1967 Baltimore Colts season

1967 Baltimore Colts season
Owner	Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager	Harry Hulmes
Head coach	Don Shula
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	11–1–2
Division place	2nd Coastal
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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The 1967 Baltimore Colts season was the fifteenth season for the team in the National Football League. They finished the regular season with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties, the same record in the Western Conference's Coastal division with the Los Angeles Rams, who defeated them in the regular season finale; the two had tied in mid-October. The Colts lost the new tiebreaker (point differential in head-to-head games) and thus did not make the playoffs, ^{[1] [2] [3]} which included only the four division winners.

The Colts' official winning percentage of .917 (based on the NFL's non-counting of ties for such purposes prior to 1972) is the best in North American professional sports history for a non-playoff-qualifying team. It is also remarkable that the Colts entered the final game undefeated and yet did not qualify for the playoffs.

Personnel

Staff/coaches

1967 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office Owner/president and treasurer – Carroll Rosenbloom General manager – Harry Hulmes Coaching staff Head coach – Don Shula Offensive coaches Receivers/offensive ends – Dick Bielski Offensive backs – Don McCafferty Offensive line coach – John Sandusky		Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive line - Bill Arnsparger Defensive backfield – Chuck Noll Linebackers coach – Don Shula

Roster

1967 Baltimore Colts roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 19 Johnny Unitas 16 Jim Ward Running backs (RB) 33 Tony Lorick 45 Jerry Hill 41 Tom Matte 24 Lenny Moore 26 Preston Pearson Wide receivers (WR) 82 Raymond Berry 25 Alex Hawkins 28 Jimmy Orr 27 Ray Perkins 87 Willie Richardson Tight ends (TE) 88 John Mackey 86 Butch Wilson

Offensive linemen (OL) 73 Sam Ball T 63 Norman Davis G 62 Glenn Ressler G 71 Dan Sullivan G 52 Dick Szymanski C 72 Bob Vogel T Defensive linemen (DL) 81 Ordell Braase DE 85 Roy Hilton DE 79 Lou Michaels DE/K 76 Fred Miller DT 74 Billy Ray Smith DT 78 Bubba Smith DT 83 Andy Stynchula DE

Linebackers (LB) 36 Barry Brown OLB 50 Bill Curry MLB 53 Dennis Gaubatz MLB 55 Ron Porter OLB 66 Don Shinnick OLB Defensive backs (DB) 40 Bobby Boyd CB 30 Alvin Haymond CB/S 20 Jerry Logan SS 43 Lenny Lyles CB 47 Charlie Stukes CB 21 Rick Volk FS 46 Jim Welch SS Special teams (ST) 49 David Lee P

Practice squad 68Ross GwinnDT 61 Cornelius Johnson G 84 Tom Mitchell TE 14Terry SouthallQB -- Jim Todd RB 23Bob WadeCB Reserve 29 Don Alley WR (IR) 32 Mike Curtis LB (IR) 48 Jim Detwiler RB (IR) 42 George Harold CB (IR) 77 Jim Parker T (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 17	Atlanta Falcons	W 38–31	1–0	Memorial Stadium	56,715
2	September 24	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 38–6	2–0	Franklin Field	60,755
3	October 1	San Francisco 49ers	W 41–7	3–0	Memorial Stadium	60,238
4	October 8	at Chicago Bears	W 24–3	4–0	Wrigley Field	47,190
5	October 15	Los Angeles Rams	T 24–24	4–0–1	Memorial Stadium	60,238
6	October 22	at Minnesota Vikings	T 20–20	4–0–2	Metropolitan Stadium	47,693
7	October 29	at Washington Redskins	W 17–13	5–0–2	D.C. Stadium	50,574
8	November 5	Green Bay Packers	W 13–10	6–0–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
9	November 12	at Atlanta Falcons	W 49–7	7–0–2	Atlanta Stadium	58,850
10	November 19	Detroit Lions	W 41–7	8–0–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
11	November 26	at San Francisco 49ers	W 26–9	9–0–2	Kezar Stadium	44,815
12	December 3	Dallas Cowboys	W 23–17	10–0–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
13	December 10	New Orleans Saints	W 30–10	11–0–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
14	December 17	at Los Angeles Rams	L 10–34	11–1–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	77,277
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 14

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	7	0	0	3	10
• Rams	3	14	3	14	34

• Date: December 17
• Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Game attendance: 77,277

Source: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Standings

NFL Coastal
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	11	1	2	.917	4–1–1	8–1–1	398	196	W8
Baltimore Colts	11	1	2	.917	4–1–1	7–1–2	394	198	L1
San Francisco 49ers	7	7	0	.500	3–3	4–6	273	337	W2
Atlanta Falcons	1	12	1	.077	0–6	1–9	175	422	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Awards and honors

• Johnny Unitas, Bert Bell Award ^[4]

See also

• History of the Indianapolis Colts
• Indianapolis Colts seasons

References

1. "Unitas watches Roman carnival from turf". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. December 18, 1967. p. 26.
2. "Rams swamp Colts, gain play-off, 34-10". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. December 18, 1967. p. 17, part 2.
3. Maule, Tex (December 25, 1967). "Year of the Ram". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
4. "Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2010.

External links

• "Year of Glory, Day of Defeat: 1967 Baltimore Colts," Godzillarocks via YouTube.com, Dec. 4, 2022. (Video.)