1958 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 1st place Western Conference 9-3-0 .750 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| Herman Ball | Offensive Line |
| John Bridgers | Defensive Line |
| Bob Shaw | Ends |
| Charley Winner | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1958 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-30 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 16894 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1958 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 31-31 | T | Austin, TX | Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1958 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 18131 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1958 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-13 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Satdium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1958 | H | New York Giants | 27-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 11111 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1958 | N | New York Giants | 27-21 | W | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 18747 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1958 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-15 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 48377 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1958 | H | Chicago Bears | 51-38 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 52622 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1958 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-17 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 24553 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1958 | A | Detroit Lions | 40-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55190 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1958 | H | Washington Redskins | 35-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54403 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1958 | H | Green Bay Packers | 56-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 51333 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1958 | A | New York Giants | 21-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 71163 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1958 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48664 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1958 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 34-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57577 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1958 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 35-27 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57557 | |
| Sat | 12/6/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 100202 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1958 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 12-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 53344 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1958 | A | New York Giants | 23-17 | W | OT | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 64185 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 35 | Alan Ameche | FB | 6-1 | 218 | 25 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Raymond Berry | LOE | 6-2 | 189 | 25 | Schreiner Institute JC; Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Ordell Braase | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | South Dakota | 12 | 1 |
| 17 | Ray Brown | RS-P | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | Jack Call | LOH-ROH-FB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Colgate | 12 | 2 |
| 20 | Milt Davis | RDH | 6-1 | 188 | 29 | Los Angeles CC; UCLA | 11 | 11 |
| 21 | Art DeCarlo | LOE-DB | 6-2 | 196 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 0 |
| 70 | Art Donovan | LDT | 6-2 | 263 | 34 | Notre Dame; Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | L.G. Dupre | LOH-P | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Baylor | 10 | 10 |
| 18 | Dick Horn | P | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Stanford | 5 | 0 |
| 83 | Don Joyce | RDE | 6-3 | 253 | 29 | Tulane | 12 | 11 |
| 78 | Ray Krouse | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 263 | 31 | Maryland | 12 | 0 |
| 76 | Gene Lipscomb | RDT | 6-6 | 284 | 27 | none | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Lenny Lyles | LOH | 6-2 | 202 | 22 | Louisville | 12 | 0 |
| 89 | Gino Marchetti | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 32 | Modesto JC; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| 24 | Lenny Moore | ROH | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Jim Mutscheller | ROE | 6-1 | 213 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 65 | Steve Myhra | K-RLB | 6-1 | 237 | 24 | Minnesota; North Dakota | 12 | 3 |
| 80 | Andy Nelson | LS | 6-1 | 180 | 25 | Memphis | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Buzz Nutter | C | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| 77 | Jim Parker | LOT | 6-3 | 273 | 24 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Bill Pellington | LLB | 6-2 | 234 | 31 | Defiance; Rutgers | 12 | 12 |
| 79 | Sherman Plunkett | LOT-ROT-ROG | 6-4 | 290 | 25 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | George Preas | ROT | 6-2 | 244 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| 31 | Billy Pricer | FB | 5-10 | 208 | 24 | Oklahoma | 12 | 0 |
| 44 | Bert Rechichar | RDH-LDH-ROE-RS-K | 6-1 | 209 | 28 | Tennessee | 12 | 1 |
| 47 | Johnny Sample | LDH-RS | 6-1 | 203 | 22 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 12 | 1 |
| 68 | Alex Sandusky | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Clarion | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Leo Sanford | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 29 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 9 |
| 14 | George Shaw | QB-K | 6-1 | 183 | 25 | Oregon | 12 | 3 |
| 61 | Don Shinnick | MLB | 6-0 | 232 | 23 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Jackie Simpson | DB | 5-10 | 183 | 24 | Florida | 2? | 0 |
| 63 | Art Spinney | LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 31 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 18 | Avatus Stone | P | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Dick Szymanski | C-MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 26 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | Carl Taseff | LDH | 5-11 | 182 | 30 | John Carroll | 12 | 11 |
| 64 | Fuzzy Thurston | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 247 | 25 | Valparaiso | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Johnny Unitas | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Louisville | 10 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Lenny Lyles | B | Louisville |
| 2 | 24 | Bob Stransky | B | Colorado |
| 3 | 35 | Joe Nicely | G | West Virginia |
| 4 | 48 | Les Walters | E | Penn State |
| 5 | 50 | Ray Brown | B | Mississippi |
| 6 | 69 | Bob Taylor | E | Vanderbilt |
