1968 Baltimore Colts (NFL)

1st place Western Conference Coastal Division 13-1-0 .929

Head Coach: Don Shula

Bill Arnsparger	Defensive Line
Dick Bielski	Offensive Ends
Don McCafferty	Offensive Backs
Chuck Noll	Defensive Backs
John Sandusky	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/3/1968	A	Oakland Raiders	14-12	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51154
Sat	8/10/1968	N	Chicago Bears	10-0	W	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	31197
Fri	8/16/1968	A	Washington Redskins	15-13	W	Washington, DC	D.C. Stadium	45810
Fri	8/23/1968	A	Detroit Lions	7-14	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	34082
Sat	8/31/1968	A	Miami Dolphins	22-13	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	68125
Sat	9/7/1968	A	Dallas Cowboys	16-10	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	69520
Sun	9/15/1968	H	San Francisco 49ers	27-10	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	56864
Sun	9/22/1968	A	Atlanta Falcons	28-20	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	50428
Sun	9/29/1968	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	41-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	44480
Sun	10/6/1968	H	Chicago Bears	28-7	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60228
Sun	10/13/1968	A	San Francisco 49ers	42-14	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	32822
Sun	10/20/1968	H	Cleveland Browns	20-30	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	10/27/1968	H	Los Angeles Rams	27-10	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	11/3/1968	A	New York Giants	26-0	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62973
Sun	11/10/1968	A	Detroit Lions	27-10	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	55170
Sun	11/17/1968	H	St. Louis Cardinals	27-0	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	11/24/1968	H	Minnesota Vikings	21-9	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60228
Sun	12/1/1968	H	Atlanta Falcons	44-0	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sat	12/7/1968	A	Green Bay Packers	16-3	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	50861
Sun	12/15/1968	A	Los Angeles Rams	28-24	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69397
Sun	12/22/1968	H	Minnesota Vikings	24-14	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238	Western Conference Championship
Sun	12/29/1968	A	Cleveland Browns	34-0	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	78410	League Championship
Sun	1/12/1969	H	New York Jets	7-16	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75389	Super Bowl III

