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1971 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 313 points (22.4/g), 5th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 140 points (10.0/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 173 points (12.4/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 12.2-1.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 6th.

Coached by Don McCafferty (10-4-0)

1971 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 New York Jets 22 0 16 319 66 253 1 7 118 75 43
2 Sun September 26 box L 1-1 Cleveland Browns 13 14 12 178 41 137 8 18 267 149 118 4
3 Sun October 3 box W 2-1 @ New England Patriots 23 3 24 358 222 136 2 9 151 62 89 1
4 Sun October 10 box W 3-1 @ Buffalo Bills 43 0 19 401 187 214 3 4 49 45 4 6
5 Sun October 17 box W 4-1 @ New York Giants 31 7 19 363 122 241 15 251 164 87 5
6 Mon October 25 box L 4-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 10 16 276 147 129 3 9 153 86 67 1
7 Sun October 31 box W 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 21 19 383 312 71 2 14 181 155 26 2
8 Mon November 8 box W 6-2 Los Angeles Rams 24 17 17 249 94 155 2 12 262 154 108 2
9 Sun November 14 box W 7-2 @ New York Jets 14 13 15 189 70 119 3 9 188 113 75 3
10 Sun November 21 box L 7-3 @ Miami Dolphins 14 17 14 268 168 100 3 16 249 81 168 1
11 Sun November 28 box W 8-3 @ Oakland Raiders 37 14 19 306 96 210 1 20 311 246 65 6
12 Sun December 5 box W 9-3 Buffalo Bills 24 0 16 310 130 180 2 8 182 106 76 6
13 Sat December 11 box W 10-3 Miami Dolphins 14 3 19 225 121 104 14 247 151 96 2
14 Sun December 19 box L 10-4 New England Patriots 17 21 17 246 146 100 2 11 243 152 91 2
Playoffs
Division Sun December 26 box W 11-4 @ Cleveland Browns 20 3
ConfChamp Sun January 2 box L 11-5 @ Miami Dolphins 0 21

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 313 4071 883 4.6 242 176 344 1922 10 21 5.2 104 512 2149 23 4.2 123 32 11 15
Team Defense 140 2852 746 3.8 272 185 361 1739 9 28 4.4 95 352 1113 8 3.2 166 41 13 11
Lg Rank Offense 5 12 6 17 21 24 13 18 2 5 2 10 8 2
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 1 16 2 1 2 2 1 1 5 1 6 19

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 38 qb 13 5 92 176 52.3 942 3 1.7 9 5.1 35 5.4 3.2 10.2 72.5 52.3 15 129 4.3 2.3 7.9
Earl Morrall 37 QB 14 9 84 167 50.3 1210 7 4.2 12 7.2 64 7.2 4.4 14.4 86.4 58.2 11 89 6.3 3.7 6.2
Tom Matte 32 RB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 12 -6.0 -6.0 50.0
Team Total 26.6 14 176 344 51.2 2152 10 2.9 21 6.1 64 6.3 3.8 12.2 153.7 55.0 27 230 5.2 2.9 7.3
Opp Total 14 185 361 51.2 1739 9 2.5 28 7.8 4.8 1.6 9.4 124.2 40.9 33 288 4.4 0.7

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 32 RB 14 0 173 607 8 26 3.5 43.4 12.4 29 239 8.2 0 34 2.1 17.1 846 8 4
Norm Bulaich* 25 FB 13 0 152 741 8 67 4.9 57.0 11.7 25 229 9.2 2 30 1.9 17.6 970 10 4
Don Nottingham 22 14 0 95 388 5 36 4.1 27.7 6.8 15 88 5.9 0 35 1.1 6.3 476 5 2
Don McCauley 22 13 0 58 246 2 19 4.2 18.9 4.5 3 6 2.0 0 8 0.2 0.5 252 2 0
Johnny Unitas 38 qb 13 5 9 5 0 3 0.6 0.4 0.7 5 0 3
Earl Morrall 37 QB 14 9 6 13 0 16 2.2 0.9 0.4 13 0 3
Ray Perkins 30 WR 11 0 5 35 0 18 7.0 3.2 0.5 24 424 17.7 4 64 2.2 38.5 459 4 0
Eddie Hinton 24 WR 14 0 4 56 0 30 14.0 4.0 0.3 25 436 17.4 2 33 1.8 31.1 492 2 0
John Mackey 30 14 0 3 18 0 9 6.0 1.3 0.2 11 143 13.0 0 28 0.8 10.2 161 0 1
Tom Mitchell 27 TE 14 0 2 9 0 13 4.5 0.6 0.1 33 402 12.2 0 35 2.4 28.7 411 0 0
Willie Richardson 32 12 0 2 27 0 24 13.5 2.3 0.2 10 173 17.3 2 49 0.8 14.4 200 2 0
Charlie Pittman 23 RET 10 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 0 2
Tom Nowatzke 29 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Sam Havrilak 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 12 0 0
Team Total 26.6 14 512 2149 23 67 4.2 153.5 36.6 176 2152 12.2 10 64 12.6 153.7 4301 33 26
Opp Total 14 352 1113 8 3.2 79.5 25.1 185 1739 9.4 9 13.2 124.2 2852 17 22