| 7 | 79 | Johnny Sample | B | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 7 | 82 | John Diehl | T | Virginia |
| 8 | 93 | Floyd Peters | G | San Francisco State |
| 9 | 106 | Hal Bullard | B | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| 10 | 117 | Ray Schamber | E | South Dakota |
| 11 | 130 | Bobby Jordan | B | Virginia Military Institute |
| 12 | 141 | Tommy Addison | G | South Carolina |
| 13 | 154 | Jerry Richardson | E | Wofford |
| 14 | 165 | Ken Hall | B | Texas A&M |
| 15 | 178 | Les Carney | B | Ohio University |
| 16 | 189 | Archie Matsos | G | Michigan State |
| 17 | 202 | Jim Reese | B | Minnesota |
| 18 | 213 | Dave Lloyd | C | Georgia |
| 19 | 226 | Tim Murnen | G | Bowling Green State |
| 20 | 237 | Tom Forrestal | QB | Navy |
| 21 | 250 | Jim Faulk | B | Texas Christian |
| 22 | 261 | Bob McKee | E | Monmouth (Illinois) |
| 23 | 274 | Phil Parslow | B | UCLA |
| 24 | 285 | Bobby Sandlin | B | Tennessee |
| 25 | 298 | Jim Rountree | B | Florida |
| 26 | 309 | Bob Grimes | T | Central Michigan |
| 27 | 322 | George Dintiman | B | Lock Haven |
| 28 | 333 | Jim Murphy | T | East Tennessee State |
| 29 | 346 | Doug Padgett | E | Duke |
| 30 | 356 | Gary Lund | G | Utah State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 92 | 93 | 63 | 133 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 66 | 65 | 31 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 253 | 117 | 120 | 16 | / % | / % | 55 | 518 | |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 70 | 106 | 12 | / % | / % | 60 | 555 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny Moore | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Steve Myhra | 0 | 48 | 51 | 94.1 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 60 |
| Alan Ameche | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Raymond Berry | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jim Mutscheller | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Lenny Lyles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| L.G. Dupre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Andy Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Pricer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 48 | 53 | 90.6 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 381 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 0 | 203 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Myhra | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 28 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 48 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 48 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 171 | 791 | 4.6 | 28 | 8 |
| Lenny Moore | 82 | 598 | 7.3 | 73t | 7 |
| L.G. Dupre | 95 | 390 | 4.1 | 39 | 3 |
| Jack Call | 37 | 154 | 4.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 33 | 139 | 4.2 | 28 | 3 |
| Lenny Lyles | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 27t | 1 |
| Billy Pricer | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 4 | 1 |
| George Shaw | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 3 | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 456 | 2127 | 4.7 | 73t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 331 | 1291 | 3.9 | 28 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Unitas | 263 | 136 | 136 | 120 | 2007 | 7.6 | 14.8 | 77t | 19 | 7.2 | 7 | 2.7 | 120 | 1887 | 90.0 | |
| George Shaw | 89 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 531 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 57 | 7 | 7.9 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 526 | 72.8 | |
| Ray Brown | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -0.5 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | -1 | 56.3 | |
| Team Totals | 354 | 178 | 178 | 165 | 2537 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 77t | 26 | 7.3 | 11 | 3.1 | 125 | 2412 | 85.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 363 | 168 | 168 | 160 | 2248 | 6.2 | 13.4 | 69t | 9 | 2.5 | 35 | 9.6 | 255 | 1993 | 35.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Berry | 56 | 794 | 14.2 | 54 | 9 |
| Lenny Moore | 50 | 938 | 18.8 | 77t | 7 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 28 | 504 | 18.0 | 54t | 7 |
| L.G. Dupre | 13 | 111 | 8.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Lenny Lyles | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Bert Rechichar | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Jack Call | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 178 | 2537 | 14.3 | 77t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 168 | 2248 | 13.4 | 69t | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Nelson | 8 | 199 | 24.9 | 69 | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 8 | 149 | 18.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Milt Davis | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Don Shinnick | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Leo Sanford | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 514 | 14.7 | 69 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 169 | 15.4 | 44t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Brown | 41 | 1635 | 39.9 | 60 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Horn | 19 | 613 | 32.3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Avatus Stone | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2276 | 36.7 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 2020 | 32.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2736 | 44.1 | 60 | 0 | 237 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Taseff | 29 | 196 | 6.8 | 33 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jackie Simpson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 237 | 6.1 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 176 | 4.4 | 71t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny Lyles | 11 | 398 | 36.2 | 103t | 2 | |
| Billy Pricer | 9 | 168 | 18.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Lenny Moore | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jackie Simpson | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jack Call | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Art DeCarlo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 864 | 25.4 | 103t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 1241 | 28.9 | 99t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ordell Braase | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Call | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Joyce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenny Lyles | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gino Marchetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenny Moore | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Pricer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sample | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Sandusky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Shinnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Unitas | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 0 |
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