1967 Baltimore Colts season
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.
1967 Baltimore Colts season | |
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Head coach | Don Shula |
Owner | Carroll Rosenbloom |
Home field | Memorial Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 11–1–2 |
Division place | 2nd Coastal |
Playoff finish | did not qualify |
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.
Personnel
Staff/Coaches
1967 Baltimore Colts staff | ||||||
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Front Office
Coaching Staff
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
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Roster
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
None - vacant
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Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game Site | Attendance |
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1 | September 17 | Atlanta Falcons | W 38–31 | 1–0 | Memorial Stadium | |
2 | September 24 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 38–6 | 2–0 | Franklin Field | |
3 | October 1 | San Francisco 49ers | W 41–7 | 3–0 | Memorial Stadium | |
4 | October 8 | at Chicago Bears | W 24–3 | 4–0 | Wrigley Field | |
5 | October 15 | Los Angeles Rams | T 24–24 | 4–0–1 | Memorial Stadium | |
6 | October 22 | at Minnesota Vikings | T 20–20 | 4–0–2 | Metropolitan Stadium | |
7 | October 29 | at Washington Redskins | W 17–13 | 5–0–2 | D.C. Stadium | |
8 | November 5 | Green Bay Packers | W 13–10 | 6–0–2 | Memorial Stadium | |
9 | November 12 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 49–7 | 7–0–2 | Atlanta Stadium | |
10 | November 19 | Detroit Lions | W 41–7 | 8–0–2 | Memorial Stadium | |
11 | November 26 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 26–9 | 9–0–2 | Kezar Stadium | |
12 | December 3 | Dallas Cowboys | W 23–17 | 10–0–2 | Memorial Stadium | |
13 | December 10 | New Orleans Saints | W 30–10 | 11–0–2 | Memorial Stadium | |
14 | December 17 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 10–34 | 11–1–2 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
Game summaries
Week 14
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Standings
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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]
References
- "Unitas watches Roman carnival from turf". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. December 18, 1967. p. 26.
- "Rams swamp Colts, gain play-off, 34-10". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. December 18, 1967. p. 17, part 2.
- Maule, Tex (December 25, 1967). "Year of the Ram". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2010-06-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)