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
37	Ocie Austin	RCB	6-3	200	21	Utah State	14	0
73	Sam Ball	ROT	6-4	250	24	Kentucky	14	14
40	Bobby Boyd	LCB	5-10	190	31	Oklahoma	14	14
81	Ordell Braase	RDE	6-4	240	36	South Dakota	14	14
2	Timmy Brown	RB	5-10	195	31	Ball State	11	0
80	Gail Cogdill	OE	6-2	200	31	Washington State	5	0
34	Terry Cole	FB	6-1	220	23	Indiana	14	5
50	Bill Curry	C	6-2	235	26	Georgia Tech	14	14
32	Mike Curtis	LLB	6-2	232	25	Duke	14	14
53	Dennis Gaubatz	MLB	6-2	225	28	Louisiana State	14	14
51	Bob Grant	RLB	6-2	225	22	Wake Forest	7	2
25	Alex Hawkins	OE	6-1	188	31	South Carolina	10	0
45	Jerry Hill	FB	5-11	212	29	Wyoming	9	9
85	Roy Hilton	RDT	6-6	240	25	Jackson State	14	0
61	Cornelius Johnson	LOG	6-2	245	25	Virginia Union	14	0
49	David Lee	P	6-4	223	25	Louisiana Tech	14	0
20	Jerry Logan	LS	6-1	188	27	West Texas A&M	14	14
43	Lenny Lyles	RCB	6-2	202	32	Louisville	14	14
88	John Mackey	TE	6-3	222	27	Syracuse	14	14
41	Tom Matte	HB	6-0	207	29	Ohio State	14	14
79	Lou Michaels	K	6-2	243	33	Kentucky	14	0
76	Fred Miller	RDT	6-3	248	28	Louisiana State	14	14
84	Tom Mitchell	TE	6-2	230	24	Bucknell	14	0
15	Earl Morrall	QB	6-2	205	34	Michigan State	14	13
28	Jimmy Orr	SE	5-11	185	33	Clemson; Georgia	13	11
26	Preston Pearson	RB	6-1	190	23	Illinois	14	0
27	Ray Perkins	SE	6-0	183	27	Alabama	14	3
55	Ron Porter	RLB-LLB	6-3	232	23	Idaho	14	5
62	Glenn Ressler	LOG	6-3	247	25	Penn State	14	14
87	Willie Richardson	FL	6-2	198	29	Jackson State	14	14
66	Don Shinnick	RLB	6-0	232	33	Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA	11	7
74	Billy Ray Smith	LDT	6-4	240	33	Arkansas	14	14
78	Bubba Smith	LDE	6-7	292	23	Michigan State	14	14
47	Charlie Stukes	LCB	6-3	212	25	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	0
71	Dan Sullivan	ROG	6-3	250	29	Boston College	14	14
52	Dick Szymanski	C	6-3	233	36	Notre Dame	14	0
19	Johnny Unitas	QB	6-1	194	35	Louisville	5	0
72	Bob Vogel	LOT	6-5	248	27	Ohio State	14	14
21	Rick Volk	RS	6-3	195	23	Michigan	14	14
16	Jim Ward	QB	6-2	197	24	Gettysburg	5	0
75	John Williams	LOT	6-3	257	23	Minnesota	14	0
64	Sid Williams	RLB	6-2	235	26	Southern University	12	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	23	John Williams	T	Minnesota
2	50	Bob Grant	LB	Wake Forest
3	78	Rich O'Hara	FL	Northern Arizona
4	107	Jim Duncan	RB	Maryland-Eastern Shore
5	126	Paul Elzey	LB	Toledo
7	188	Anthony Andrews	RB	Hampton
8	216	Tommy Davis	G	Tennessee State
9	242	Terry Cole	RB	Indiana
10	257	Ocie Austin	DB	Utah State
10	270	Ed Tomlin	RB	Hampton
11	296	Bill Pickens	G	Houston
12	324	Jim Jackson	T	Jackson State
13	350	Howie Tennebar	T	Kent State
14	378	Charles Mitchell	TE	Alabama State
15	404	Jeff Beaver	QB	North Carolina
16	432	Walt Blackledge	FL	San Jose State
17	458	Ray Pedersen	LB	Northern Iowa

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	103	137	62	100
Opponents Totals	37	37	20	50

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		258	110	131	17	/ %	/ %	75	655
Opponents Totals		207	71	119	17	/ %	/ %	72	799

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Lou Michaels	0	48	50	96.0	18	28	64.3	102
Tom Matte	10	0	0		0	0		60
Willie Richardson	8	0	0		0	0		48
Jimmy Orr	6	0	0		0	0		36
John Mackey	5	0	0		0	0		30
Tom Mitchell	4	0	0		0	0		24
Preston Pearson	4	0	0		0	0		24
Terry Cole	3	0	0		0	0		18
Timmy Brown	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jerry Hill	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bobby Boyd	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Curtis	1	0	0		0	0		6
Roy Hilton	1	0	0		0	0		6
Earl Morrall	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ray Perkins	1	0	0		0	0		6
Charlie Stukes	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	50	48	50	96.0	18	28	64.3	402
Opponents Totals	16	15	16	93.8	11	19	57.9	144

