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1968 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 13-1-0, Finished 1st in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary

1968 Champions

Scored 402 points (28.7/g), 2nd of 16 in the NFL.
 Allowed 144 points (10.3/g), 1st.
 Differential of 258 points (18.4/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.9-1.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 5th.

Coached by Don Shula (13-1-0)

1968 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 W 1-0 San Francisco 49ers 27 10 22 346 185 161 1 15 272 189 83 3
2 Sun September 22 box W 2-0 @ Atlanta Falcons 28 20 22 388 263 125 6 12 250 164 86 2
3 Sun September 29 box W 3-0 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 41 7 18 276 153 123 1 11 213 164 49 4
4 Sun October 6 box W 4-0 Chicago Bears 28 7 22 460 306 154 3 7 225 80 145 1
5 Sun October 13 box W 5-0 @ San Francisco 49ers 42 14 18 278 182 96 1 28 392 236 156 4
6 Sun October 20 box L 5-1 Cleveland Browns 20 30 13 212 131 81 5 19 305 126 179 1
7 Sun October 27 box W 6-1 Los Angeles Rams 27 10 17 364 205 159 4 12 148 78 70 4
8 Sun November 3 box W 7-1 @ New York Giants 26 0 20 328 184 144 1 12 215 160 55 3
9 Sun November 10 box W 8-1 @ Detroit Lions 27 10 17 354 238 116 1 20 308 225 83
10 Sun November 17 box W 9-1 St. Louis Cardinals 27 0 17 426 256 170 3 16 202 144 58 5
11 Sun November 24 box W 10-1 Minnesota Vikings 21 9 22 413 243 170 3 15 229 141 88 2
12 Sun December 1 box W 11-1 Atlanta Falcons 44 0 23 386 278 108 1 12 143 87 56 6
13 Sat December 7 box W 12-1 @ Green Bay Packers 16 3 14 242 104 138 2 9 163 97 66 5
14 Sun December 15 box W 13-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 28 24 13 208 144 64 2 19 312 147 165 1
Playoffs
Division December 22 box W 14-1 Minnesota Vikings 24 14
ConfChamp December 29 box W 15-1 @ Cleveland Browns 34 0
SuperBowl January 12 box L 15-2 N New York Jets 7 16

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 402 4681 851 5.5 258 196 359 2872 28 22 7.4 131 463 1809 16 3.9 110 34 12 17
Team Defense 144 3377 852 4.0 343 224 432 2038 9 29 4.3 119 375 1339 6 3.6 207 41 12 17
Lg Rank Offense 2 4 3 12 3 1 11 2 6 8 5 9 9 3
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 5 15 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 10

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%
Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 182 317 57.4 2909 26 8.2 17 5.4 84 9.2 7.6 16.0 207.8 93.2
Johnny Unitas 35 5 0 11 32 34.4 139 2 6.3 4 12.5 37 4.3 -0.7 12.6 27.8 30.1
Jim Ward 24 5 0 3 9 33.3 46 0 0.0 1 11.1 22 5.1 0.1 15.3 9.2 11.6
Tom Matte* 29 HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.7 14 196 359 54.6 3094 28 7.8 22 6.1 84 8.6 6.6 15.8 221.0 84.0
Opp Total 14 224 432 51.9 2038 9 2.1 29 6.7 4.7 1.9 9.1 145.6 43.9 45 367 4.3 1.0

