1954 Baltimore Colts (NFL)

6th place Western Conference 3-9-0 .250

Frank Cumiskey	Offensive Line
Russ Murphy	Defensive Backs
Joe Thomas	Defensive Line
Charley Winner	Ends/Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/14/1954	A	Philadelphia Eagles	10-0	W	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	10831
Sun	8/22/1954	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	27-21	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	11750
Fri	9/10/1954	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	27-21	W	Tulsa, OK	Skelly Field	11750
Wed	9/15/1954	A	Chicago Cardinals	20-2	W	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	18581
Sat	9/18/1954	H	Washington Redskins	49-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	19380
Sun	9/26/1954	H	Los Angeles Rams	0-48	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	36215
Sat	10/2/1954	H	New York Giants	20-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	27088
Sun	10/10/1954	A	Chicago Bears	9-28	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	27845
Sat	10/16/1954	A	Detroit Lions	0-35	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	48272
Sun	10/24/1954	H	Green Bay Packers	6-7	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	28680
Sun	10/31/1954	A	Washington Redskins	21-24	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	23567
Sat	11/6/1954	H	Detroit Lions	3-27	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	25287
Sat	11/13/1954	A	Green Bay Packers	13-24	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	19786
Sun	11/21/1954	H	Chicago Bears	13-28	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	23093
Sun	11/28/1954	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-13	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	23875
Sat	12/4/1954	A	Los Angeles Rams	22-21	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	30744
Sat	12/11/1954	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-10	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	25426

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
60	Sisto Averno	ROG-LOG	5-11	237	29	Muhlenberg	3	0
61	Dick Barwegen	ROG-ROT-LLB-LOG	6-1	227	32	Purdue	7	2
80	Jack Bighead	LOE	6-3	215	24	Pepperdine	11	1
73	Joe Campanella	MG-LOT-ROT	6-1	242	24	Ohio State	12	8
66	Ernie Cheatham	DE	6-4	250	25	Loyola Marymount	2	0
87	Lloyd Colteryahn	LOE	6-2	220	23	Maryland	12	11
19	Cotton Davidson	QB-P	6-0	182	23	Baylor	12	1
70	Art Donovan	LDT	6-2	263	30	Notre Dame; Boston College	11	11
82	Danny Edwards	ROE	6-1	197	28	Georgia	12	12
67	Doug Eggers	RLB	6-0	213	24	South Dakota State	11	11
17	Fred Enke	QB	6-1	201	30	Arizona	3	1
77	Tom Finnin	RDT-ROT	6-2	262	27	Detroit Mercy	12	12
38	John Huzvar	FB	6-4	247	25	North Carolina State; Pittsburgh	8	1
74	Ken Jackson	LOT-C	6-2	236	25	Texas	12	12
76	Don Joyce	RDE-LDT	6-3	253	25	Tulane	12	12
21	Tom Keane	LS	6-1	192	28	Ohio State; West Virginia	12	12
18	Gary Kerkorian	QB-K	5-11	185	24	Stanford	10	10
83	Bob Langas	LDE-RDE	6-4	230	24	Wayne State (Michigan)	6	3
40	Bob Leberman	RS-LDH	6-0	180	22	Syracuse	12	5
31	Jimmy Lesane	RS	5-10	176	24	Virginia	4	0
72	Jack Little	ROT	6-4	235	23	Texas A&M	11	10
75	Gino Marchetti	LDE	6-4	244	28	Modesto JC; San Francisco	10	7
31	Chuck McMillan	LS	6-3	175	23	John Carroll	6	0
87	Jim Mutscheller	RDE-LDE-OE	6-1	213	24	Notre Dame	12	2
50	Buzz Nutter	C	6-4	230	23	Virginia Tech	12	8
65	Bill Pellington	LLB-RLB	6-2	234	27	Defiance; Rutgers	12	12
60	Gene Pepper	OG	6-2	239	27	Missouri	3	0
52	George Radosevich	C-LOG	6-2	238	26	Pittsburgh	10	4
60	Jim Raiff	ROG	5-10	235	24	Dayton	2	0
44	Bert Rechichar	RS-K	6-1	209	24	Tennessee	12	8
66	Charley Robinson	MG	6-0	240	29	Morgan State	6	4
68	Alex Sandusky	ROG	6-1	235	22	Clarion	12	11
25	Don Shula	RDH-ROH	5-11	190	24	John Carroll	12	12
63	Art Spinney	LOG	6-0	230	27	Boston College	12	12
20	George Taliaferro	LOH-ROH-QB	5-11	196	27	Indiana	11	7
23	Carl Taseff	LDH-FB	5-11	182	26	John Carroll	12	12
38	Zollie Toth	FB	6-2	218	30	Louisiana State	12	10
26	Royce Womble	LOH-ROH	6-0	185	23	North Texas	12	6
22	Buddy Young	ROH-LOH	5-4	173	28	Illinois	10	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Cotton Davidson	QB	Baylor
2	16	Larry Grigg	B	Oklahoma
5	53	Don Ellis	B	Texas A&M
7	77	Glenn Turner	B	Georgia Tech
8	88	Denny McCotter	G	Detroit Mercy
9	101	Bob Adams	G	Shippensburg
10	112	Bob Schoonmaker	B	Missouri
11	125	Bob Leberman	B	Syracuse
12	136	Don Chelf	T	Iowa
13	149	Chuck McMillan	B	John Carroll
14	160	Ordell Braase	T	South Dakota
15	173	Joe D'Agostino	G	Florida
16	184	Alex Sandusky	E	Clarion
17	197	Tommy Adkins	C	Kentucky
18	208	Dick Shinaut	B	Texas-El Paso
19	221	Charley Wenzlau	E	Miami (Ohio)
20	232	Raymond Berry	E	Southern Methodist
21	245	Bob Lade	G	Peru State
22	256	Bob Myers	T	Ohio State
23	269	Leon Hardeman	B	Georgia Tech
24	280	Don Kerlin	B	Concordia (Moorhead)
25	293	Pepper Rodgers	B	Georgia Tech
26	304	Jesus Esparza	T	New Mexico State
27	317	Bill Sennett	E	Georgia Tech
28	328	Roy Ecstrom	C	Westminster (Pennsylvania)
29	341	Claude Taliaferro	B	Illinois
30	352	Pat Abbruzzi	B	Rhode Island