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lou Michaels	18	28	64.3	8/9	4/6	6/6	0/5	0/2
Team Totals	18	28	64.3	8/9	4/6	6/6	0/5	0/2
Opponents Totals	11	19	57.9	3/3	3/5	3/4	2/4	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tom Matte	183	662	3.6	23	9
Terry Cole	104	418	4.0	21	3
Jerry Hill	91	360	4.0	2	1
Timmy Brown	39	159	4.1	10	2
John Mackey	10	103	10.3	33	0
Preston Pearson	19	78	4.1	13	0
Earl Morrall	11	18	1.6	11	1
David Lee	3	12	4.0	21	0
Johnny Unitas	3	-1	-0.3	5	0
Team Totals	463	1809	3.9	33	16
Opponents Totals	375	1339	3.6	59t	6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Earl Morrall	317	182	57.4	118	2909	9.2	16.0	84	26	8.2	17	5.4	24	180	2729	93.2
Johnny Unitas	32	11	34.4	17	139	4.3	12.6	37	2	6.3	4	12.5	2	15	124	30.1
Jim Ward	9	3	33.3	5	46	5.1	15.3	22	0	0.0	1	11.1	3	27	19	11.6
Tom Matte	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	359	196	54.6	141	3094	8.6	15.8	84	28	7.8	22	6.1	29	222	2872	84.0
Opponents Totals	432	224	51.9	179	2405	5.6	10.7	71t	9	2.1	29	6.7	45	367	2038	47.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Mackey	45	644	14.3	72t	5
Willie Richardson	37	698	18.9	79t	8
Jimmy Orr	29	743	25.6	84	6
Tom Matte	25	275	11.0	50	1
Jerry Hill	18	161	8.9	19	1
Ray Perkins	15	227	15.1	29	1
Terry Cole	13	75	5.8	18	0
Tom Mitchell	6	117	19.5	41t	4
Timmy Brown	4	53	13.3	18	0
Preston Pearson	2	70	35.0	61t	2
Alex Hawkins	2	31	15.5	18	0
Team Totals	196	3094	15.8	84	28
Opponents Totals	224	2405	10.7	71t	9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Boyd	8	160	20.0	49	1
Rick Volk	6	154	25.7	90	0
Lenny Lyles	5	32	6.4	11	0
Jerry Logan	3	9	3.0	9	0
Mike Curtis	2	38	19.0	38t	1
Dennis Gaubatz	2	15	7.5	13	0
Charlie Stukes	1	60	60.0	60t	1
Roy Hilton	1	13	13.0	13t	1
Don Shinnick	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	29	483	16.7	90	4
Opponents Totals	22	192	8.7	36	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
David Lee	49	1935	39.5	59	1	3	62	1813	37.0
Team Totals	49	1935	39.5	59	1	3	62	1813	37.8
Opponents Totals	78	3183	40.8	58	0		350

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Rick Volk	25	7	198	7.9	24
Timmy Brown	16	8	125	7.8	25
Jerry Logan	1	1	27	27.0	27
Team Totals	42	16	350	8.3	27
Opponents Totals	19	16	62	3.3	14

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Preston Pearson	15	527	35.1	102t	2
Timmy Brown	15	298	19.9	29	0
Terry Cole	5	123	24.6	34	0
Tom Matte	1	22	22.0	22	0
Ron Porter	1	19	19.0	19	0
Jerry Logan	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	38	1003	26.4	102t	2
Opponents Totals	71	1391	19.6	35	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Sam Ball	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Boyd	0	0	0	1	1	0
Timmy Brown	2		1	0	1	0
Terry Cole	4		1	0	1	0
Mike Curtis	0	0	0	3	3	0
Dennis Gaubatz	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Grant	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jerry Hill	1		0	0	0	0
John Mackey	1		0	0	0	0
Tom Matte	2		0	0	0	0
Fred Miller	0	0	0	2	2	30
Earl Morrall	7		2	0	2	0
Preston Pearson	2		1	1	2	0
Ray Perkins	0	0	2	0	2	0
Ron Porter	0	0	0	1	1	0
Billy Ray Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bubba Smith	0	0	0	1	1	0
Johnny Unitas	3		0	0	0	0
Bob Vogel	0	0	1	0	1	0
Rick Volk	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Ward	1		1	0	1	0
Team Totals	23	12	11	12	23	30
Opponents Totals	29	12	17	12	29