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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 17.9, Offense: 8.0, Defense: 9.9, SoS: -0.6, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Don Shula

 Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Noll (Defensive Backfield)

Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 4.0 207 224 432 2038 9 29 4.3 119 375 1339 6 3.6 71 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 3 15 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 10

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 boxscore W 1-0 San Francisco 49ers 27 10 22 346 185 161 1 15 272 189 83 3
2 Sun September 22 boxscore W 2-0 @ Atlanta Falcons 28 20 22 388 263 125 6 12 250 164 86 2
3 Sun September 29 boxscore W 3-0 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 41 7 18 276 153 123 1 11 213 164 49 4
4 Sun October 6 boxscore W 4-0 Chicago Bears 28 7 22 460 306 154 3 7 225 80 145 1
5 Sun October 13 boxscore W 5-0 @ San Francisco 49ers 42 14 18 278 182 96 1 28 392 236 156 4
6 Sun October 20 boxscore L 5-1 Cleveland Browns 20 30 13 212 131 81 5 19 305 126 179 1
7 Sun October 27 boxscore W 6-1 Los Angeles Rams 27 10 17 364 205 159 4 12 148 78 70 4
8 Sun November 3 boxscore W 7-1 @ New York Giants 26 0 20 328 184 144 1 12 215 160 55 3
9 Sun November 10 boxscore W 8-1 @ Detroit Lions 27 10 17 354 238 116 1 20 308 225 83
10 Sun November 17 boxscore W 9-1 St. Louis Cardinals 27 0 17 426 256 170 3 16 202 144 58 5
11 Sun November 24 boxscore W 10-1 Minnesota Vikings 21 9 22 413 243 170 3 15 229 141 88 2
12 Sun December 1 boxscore W 11-1 Atlanta Falcons 44 0 23 386 278 108 1 12 143 87 56 6
13 Sat December 7 boxscore W 12-1 @ Green Bay Packers 16 3 14 242 104 138 2 9 163 97 66 5
14 Sun December 15 boxscore W 13-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 28 24 13 208 144 64 2 19 312 147 165 1
Playoffs
Division Sun December 22 boxscore W 14-1 Minnesota Vikings 24 14 15 295 245 50 2 22 351 266 85 3
ConfChamp Sun December 29 boxscore W 15-1 @ Cleveland Browns 34 0 22 353 169 184 2 12 173 117 56 3
SuperBowl Sun January 12 boxscore L 15-2 N New York Jets 7 16 18 324 181 143 5 21 337 195 142 1

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
15 Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 13-1-0 182 317 57.4 2909 26 8.2 17 5.4 84 9.2 8.4 16.0 207.8 93.2
19 Johnny Unitas 35 5 0 11 32 34.4 139 2 6.3 4 12.5 37 4.3 0.0 12.6 27.8 30.1 0 1
16 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
41 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 13-1-0 196 359 54.6 3094 28 7.8 22 6.1 84 8.6 7.4 15.8 221.0 84.0 0 1
Opp Total 14 224 432 51.9 2405 9 2.1 29 6.7 5.6 2.96 10.7 171.8 47.5 45 367 4.3 1.9 9.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
41 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
34 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
45 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
2 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
26 Preston Pearson 23 KR 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
15 Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 11 18 1 11 1.6 1.3 0.8 18 1 7
88 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
49 David Lee 25 P 14 0 3 12 0 21 4.0 0.9 0.2 12 0 0
19 Johnny Unitas 35 5 0 3 -1 0 5 -0.3 -0.2 0.6 -1 0 3
87 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
28 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
27 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
84 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
25 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
2 Timmy Brown 31 11 0 16 125 0 25 7.8 15 298 0 29 19.9 635
21 Rick Volk 23 PR/RS 14 0 25 198 0 24 7.9 198
26 Preston Pearson 23 KR 14 0 15 527 2 102 35.1 675
34 Terry Cole 23 14 0 5 123 0 34 24.6 616
20 Jerry Logan 27 LS 14 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 1 14 0 14 14.0 41
41 Tom Matte* 29 HB 14 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 959
55 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
79 Lou Michaels 33 K 14 0 28 18 64.3% 50 48 96.0%
49 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
40 Bobby Boyd*+ 31 LCB 14 0 8 160 1 49 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 0 7 2 0 0
21 Rick Volk 23 PR/RS 14 0 6 154 0 90 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 Terry Cole 23 14 0 0 4 1 0 0
32 Mike Curtis*+ 25 LLB 14 0 2 38 1 38 0 0 0 3 0 0
43 Lenny Lyles 32 RCB 14 0 5 32 0 11 0
26 Preston Pearson 23 KR 14 0 0 2 2 0 0
2 Timmy Brown 31 11 0 0 2 1 0 0
53 Dennis Gaubatz 28 MLB 14 0 2 15 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Jerry Logan 27 LS 14 0 3 9 0 9 0
19 Johnny Unitas 35 5 0 0 3 0 0 0
41 Tom Matte* 29 HB 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
76 Fred Miller* 28 RDT 14 0 0 0 2 30 0
27 Ray Perkins 27 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 Jim Ward 24 5 0 0 1 1 0 0
73 Sam Ball 24 RT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
51 Bob Grant 22 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
45 Jerry Hill 29 FB 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 Roy Hilton 25 14 0 1 13 1 13 0
88 John Mackey*+ 27 TE 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
55 Ron Porter 23 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
66 Don Shinnick 33 RLB 11 0 1 2 0 2 0
74 Billy Ray Sr. Smith 33 LDT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Bubba Smith 23 LDE 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
47 Charlie Stukes 25 db 14 1 1 60 1 60 0
72 Bob Vogel* 27 LT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.7 14 29 483 4 90 0 0 23 23 30 0
Opp Total 14 29 29 17

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
79 Lou Michaels 33 K 14 0 48 18 102
41 Tom Matte* 29 HB 14 0 9 1 10 60
87 Willie Richardson* 29 FL 14 0 8 8 48
28 Jimmy Orr 33 SE 13 0 6 6 36
88 John Mackey*+ 27 TE 14 0 5 5 30
84 Tom Mitchell 24 14 0 4 4 24
26 Preston Pearson 23 KR 14 0 2 2 4 24
34 Terry Cole 23 14 0 3 3 18
2 Timmy Brown 31 11 0 2 2 12
45 Jerry Hill 29 FB 9 0 1 1 2 12
40 Bobby Boyd*+ 31 LCB 14 0 1 1 6
32 Mike Curtis*+ 25 LLB 14 0 1 1 6
85 Roy Hilton 25 14 0 1 1 6
15 Earl Morrall*+ 34 QB 14 14 1 1 6
27 Ray Perkins 27 14 0 1 1 6
47 Charlie Stukes 25 db 14 1 1 1 6
Team Total 27.7 14 16 28 2 4 50 48 18 402
Opp Total 14 6 9 15 11 144