1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/26/1971 | A | Cleveland Browns | 20-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 70734 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/2/1972 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 76622 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Bailey | 79 | DL | 6-4 | 253 | 23 | Kansas | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Beutler | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 232 | 25 | Toledo | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Curry | 50 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Curtis | 32 | MLB | 6-2 | 232 | 28 | Duke | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Curtis | 25 | DB | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 17 | RB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Bucknell | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Hendricks | 82 | RLB | 6-7 | 217 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 2 |
| Lonnie Hepburn | 43 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Texas Southern | 2 | 0 |
| Roy Hilton | 85 | RDE | 6-6 | 240 | 28 | Jackson State | 2 | 2 |
| Eddie Hinton | 33 | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 |
| Cornelius Johnson | 61 | OL | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Virginia Union | 2 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 44 | RCB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Laskey | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 237 | 28 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| David Lee | 49 | P | 6-4 | 223 | 28 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 20 | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 30 | West Texas A&M | 2 | 2 |
| John Mackey | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 30 | Syracuse | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 41 | RB | 6-0 | 207 | 32 | Ohio State | 2 | 1 |
| Ray May | 56 | LLB | 6-1 | 233 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 2 | 2 |
| Don McCauley | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 22 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 57 | OL | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Miller | 76 | RDT | 6-3 | 248 | 31 | Louisiana State | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Mitchell | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Bucknell | 2 | 2 |
| Earl Morrall | 15 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 37 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Nelson | 68 | OL | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Illinois State | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Newsome | 81 | LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Grambling State | 2 | 2 |
| Don Nottingham | 48 | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 22 | Kent State | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 43 | RB | 6-3 | 229 | 29 | Indiana | 2 | 0 |
| Jim O'Brien | 80 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 27 | WR | 6-0 | 183 | 30 | Alabama | 2 | 2 |
| Charlie Pittman | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| Glenn Ressler | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Penn State | 2 | 2 |
| Willie Richardson | 87 | WR | 6-2 | 198 | 32 | Jackson State | 1 | 0 |
| Bubba Smith | 78 | LDE | 6-7 | 292 | 26 | Michigan State | 2 | 2 |
| Charlie Stukes | 47 | LCB | 6-3 | 212 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 2 | 2 |
| Dan Sullivan | 71 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 32 | Boston College | 2 | 2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 38 | Louisville | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Vogel | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 30 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 |
| Rick Volk | 21 | RS | 6-3 | 195 | 26 | Michigan | 2 | 2 |
| John Williams | 75 | ROG | 6-3 | 257 | 26 | Minnesota | 2 | 2 |
| George Wright | 74 | DL | 6-3 | 265 | 24 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 11/30 36.7% | 1/1 100.0% | 5 | 43 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5/21 23.8% | 0/0 % | 4 | 28 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim O'Brien | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 24 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Brien | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Nottingham | 34 | 125 | 3.7 | 13 | 2 |
| Don McCauley | 18 | 59 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 72 | 221 | 3.1 | 13 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 213 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Unitas | 57 | 33 | 57.9 | 20 | 367 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 15 | 352 | 47.9 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 33 | 57.9 | 20 | 367 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 15 | 352 | 47.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 16 | 45.7 | 15 | 289 | 8.3 | 18.1 | 75t | 1 | 2.9 | 4 | 11.4 | 7 | 51 | 238 | 44.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Hinton | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Tom Mitchell | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Don Nottingham | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Ray Perkins | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Tom Matte | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Sam Havrilak | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| John Mackey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 367 | 11.1 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 289 | 18.1 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Volk | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 37 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 62t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lee | 9 | 359 | 39.9 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 245 | 27.2 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 359 | 39.9 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 245 | 27.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 460 | 41.8 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 413 | 37.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Volk | 9 | 2 | 47 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 2 | 47 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 0 | 94 | 15.7 | 48 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Pittman | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bubba Smith | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| Jim Bailey | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| Roy Hilton | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Ray May | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Rex Kern | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Team Totals | 7.0 | 51.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3.0 | 15.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Vogel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
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