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
Rick Volk*+ 26 FS 14 0 22 118 0 18 5.4 118
Charlie Pittman 23 RET 10 0 14 330 0 37 23.6 333
Lenny Dunlap 22 4 0 8 112 0 57 14.0 1 28 0 28 28.0 140
Tom Curtis 24 14 0 7 15 0 10 2.1 1 0 0 0 0.0 15
Don McCauley 22 13 0 8 194 0 29 24.3 446
Jim Duncan 25 RCB 11 0 3 102 0 54 34.0 102
Rex Kern 22 14 0 3 19 0 7 6.3 19
Ron Gardin 27 1 0 2 75 0 65 37.5 75
Jerry Logan* 30 SS 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 1 16 0 16 16.0 28
Tom Matte 32 RB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 846
Tom Mitchell 27 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 411
Tom Nowatzke 29 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 2
Charlie Stukes 28 LCB 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Team Total 26.6 14 43 351 0 65 8.2 32 679 0 54 21.2 5331
Opp Total 14 40 0 62 1345 0 21.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 O'Brien 24 K 14 0 4 4 9 8 4 3 11 5 2 1 29 20 69.0% 36 35 97.2%
David Lee 28 P 14 0 62 2542 76 0 41.0
Team Total 26.6 14 4 4 9 8 4 3 11 5 2 1 29 20 69.0% 36 35 97.2% 62 2542 76 0 41.0
Opp Total 14 18 5 27.8% 18 17 94.4% 88 3423 38.9

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
Jim Bailey 23 13 0 0 1 8 0
Norm Bulaich* 25 FB 13 0 4 1 0 0
Mike Curtis* 28 MLB 13 0 3 44 0 31
Tom Curtis 24 14 0 1 1 14 0
Jim Duncan 25 RCB 11 0 2 0 0 0
Lenny Dunlap 22 4 0 1 1 -1 0
Sam Havrilak 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ted Hendricks*+ 24 RLB 14 0 5 70 0 40 0 1 31 1
Roy Hilton 28 RDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Rex Kern 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Logan* 30 SS 14 0 4 28 0 23
John Mackey 30 14 0 1 1 5 0
Tom Matte 32 RB 14 0 4 1 0 0
Ray May 26 LLB 14 0 1 46 0 46 0 2 8 0
Don McCauley 22 13 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Mendenhall 23 14 0 0 3 0 0
Earl Morrall 37 QB 14 9 3 1 0 0
Dennis Nelson 25 RT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Billy Newsome 23 LDT 14 0 2 19 1 19 0 2 0 0
Don Nottingham 22 14 0 2 3 0 0
Tom Nowatzke 29 14 0 1 29 0 29
Charlie Pittman 23 RET 10 0 2 0 0 0
Glenn Ressler 28 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Stukes 28 LCB 14 0 8 95 0 40 1 0 0 0
Johnny Unitas 38 qb 13 5 3 1 -2 0
Rick Volk*+ 26 FS 14 0 4 36 0 21 1 2 0 0
Team Total 26.6 14 28 367 1 46 26 27 63 1
Opp Total 14 27 22 9

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
Jim O'Brien 24 K 14 0 35 20 95
Norm Bulaich* 25 FB 13 0 8 2 60
Tom Matte 32 RB 14 0 8 48
Don Nottingham 22 14 0 5 1 36
Ray Perkins 30 WR 11 0 4 24
Eddie Hinton 24 WR 14 0 2 12
Don McCauley 22 13 0 2 12
Willie Richardson 32 12 0 2 12
Ted Hendricks*+ 24 RLB 14 0 1 6
Billy Newsome 23 LDT 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.6 14 23 10 1 1 1 35 20 311
Opp Total 14 8 9 17 5 140