1969 Baltimore Colts season

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1969 Baltimore Colts season
Owner Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager Harry Hulmes
Head coach Don Shula
Home field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record8–5–1
Division place2nd Coastal
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1969 Baltimore Colts season was the 17th season for the team in the National Football League. The Colts finished the National Football League's 1969 season with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie. Led by seventh-year head coach Don Shula, Baltimore finished second in the Western Conference's Coastal division, well behind the Los Angeles Rams (11–3).

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Many attributed the disappointing season to the hangover of losing to the heavy-underdog New York Jets in Super Bowl III in January 1969. It is one of the first instances of a Super Bowl hangover – in which the team that played in a Super Bowl the previous season, underperforms the next season.

A disappointing 20–17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in week 9 dropped the Colts to a 5–4 record and put the Colts four full games behind the unbeaten Los Angeles Rams in the division. After the defeat head coach Shula declared, "It looks like we are out of it. I'm disappointed that we went without giving them [the Rams] a battle for it." [1]

Two months after the season, Shula departed in February 1970 for the Miami Dolphins. [2] [3]

NFL/AFL draft

1969 Baltimore Colts draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
125 Eddie Hinton   Wide receiver Oklahoma
233 Ted Hendricks  * †  Linebacker Miami (FL)
251 Tommy Maxwell   Defensive back Texas A&M
377 Dennis Nelson   Tackle Illinois State Played with Colts 1970–74
487Jacky Stewart  Running back Texas Tech
5129King Dunlap  Defensive tackle Tennessee State
6154Bill Fortier Tackle LSU
7163Gary Fleming  Defensive end Samford
7181 Roland Moss   Tight end Toledo
8207 Sam Havrilak  Wide receiver Bucknell
9210 George Wright   Sam Houston State Defensive tacklePlayed with Colts 1970–71
9232Larry Good  Quarterback Georgia Tech
10259Marion Griffin Tight end Purdue
11285Ken Delaney Tackle Akron
12310Butch Riley Linebacker Texas A&I
13337 Carl Mauck   Center Southern Illinois
14363Dave Bartelt Linebacker Colorado
15389 George Thompson  Defensive back Marquette
16415Jim McMillan Running back The Citadel
17441Joe Cowan Wide receiver Johns Hopkins
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[4]

Personnel

Staff/coaches

1969 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office

Coaching staff

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Roster

1969 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 21 Los Angeles Rams L 20–270–1 Memorial Stadium 56,864 Recap
2September 28at Minnesota Vikings L 14–520–2 Metropolitan Stadium 47,644 Recap
3October 5at Atlanta Falcons W 21–141–2 Grant Field 57,806 Recap
4October 13 Philadelphia Eagles W 24–202–2Memorial Stadium56,864 Recap
5October 19at New Orleans Saints W 30–103–2 Tulane Stadium 80,636 Recap
6October 26 San Francisco 49ers L 21–243–3Memorial Stadium60,238 Recap
7November 2 Washington Redskins W 41–174–3Memorial Stadium60,238 Recap
8November 9 Green Bay Packers W 14–65–3Memorial Stadium60,238 Recap
9November 16at San Francisco 49ersL 17–205–4 Kezar Stadium 38,472 Recap
10November 23at Chicago Bears W 24–216–4 Wrigley Field 45,455 Recap
11November 30Atlanta FalconsW 13–67–4Memorial Stadium60,238 Recap
12December 7 Detroit Lions T 17–177–4–1Memorial Stadium60,238 Recap
13December 13at Dallas Cowboys L 10–277–5–1 Cotton Bowl 63,191 Recap
14December 21at Los Angeles RamsW 13–78–5–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 73,326 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 1 vs Rams

Week One: Los Angeles Rams (0–0) at Baltimore Colts (0–0)
Period1234Total
Rams 3710727
Colts0107320

at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Date: September 21
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C)
  • Game attendance: 56,864
  • Box Score
Game information

Standings

NFL Coastal
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Los Angeles Rams 1130.7865–17–3320243L3
Baltimore Colts 851.6153–35–4–1279268W1
Atlanta Falcons 680.4292–44–6276268W3
San Francisco 49ers 482.3332–43–7277319W1

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

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References

  1. ↑ Cameron C. Snyder, "Shula Thinks Colts are Out of It," Baltimore Sun, Nov. 17, 1969, p. 27.
  2. ↑ "Shula replaces Miami's Wilson". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. February 19, 1970. p. 1, part 2.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Dollar signs convince Shula to jump to Miami Dolphins". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 19, 1970. p. 4D.
  4. ↑ "1969 Baltimore Colts Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2022.


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