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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)
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1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Earl Morrall*+ | 34 | 12 | 14 | 182 for 317, 2,909 yards, 26 td, 17 int, & 11 rushes for 18 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| HB | Tom Matte* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 183 rushes for 662 yards, 9 td, & 25 catches for 275 yards and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 7th pick / 1961 |
| FB | Jerry Hill | 29 | 7 | 0 | 91 rushes for 360 yards, 1 td, & 18 catches for 161 yards and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 9th pick / 1961 |
| FL | Willie Richardson* | 29 | 5 | 0 | 37 catches for 698 yards, 8 td | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1963 |
| SE | Jimmy Orr | 33 | 10 | 0 | 29 catches for 743 yards, 6 td | Los Angeles Rams / 25th / 291st pick / 1957 |
| TE | John Mackey*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 45 catches for 644 yards, 5 td, & 10 rushes for 103 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 19th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Bob Vogel* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1963 |
| LG | Glenn Ressler | 25 | 3 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 17th pick / 1965 |
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| C | Bill Curry | 26 | 3 | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 23rd / 183rd pick / 1964 |
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| RG | Dan Sullivan | 29 | 6 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 37th pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Sam Ball | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 14th pick / 1966 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bubba Smith | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1967 |
| LDT | Billy Ray Sr. Smith | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 26th pick / 1957 |
| RDT | Fred Miller* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
| RDE | Ordell Braase | 36 | 11 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 160th pick / 1954 |
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| LLB | Mike Curtis*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 14th pick / 1965 |
| MLB | Dennis Gaubatz | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 8th / 111th pick / 1963 |
| RLB | Don Shinnick | 33 | 11 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| LCB | Bobby Boyd*+ | 31 | 8 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 119th pick / 1960 |
| RCB | Lenny Lyles | 32 | 10 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 11th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Jerry Logan | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 47th pick / 1963 |
| RS | Rick Volk | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 45th pick / 1967 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Michaels | 33 | 10 | 0 | 18 of 28 field goals & 48 of 50 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
| P | David Lee | 25 | 2 | 0 | 49 punts for a 39.5 average, 1 blocked | |
| PR | Rick Volk | 23 | 1 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 7.9 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 45th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Preston Pearson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 35.1 average and 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ocie Austin | 21 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Utah State | 1/8/1947 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 257th pick / 1968 |
| Sam Ball | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 6/1/1944 | 2 | New York Jets / 2nd / 14th pick / 1966 |
| Bobby Boyd*+ | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 12/3/1937 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 119th pick / 1960 |
| Ordell Braase | 36 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | South Dakota | 3/13/1932 | 11 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 160th pick / 1954 |
| Timmy Brown | 31 | RB | 11 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | Ball State | 5/24/1937 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 27th / 313th pick / 1959 |
| Gail Cogdill | 31 | SE-WR | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Washington State | 4/7/1937 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| Terry Cole | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Indiana | 7/7/1945 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 9th / 242nd pick / 1968 |
| Bill Curry | 26 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 10/21/1942 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 23rd / 183rd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Curtis*+ | 25 | LB-FB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Duke | 3/27/1943 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 14th pick / 1965 |
| Dennis Gaubatz | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | LSU | 2/11/1940 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 111th pick / 1963 |
| Bob Grant | 22 | LB | 7 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 10/14/1946 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 50th pick / 1968 |
| Alex Hawkins | 31 | HB-FL-WR | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 7/2/1937 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1959 |
| Jerry Hill | 29 | RB | 9 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 10/12/1939 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 9th pick / 1961 |
| Roy Hilton | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Jackson State | 3/23/1943 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 59th pick / 1965 |
| Cornelius Johnson | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Virginia Union | 7/12/1943 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 204th pick / 1967 |
| David Lee | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Louisiana Tech | 11/8/1943 | 2 | |
| Jerry Logan | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | West Texas A&M | 8/27/1941 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 47th pick / 1963 |
| Lenny Lyles | 32 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Louisville | 1/26/1936 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 11th pick / 1958 |
| John Mackey*+ | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 9/24/1941 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 19th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Matte* | 29 | RB-QB | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 6/14/1939 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 7th pick / 1961 |
| Lou Michaels | 33 | DE-K | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/28/1935 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1958 |
| Fred Miller* | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | LSU | 8/8/1940 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
| Tom Mitchell | 24 | TE-WR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Bucknell | 8/22/1944 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 58th pick / 1966 |
| Earl Morrall*+ | 34 | QB | 14 | 14 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 5/17/1934 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| Jimmy Orr | 33 | FL-E-SE-WR | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Clemson,Georgia,Wake Forest | 10/4/1935 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 25th / 291st pick / 1957 |
| Preston Pearson | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Illinois | 1/17/1945 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 |
| Ray Perkins | 27 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/6/1941 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 110th pick / 1966 |
| Ron Porter | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Idaho | 7/27/1945 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 126th pick / 1967 |
| Glenn Ressler | 25 | G-C-T-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Penn State | 5/21/1943 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 17th pick / 1965 |
| Willie Richardson* | 29 | FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Jackson State | 11/17/1939 | 5 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1963 |
| Don Shinnick | 33 | LB | 11 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | UCLA | 5/15/1935 | 11 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 20th pick / 1957 |
| Billy Ray Sr. Smith | 33 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Arkansas,Auburn | 1/27/1935 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 26th pick / 1957 |
| Bubba Smith | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-7 | Michigan State | 2/28/1945 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Stukes | 25 | DB | 14 | 1 | 212 | 6-3 | Md-Eastern Shore | 9/13/1943 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 100th pick / 1967 |
| Dan Sullivan | 29 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Boston College | 9/1/1939 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 37th pick / 1962 |
| Dick Szymanski | 36 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/7/1932 | 13 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
| Johnny Unitas | 35 | QB | 5 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/7/1933 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| Bob Vogel* | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 9/23/1941 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1963 |
| Rick Volk | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Michigan | 3/15/1945 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 45th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Ward | 24 | QB | 5 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Gettysburg | 7/16/1944 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 215th pick / 1966 |
| John Williams | 23 | T-G-DE | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/27/1945 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
| Sid Williams | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Southern | 3/24/1942 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 222nd pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 27.7 | 14 | 221.3 | 6-2.2 | 5.1 |