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	33	55	26	17
Opponents Totals	62	72	66	79

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		169	66	90	13	/ %	/ %	71	662
Opponents Totals		234	95	120	19	/ %	/ %	92	834

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Gary Kerkorian	1	11	12	91.7	5	10	50.0	0	32
Buddy Young	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Bert Rechichar	0	1	1	100.0	6	13	46.2	0	19
Royce Womble	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Danny Edwards	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charley Robinson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Taliaferro	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Carl Taseff	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Zollie Toth	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Finnin	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	14	12	14	85.7	11	23	47.8	1	131
Opponents Totals	36	36	36	100.0	9	19	47.4	0	279

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gary Kerkorian	5	10	50.0	1/	3/	1/	0/	0/
Bert Rechichar	6	13	46.2	0/	0/	3/	3/	0/
Team Totals	11	23	47.8	1/	3/	4/	3/	0/
Opponents Totals	9	19	47.4	5/	4/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Buddy Young	70	311	4.4	57t	2
Zollie Toth	86	303	3.5	15	1
Carl Taseff	41	228	5.6	24	0
Royce Womble	60	174	2.9	24	0
George Taliaferro	48	157	3.3	29	0
Gary Kerkorian	22	36	1.6	11	1
Cotton Davidson	11	31	2.8	15	0
John Huzvar	19	29	1.5	6	0
Don Shula	2	3	1.5	3	0
Fred Enke	5	3	0.6	5	0
Team Totals	364	1275	3.5	57t	4
Opponents Totals	425	1630	3.8	38	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Gary Kerkorian	217	117	53.9	88	1515	7.0	12.9	78t	9	4.1	12	5.5	290	1225	66.9
Cotton Davidson	63	28	44.4	30	309	4.9	11.0	29	0	0.0	5	7.9	14	295	26.5
Fred Enke	28	17	60.7	8	171	6.1	10.1	42	0	0.0	3	10.7	32	139	38.5
Tom Keane	1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	79.2
Jimmy Lesane	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Zollie Toth	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
George Taliaferro	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	313	163	52.1	128	1995	6.4	12.2	78t	9	2.9	22	7.0	336	1659	52.3
Opponents Totals	330	178	53.9	132	2503	7.6	14.1	80t	12	3.6	20	6.1	203	2300	65.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Edwards	40	531	13.3	42	1
Lloyd Colteryahn	30	384	12.8	21	0
Royce Womble	30	338	11.3	78t	3
Carl Taseff	16	159	9.9	30	1
Buddy Young	15	272	18.1	78t	3
George Taliaferro	14	122	8.7	29t	1
Zollie Toth	11	51	4.6	13	0
Jack Bighead	6	89	14.8	25	0
Jim Mutscheller	1	49	49.0	49	0
Team Totals	163	1995	12.2	78t	9
Opponents Totals	178	2503	14.1	80t	12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Shula	5	84	16.8	25	0
Tom Keane	5	22	4.4	9	0
Doug Eggers	3	18	6.0	10	0
Bert Rechichar	2	27	13.5	21	0
Carl Taseff	2	15	7.5	15	0
Bob Leberman	2	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Campanella	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	166	8.3	25	0
Opponents Totals	22	232	10.5	50	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Cotton Davidson	72	2680	37.2	55	1	1	150	2510	34.9
Team Totals	72	2680	37.2	55	1	1	150	2510	35.4
Opponents Totals	57	2266	39.8	63	0		168

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Buddy Young	14	60	4.3	16
Carl Taseff	8	52	6.5	13
Bert Rechichar	6	22	3.7	9
George Taliaferro	5	34	6.8	18
Team Totals	33	168	5.1	18
Opponents Totals	45	150	3.3	39

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Buddy Young	13	308	23.7	30
Royce Womble	9	170	18.9	27
Carl Taseff	7	167	23.9	35
George Taliaferro	7	134	19.1	24
Bert Rechichar	3	26	8.7	12
Bill Pellington	2	26	13.0	14
Charley Robinson	1	19	19.0	19
Bob Langas	1	18	18.0	18
Don Joyce	1	13	13.0	13
Zollie Toth	1	13	13.0	13
Chuck McMillan	1	5	5.0	5
John Huzvar	1	0	0.0	0
George Radosevich	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	48	899	18.7	35
Opponents Totals	29	587	20.2	40

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Sisto Averno	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Campanella	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Cotton Davidson	4		1	0	1	0	0
Danny Edwards	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Doug Eggers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Enke	1		1	0	1	0	0
John Huzvar	3		1	0	1	0	0
Don Joyce	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Keane	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Gary Kerkorian	6		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Langas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Leberman	1		0	1	1	0	0
Jim Mutscheller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Buzz Nutter	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bert Rechichar	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Charley Robinson	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
George Taliaferro	1		1	0	1	0	0
Zollie Toth	2		0	0	0	0	0
Royce Womble	1		0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Young	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	20	12	8	10	18	12	1
Opponents Totals	28	10	18	12	30		1