1971 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Don McCafferty |
| Dick Bielski | Offensive Ends |
| Bobby Boyd | Defensive Backs |
| Hank Bullough | Linebackers |
| John Idzik | Offense |
| Red Miller | Offensive Line |
| John Sandusky | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 7/30/1971 | A | College All-Stars | 24-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 52289 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1971 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-10 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 16771 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 13013 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1971 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-23 | L | Ann Arbor, MI | Michigan Stadium | 91745 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-14 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 46045 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1971 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 14-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 22291 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1971 | N | Oakland Raiders | 3-24 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 50212 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | New York Jets | 22-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56458 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Cleveland Browns | 13-14 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56837 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | A | New England Patriots | 23-3 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61232 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 43-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | New York Giants | 31-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62860 | |
| Mon | 10/25/1971 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 3-10 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Mon | 11/8/1971 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57722 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | A | New York Jets | 14-13 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63947 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | A | Miami Dolphins | 14-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 75312 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | A | Oakland Raiders | 37-14 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54689 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | H | Buffalo Bills | 24-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 58476 | |
| Sat | 12/11/1971 | H | Miami Dolphins | 14-3 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | H | New England Patriots | 17-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57942 | |
| 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 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Bailey | 79 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 253 | 23 | Kansas | 13 | 1 |
| Tom Beutler | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 232 | 25 | Toledo | 4 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 36 | RB | 6-1 | 217 | 25 | Texas Christian | 13 | 12 |
| Bill Curry | 50 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Curtis | 32 | MLB | 6-2 | 232 | 28 | Duke | 13 | 12 |
| Tom Curtis | 25 | RS | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 35 | RCB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 11 | 10 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 46 | CB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Kilgore JC; North Texas | 4 | 0 |
| Rusty Ganas | 73 | DT | 6-4 | 257 | 22 | South Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Gardin | 30 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Cameron JC; Arizona | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 17 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Bucknell | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Hendricks | 82 | RLB | 6-7 | 217 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Lonnie Hepburn | 43 | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Texas Southern | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Hilton | 85 | RDE | 6-6 | 240 | 28 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Eddie Hinton | 33 | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Oklahoma | 14 | 11 |
| Cornelius Johnson | 61 | OG | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Virginia Union | 7 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 44 | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 4 |
| Lynn Larson | 67 | OT | 6-4 | 254 | 23 | Phoenix JC; Kansas State | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Laskey | 51 | LLB | 6-2 | 237 | 28 | Michigan | 13 | 2 |
| David Lee | 49 | P | 6-4 | 223 | 28 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 20 | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 30 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| John Mackey | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 30 | Syracuse | 14 | 5 |
| Tom Matte | 41 | RB | 6-0 | 207 | 32 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Ray May | 56 | LLB-MLB | 6-1 | 233 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Don McCauley | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 22 | North Carolina | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 57 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Miller | 76 | RDT | 6-3 | 248 | 31 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Mitchell | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Bucknell | 14 | 9 |
| Earl Morrall | 15 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 37 | Michigan State | 14 | 9 |
| Dennis Nelson | 68 | ROT-LOT | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Illinois State | 14 | 2 |
| Billy Newsome | 81 | LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Robbie Nichols | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | Tulsa | 4 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 48 | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 22 | Kent State | 14 | 2 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 43 | RB | 6-3 | 229 | 29 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| Jim O'Brien | 80 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 27 | WR | 6-0 | 183 | 30 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Pittman | 42 | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Penn State | 10 | 0 |
| Glenn Ressler | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Richardson | 87 | WR | 6-2 | 198 | 32 | Jackson State | 12 | 3 |
| Bubba Smith | 78 | LDE | 6-7 | 292 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Stukes | 47 | LCB | 6-3 | 212 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Sullivan | 71 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 32 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Unitas | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 38 | Louisville | 13 | 5 |