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* 29 HB 14 0 183 662 9 23 3.6 47.3 13.1 25 275 11.0 1 50 1.8 19.6 937 10 2
Terry Cole 23 14 0 104 418 3 21 4.0 29.9 7.4 13 75 5.8 0 18 0.9 5.4 493 3 4
Jerry Hill 29 FB 9 0 91 360 1 21 4.0 40.0 10.1 18 161 8.9 1 19 2.0 17.9 521 2 1
Timmy Brown 31 11 0 39 159 2 10 4.1 14.5 3.5 4 53 13.3 0 18 0.4 4.8 212 2 2
Preston Pearson 23 RET 14 0 19 78 0 13 4.1 5.6 1.4 2 70 35.0 2 61 0.1 5.0 148 2 2
Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 11 18 1 11 1.6 1.3 0.8 18 1 7
John Mackey*+ 27 TE 14 0 10 103 0 33 10.3 7.4 0.7 45 644 14.3 5 45 3.2 46.0 747 5 1
David Lee 25 P 14 0 3 12 0 21 4.0 0.9 0.2 12 0 0
Johnny Unitas 35 5 0 3 -1 0 5 -0.3 -0.2 0.6 -1 0 3
Willie Richardson* 29 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 698 18.9 8 79 2.6 49.9 698 8 0
Jimmy Orr 33 SE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 743 25.6 6 84 2.2 57.2 743 6 0
Ray Perkins 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 227 15.1 1 29 1.1 16.2 227 1 0
Tom Mitchell 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 117 19.5 4 41 0.4 8.4 117 4 0
Alex Hawkins 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 31 15.5 0 18 0.2 3.1 31 0 0
Team Total 27.7 14 463 1809 16 33 3.9 129.2 33.1 196 3094 15.8 28 84 14.0 221.0 4903 44 23
Opp Total 14 375 1339 6 3.6 95.6 26.8 224 2038 9.1 9 16.0 145.6 3377 15 29

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
Timmy Brown 31 11 0 16 125 0 25 7.8 15 298 0 29 19.9 635
Rick Volk 23 RS 14 0 25 198 0 24 7.9 198
Preston Pearson 23 RET 14 0 15 527 2 102 35.1 675
Terry Cole 23 14 0 5 123 0 34 24.6 616
Jerry Logan 27 LS 14 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 1 14 0 14 14.0 41
Tom Matte* 29 HB 14 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 959
Ron Porter 23 14 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Team Total 27.7 14 42 350 0 27 8.3 38 1003 2 102 26.4 6256
Opp Total 14 19 0 71 1391 0 19.6

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 33 K 14 0 28 18 64.3% 50 48 96.0%
David Lee 25 P 14 0 49 1935 59 1 39.5
Team Total 27.7 14 28 18 64.3% 50 48 96.0% 49 1935 59 1 39.5
Opp Total 14 19 11 57.9% 16 15 93.8% 78 3182 40.8

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
Sam Ball 24 RT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby Boyd*+ 31 LCB 14 0 8 160 1 49 0 1 0 0
Timmy Brown 31 11 0 2 1 0 0
Terry Cole 23 14 0 4 1 0 0
Mike Curtis*+ 25 LLB 14 0 2 38 1 38 0 3 0 0
Dennis Gaubatz 28 MLB 14 0 2 15 0 13 0 1 0 0
Bob Grant 22 7 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Hill 29 FB 9 0 1 0 0 0
Roy Hilton 25 14 0 1 13 1 13
Jerry Logan 27 LS 14 0 3 9 0 9
Lenny Lyles 32 RCB 14 0 5 32 0 11
John Mackey*+ 27 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Matte* 29 HB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Fred Miller* 28 RDT 14 0 0 2 30 0
Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 7 2 0 0
Preston Pearson 23 RET 14 0 2 2 0 0
Ray Perkins 27 14 0 0 2 0 0
Ron Porter 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Don Shinnick 33 RLB 11 0 1 2 0 2
Billy Ray Sr. Smith 33 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bubba Smith 23 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Stukes 25 14 1 1 60 1 60
Johnny Unitas 35 5 0 3 0 0 0
Bob Vogel* 27 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Rick Volk 23 RS 14 0 6 154 0 90 0 1 0 0
Jim Ward 24 5 0 1 1 0 0
Team Total 27.7 14 29 483 4 90 23 23 30 0
Opp Total 14 29 29 17

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lou Michaels 33 K 14 0 48 18 102
Tom Matte* 29 HB 14 0 9 1 60
Willie Richardson* 29 FL 14 0 8 48
Jimmy Orr 33 SE 13 0 6 36
John Mackey*+ 27 TE 14 0 5 30
Tom Mitchell 24 14 0 4 24
Preston Pearson 23 RET 14 0 2 2 24
Terry Cole 23 14 0 3 18
Timmy Brown 31 11 0 2 12
Jerry Hill 29 FB 9 0 1 1 12
Bobby Boyd*+ 31 LCB 14 0 1 6
Mike Curtis*+ 25 LLB 14 0 1 6
Roy Hilton 25 14 0 1 6
Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 1 6
Ray Perkins 27 14 0 1 6
Charlie Stukes 25 14 1 1 6
Team Total 27.7 14 16 28 2 4 48 18 402
Opp Total 14 6 9 15 11 144