0
Johnny Unitas+ 32 QB 11 11 7 2 0 0
Jim Welch 27 14 0 0 1 0 0
Butch Wilson 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.3 14 22 318 4 38 31 26 23 0 1
Opp Total 14 43 33 19

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lou Michaels 30 LDE 14 0 48 17 1 101
Jimmy Orr*+ 30 FL 14 0 10 60
Lenny Moore 32 HB 12 12 5 3 48
Raymond Berry 32 SE 14 0 7 42
John Mackey* 24 TE 14 0 7 42
Jerry Hill 26 FB 14 0 5 30
Tony Lorick 24 14 0 1 2 18
Jerry Logan* 24 LS 14 14 2 12
Bobby Boyd+ 28 LCB 14 0 1 6
Alex Hawkins 28 14 0 1 6
Alvin Haymond 23 RET 14 0 1 6
Tom Matte 26 qb 14 1 1 6
Willie Richardson 26 9 0 1 6
Johnny Unitas+ 32 QB 11 11 1 6
Team Total 27.3 14 13 31 4 48 17 1 389
Opp Total 14 11 22 1 35 13 284