| Bob Vogel | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Rick Volk | 21 | RS | 6-3 | 195 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| John Williams | 75 | ROG | 6-3 | 257 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| George Wright | 74 | RDT | 6-3 | 265 | 24 | Sam Houston State | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 22 | Don McCauley | RB | North Carolina |
| 1 | 26 | Lenny Dunlap | DB | North Texas |
| 2 | 52 | Bill Atessis | DE | Texas |
| 3 | 78 | Karl Douglas | QB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 5 | 130 | John Andrews | TE | Indiana |
| 6 | 156 | Ken Frith | DT | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 7 | 182 | Gordon Bowdell | WR | Michigan State |
| 8 | 207 | Willie Bogan | DB | Dartmouth |
| 9 | 234 | Bill Burnett | RB | Arkansas |
| 10 | 260 | Rex Kern | QB | Ohio State |
| 11 | 286 | Dave Jones | LB | Baylor |
| 12 | 294 | Bobby Wuensch | T | Texas |
| 12 | 312 | Bill Triplett | WR | Michigan State |
| 13 | 338 | Tom Neville | LB | Yale |
| 14 | 364 | Mike Mikolayunas | RB | Davidson |
| 15 | 390 | Mike Hogan | LB | Michigan State |
| 16 | 416 | Rich Harrington | DB | Houston |
| 17 | 441 | Don Nottingham | RB | Kent State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 95 | 78 | 78 | 313 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 45 | 27 | 51 | 140 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 242 | 123 | 104 | 15 | / % | / % | 57 | 529 | |
| Opponents Totals | 166 | 60 | 95 | 11 | / % | / % | 67 | 687 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Brien | 0 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 95 |
| Norm Bulaich | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Tom Matte | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Don Nottingham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ray Perkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Eddie Hinton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ted Hendricks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Newsome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 1 | 313 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 0 | 140 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Brien | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 50 | 4/4 | 7/8 | 3/4 | 5/11 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 0 | 50 | 4/4 | 7/8 | 3/4 | 5/11 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 18 | 27.8 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 0/6 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Bulaich | 152 | 741 | 4.9 | 67t | 8 |
| Tom Matte | 173 | 607 | 3.5 | 26 | 8 |
| Don Nottingham | 95 | 388 | 4.1 | 36 | 5 |
| Don McCauley | 58 | 246 | 4.2 | 19 | 2 |
| Eddie Hinton | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Willie Richardson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Pittman | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 512 | 2149 | 4.2 | 67t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 352 | 1113 | 3.2 | 27 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 167 | 84 | 50.3 | 71 | 1210 | 7.2 | 14.4 | 64 | 7 | 4.2 | 12 | 7.2 | 11 | 89 | 1121 | 58.2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 176 | 92 | 52.3 | 75 | 942 | 5.4 | 10.2 | 35 | 3 | 1.7 | 9 | 5.1 | 15 | 129 | 813 | 52.3 |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | -12 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 344 | 176 | 51.2 | 147 | 2152 | 6.3 | 12.2 | 64 | 10 | 2.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 27 | 230 | 1922 | 55.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 361 | 185 | 51.2 | 148 | 2027 | 5.6 | 11.0 | 88t | 9 | 2.5 | 28 | 7.8 | 33 | 288 | 1739 | 44.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Mitchell | 33 | 402 | 12.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 29 | 239 | 8.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Eddie Hinton | 25 | 436 | 17.4 | 33 | 2 |
| Norm Bulaich | 25 | 229 | 9.2 | 30t | 2 |
| Ray Perkins | 24 | 424 | 17.7 | 64 | 4 |
| Don Nottingham | 15 | 88 | 5.9 | 35 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 11 | 143 | 13.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Richardson | 10 | 173 | 17.3 | 49t | 2 |
| Don McCauley | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 176 | 2152 | 12.2 | 64 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 185 | 2027 | 11.0 | 88t | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Stukes | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Ted Hendricks | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Curtis | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Billy Newsome | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19t | 1 |
| Ray May | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 367 | 13.1 | 46 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 220 | 10.5 | 60t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lee | 62 | 2542 | 41.0 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 267 | 2235 | 36.0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 2542 | 41.0 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 267 | 2235 | 36.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 3422 | 38.9 | 58 | 1 | 351 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Volk | 22 | 20 | 118 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 8 | 2 | 112 | 14.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Tom Curtis | 7 | 10 | 15 | 2.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Gardin | 2 | 0 | 75 | 37.5 | 65 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 34 | 351 | 8.2 | 65 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 14 | 267 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Pittman | 14 | 330 | 23.6 | 37 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 8 | 194 | 24.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jim Duncan | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 54 | 0 | |
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 679 | 21.2 | 54 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1345 | 21.7 | 57 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bubba Smith | 8.5 | |
| Billy Newsome | 8.0 | |
| Ted Hendricks | 5.0 | |
| Fred Miller | 5.0 | |
| Roy Hilton | 4.0 | |
| Jim Bailey | 3.0 | |
| Mike Curtis | 1.0 | |
| Jerry Logan | 1.0 | |
| Ray May | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals IND=36 | 33.0 | 288.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27.0 | 230.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Curtis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jim Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Sam Havrilak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Hendricks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mackey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tom Matte | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Newsome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Pittman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Ressler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Rick Volk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 63 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 |
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