1966 Baltimore Colts season

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1966 Baltimore Colts season
Owner Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager Don "Red" Kellett
Head coach Don Shula
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Results
Record9–5
Division place2nd NFL Western
PlayoffsWon NFL Playoff Bowl
(vs. Eagles) 20–14
Pro Bowlers DE Ordell Braase, CB Lenny Lyles, TE John Mackey, QB Johnny Unitas
All-Pros TE John Mackey

The 1966 Baltimore Colts season was the 14th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1966 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses and finished second in the Western Conference.

Contents

Personnel

Staff/coaches

1966 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office

Coaching staff

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Roster

1966 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 10at Green Bay Packers L 3–240–1 Milwaukee County Stadium 48,650
2September 18at Minnesota Vikings W 38–231–1 Metropolitan Stadium 47,426
3September 25 San Francisco 49ers W 36–142–1 Memorial Stadium 56,715
4 Bye
5October 9at Chicago Bears L 17–272–2 Wrigley Field 47,452
6October 16 Detroit Lions W 45–143–2Memorial Stadium60,238
7October 23 Minnesota Vikings W 20–174–2Memorial Stadium60,238
8October 30at Los Angeles Rams W 17–35–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 57,898
9November 6 Washington Redskins W 37–106–2Memorial Stadium60,238
10November 13at Atlanta Falcons W 19–77–2 Atlanta Stadium 58,850
11November 20at Detroit Lions L 14–207–3 Tiger Stadium 52,383
12November 27 Los Angeles Rams L 7–237–4Memorial Stadium60,238
13December 4 Chicago Bears W 21–168–4Memorial Stadium60,238
14December 10 Green Bay Packers L 10–148–5Memorial Stadium60,238
15December 18at San Francisco 49ers W 30–149–5 Kezar Stadium 40,005
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Green Bay Packers 1220.85710–2335163W5
Baltimore Colts 950.6437–5314226W1
Los Angeles Rams 860.5716–6289212L1
San Francisco 49ers 662.5005–5–2320325L1
Chicago Bears 572.4174–6–2234272W1
Detroit Lions 491.3083–8–1206317L3
Minnesota Vikings 491.3084–7–1292304L1
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Game summaries

Week 3: vs San Francisco 49ers

Week Three: San Francisco 49ers (0–0–1) at Baltimore Colts (1–1)
Quarter1234Total
49ers700714
Colts61061436

at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Date: September 25
  • Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C)
  • Box Score
Game information

Week 5: at Chicago Bears

Week Five: Baltimore Colts (2–1) at Chicago Bears (1–2)
Quarter1234Total
Colts037717
Bears10010727

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

  • Date: Sunday, October 9
  • Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C), wind 12 mph
  • Box Score
Game information

Week 6 vs Detroit Lions

Week Six: Detroit Lions (2–3) at Baltimore Colts (2–2)
Quarter1234Total
Lions007714
Colts71771445

at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore

  • Date: October 16
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C)
  • Box Score
Game information

Week 14: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week Fourteen: Green Bay Packers (10–2) at Baltimore Colts (8–4)
Quarter1234Total
Packers700714
Colts0100010

at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Date: Saturday, December 10
  • Game weather: 21 °F (−6 °C)
  • Box Score
Game information

Quarterback Zeke Bratkowski, in relief of Bart Starr, who suffered a muscle spasm in the first half, directed an 80-yard drive in the fourth quarter that resulted in a go-ahead touchdown run by Elijah Pitts for the Packers. John Unitas then led the Colts to the Green Bay 15, but there lost a fumble which came to be known as the 'Million Dollar Fumble', to secure the Packers' win that clinched the Western Conference title for Green Bay. [1]

Playoff Bowl

RoundDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
Playoff BowlJanuary 8, 1967 Philadelphia Eagles W 20–141–0 Miami Orange Bowl 58,088

[2]

See also

References

  1. "THE $1,000,000 FUMBLE". Sports Illustrated. December 19, 1966.
  2. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 369