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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)
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1971 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 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 84 for 167, 1,210 yards, 7 td, 12 int, & 6 rushes for 13 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| QB | Johnny Unitas | 38 | 15 | 5 | 92 for 176, 942 yards, 3 td, 9 int, & 9 rushes for 5 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| RB | Tom Matte | 32 | 10 | 0 | 173 rushes for 607 yards, 8 td, & 29 catches for 239 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 7th pick / 1961 |
| FB | Norm Bulaich* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 152 rushes for 741 yards, 8 td, & 25 catches for 229 yards and 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Eddie Hinton | 24 | 2 | 0 | 25 catches for 436 yards, 2 td, & 4 rushes for 56 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Ray Perkins | 30 | 4 | 0 | 24 catches for 424 yards, 4 td, & 5 rushes for 35 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 110th pick / 1966 |
| TE | Tom Mitchell | 27 | 5 | 0 | 33 catches for 402 yards, 0 td, & 2 rushes for 9 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 58th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Bob Vogel* | 30 | 8 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Glenn Ressler | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 17th pick / 1965 |
| C | Bill Curry* | 29 | 6 | 0 | Oakland Raiders / 23rd / 183rd pick / 1964 |
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| RG | John Williams | 26 | 3 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Dennis Nelson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 77th pick / 1969 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bubba Smith*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1967 |
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| LDT | Billy Newsome | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 122nd pick / 1970 |
| RDT | Fred Miller | 31 | 8 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
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| RDE | Roy Hilton | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 8th / 59th pick / 1965 |
| LLB | Ray May | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 89th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Mike Curtis* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 14th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Ted Hendricks*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| LCB | Charlie Stukes | 28 | 4 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 100th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Jim Duncan | 25 | 2 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 107th pick / 1968 |
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| SS | Jerry Logan* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 47th pick / 1963 |
| FS | Rick Volk*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 45th pick / 1967 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim O'Brien | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20 of 29 field goals & 35 of 36 extra points | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 70th pick / 1970 |
| P | David Lee | 28 | 5 | 0 | 62 punts for a 41.0 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Rick Volk*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 punt returns for a 5.4 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 45th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Charlie Pittman | 23 | 1 | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 58th pick / 1970 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Jim Bailey | 23 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/9/1948 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 44th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Beutler | 25 | LB | 4 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Toledo | 9/29/1946 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 319th pick / 1968 |
| Norm Bulaich* | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | TCU | 12/25/1946 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1970 |
| Bill Curry* | 29 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 10/21/1942 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 23rd / 183rd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Curtis* | 28 | LB-FB | 13 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | Duke | 3/27/1943 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 14th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Curtis | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Michigan | 11/1/1947 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 356th pick / 1970 |
| Jim Duncan | 25 | DB | 11 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 8/3/1946 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 107th pick / 1968 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 22 | DB | 4 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | North Texas | 6/25/1949 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1971 |
| Rusty Ganas | 22 | DT | 1 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | South Carolina | 8/12/1949 | Rook | |
| Ron Gardin | 27 | DB-WR | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Arizona,Cameron | 9/25/1944 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 148th pick / 1970 |
| Sam Havrilak | 24 | WR-RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Bucknell | 12/13/1947 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1969 |
| Ted Hendricks*+ | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-7 | Miami (FL) | 11/1/1947 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| Lonnie Hepburn | 22 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Texas Southern | 5/12/1949 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 333rd pick / 1971 |
| Roy Hilton | 28 | DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Jackson State | 3/23/1943 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 59th pick / 1965 |
| Eddie Hinton | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 6/26/1947 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1969 |
| Cornelius Johnson | 28 | G | 7 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Virginia Union | 7/12/1943 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 204th pick / 1967 |
| Rex Kern | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 5/28/1949 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 260th pick / 1971 |
| Lynn Larson | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Kansas State | 3/9/1948 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 79th pick / 1970 |
| Bill Laskey | 28 | LB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan | 2/10/1943 | 6 | |
| David Lee | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Louisiana Tech | 11/8/1943 | 5 | |
| Jerry Logan* | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | West Texas A&M | 8/27/1941 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 47th pick / 1963 |
| John Mackey | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 9/24/1941 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 19th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Matte | 32 | RB-QB | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 6/14/1939 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 7th pick / 1961 |
| Ray May | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | USC | 6/4/1945 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 89th pick / 1967 |
| Don McCauley | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 5/12/1949 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1971 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 8/11/1948 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 116th pick / 1970 |
| Fred Miller | 31 | DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | LSU | 8/8/1940 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 93rd pick / 1962 |
| Tom Mitchell | 27 | TE-WR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Bucknell | 8/22/1944 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 58th pick / 1966 |
| Earl Morrall | 37 | QB | 14 | 9 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 5/17/1934 | 15 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| Dennis Nelson | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Illinois State | 2/2/1946 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 77th pick / 1969 |
| Billy Newsome | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 3/2/1948 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 122nd pick / 1970 |
| Robbie Nichols | 25 | LB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 11/17/1946 | 1 | |
| Don Nottingham | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-10 | Kent State | 6/28/1949 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 441st pick / 1971 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 29 | FB-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Indiana | 9/30/1942 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| Jim O'Brien | 24 | WR-K | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 2/2/1947 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 70th pick / 1970 |
| Ray Perkins | 30 | WR-SE | 11 | 0 | 183 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/6/1941 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 110th pick / 1966 |
| Charlie Pittman | 23 | RB | 10 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Penn State | 1/22/1948 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 58th pick / 1970 |
| Glenn Ressler | 28 | G-C-T-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Penn State | 5/21/1943 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 17th pick / 1965 |
| Willie Richardson | 32 | FL-WR | 12 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Jackson State | 11/17/1939 | 8 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1963 |
| Bubba Smith*+ | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-7 | Michigan State | 2/28/1945 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Stukes | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Md-Eastern Shore | 9/13/1943 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 100th pick / 1967 |
| Dan Sullivan | 32 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Boston College | 9/1/1939 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 37th pick / 1962 |
| Johnny Unitas | 38 | QB | 13 | 5 | 194 | 6-1 | Louisville | 5/7/1933 | 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1955 |
| Bob Vogel* | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 9/23/1941 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1963 |
| Rick Volk*+ | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Michigan | 3/15/1945 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 45th pick / 1967 |
| John Williams | 26 | T-G-DE | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/27/1945 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 23rd pick / 1968 |
| George Wright | 24 | DT | 10 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Sam Houston State | 3/3/1947 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 9th / 210th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 222.3 | 6-2.3 | 3.8 |