1971 Baltimore Colts: 10-4-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (148 points scored, 76 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (165 points scored, 64 allowed) Head Coach: Don McCafferty
313 points scored (6th of 26 teams), 140 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 176 344 1,922 (21) 5.18 10 21 512 2,149 ( 5) 4.2 23 4,071 (12) 32
Defense: 185 361 1,739 ( 2) 4.41 9 28 352 1,153 ( 2) 3.3 8 2,892 ( 1) 41
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 15 Earl Morrall QB 14 6'1 206 37 16 Michigan State 17 Sam Havrilak WR 14 6'2 195 23 3 Bucknell 19 Johnny Unitas QB 13 6'1 196 38 16 Louisville 20 Jerry Logan DB 14 6'1 190 30 9 West Texas State 21 Rick Volk DB 14 6'3 195 26 5 Michigan 23 Don McCauley RB 13 6'1 207 22 R North Carolina 25 Tom Curtis DB 14 6'1 196 23 2 Michigan 27 Ray Perkins WR 14 6'0 183 29 5 Alabama 30 Ron Gardin DB 1 5'11 180 27 2 Arizona 32 Mike Curtis LB 13 6'2 232 28 7 Duke 33 Eddie Hinton WR 14 6'0 200 24 3 Oklahoma 34 Tom Nowatzke RB 14 6'3 230 29 7 Indiana 35 Jim Duncan DB 11 6'2 200 25 3 Maryland Eastern Shore 36 Norm Bulaich RB 13 6'1 218 24 2 Texas Christian 41 Tom Matte RB 14 6'0 214 32 11 Ohio State 42 Charlie Pittman RB 10 6'1 200 23 2 Penn State 43 Lonnie Hepburn DB 3 5'11 185 22 R Texas Southern 44 Rex Kern DB 14 5'11 190 22 R Ohio State 46 Lenny Dunlap DB 4 6'1 195 22 R North Texas State 47 Charlie Stukes DB 14 6'3 212 28 5 Maryland Eastern Shore 48 Don Nottingham RB 14 5'10 210 22 R Kent State 49 David Lee P 14 6'4 230 27 6 Louisiana Tech 50 Bill Curry C 14 6'2 236 29 7 Georgia Tech 51 Bill Laskey LB 13 6'2 235 28 6 Michigan 52 Robbie Nichols LB 4 6'3 220 24 2 Tulsa 53 Tom Beutler LB 4 6'1 232 25 2 Toledo 56 Ray May LB 14 6'1 230 26 5 Southern California 57 Ken Mendenhall C 14 6'3 235 23 1 Oklahoma 61 Cornelius Johnson OG 7 6'2 245 28 4 Virginia Union 62 Glenn Ressler OG 14 6'3 250 28 7 Penn State 67 Lynn Larson OT 1 6'4 254 23 1 Kansas State 68 Dennis Nelson OT 14 6'5 260 25 2 Illinois State 71 Dan Sullivan OG 12 6'3 250 32 10 Boston College 72 Bob Vogel OT 14 6'5 250 30 9 Ohio State 73 Rusty Ganas DT 1 6'4 257 22 R South Carolina 74 George Wright DT 10 6'3 260 24 2 Sam Houston State 75 John Williams OG 14 6'3 256 26 4 Minnesota 76 Fred Miller DT 14 6'3 250 31 9 Louisiana State 78 Bubba Smith DE 14 6'7 295 26 5 Michigan State 79 Jim Bailey DT 13 6'5 245 23 2 Kansas 80 Jim O'Brien K 14 6'0 196 24 2 Cincinnati 81 Billy Newsome DE 14 6'4 240 23 2 Grambling 83 Ted Hendricks LB 14 6'7 215 23 3 Miami 84 Tom Mitchell TE 14 6'2 215 27 5 Bucknell 85 Roy Hilton DE 14 6'6 240 28 7 Jackson State 87 Willie Richardson WR 12 6'2 198 31 9 Jackson State 88 John Mackey TE 14 6'3 224 30 9 Syracuse
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Johnny Unitas 176 92 52.3 942 5.35 10.2 3 1.7 9 5.1 15 129 52.3
Earl Morrall 167 84 50.3 1,210 7.25 14.4 7 4.2 12 7.2 11 89 58.2
Tom Matte 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Tom Mitchell 33 402 12.2 0 Tom Matte 29 239 8.2 0 Eddie Hinton 25 436 17.4 2 Norm Bulaich 25 229 9.2 2 Ray Perkins 24 424 17.7 4 Don Nottingham 15 88 5.9 0 John Mackey 11 143 13.0 0 Willie Richardson 10 173 17.3 2 Don McCauley 3 6 2.0 0 Sam Havrilak 1 12 12.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Norm Bulaich 152 741 4.9 8 Tom Matte 173 607 3.5 8 Don Nottingham 95 388 4.1 5 Don McCauley 58 246 4.2 2 Eddie Hinton 4 56 14.0 0 Ray Perkins 5 35 7.0 0 Willie Richardson 2 27 13.5 0 John Mackey 3 18 6.0 0 Earl Morrall 6 13 2.2 0 Tom Mitchell 2 9 4.5 0 Johnny Unitas 9 5 0.6 0 Charlie Pittman 2 3 1.5 0 Tom Nowatzke 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Charlie Pittman 14 330 23.6 0 Don McCauley 8 194 24.2 0 Jim Duncan 3 102 34.0 0 Lenny Dunlap 1 28 28.0 0 Jerry Logan 1 16 16.0 0 Charlie Stukes 1 8 8.0 0 Tom Nowatzke 1 1 1.0 0 Tom Mitchell 1 0 0.0 0 Tom Matte 1 0 0.0 0 Tom Curtis 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Rick Volk 22 118 5.4 20 0 Lenny Dunlap 8 112 14.0 2 0 Tom Curtis 7 15 2.1 10 0 Rex Kern 3 19 6.3 1 0 Ron Gardin 2 75 37.5 0 0 Jerry Logan 1 12 12.0 0 0 Jim Duncan 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 RB Don McCauley 156 North Carolina [pick acquired from MIA] 1 26 DB Leonard Dunlap 46 North Texas 2 52 DE Bill Atessis 5 Texas 3 78 QB Karl Douglas Texas A&I 5 130 TE John Andrews 23 Indiana 6 156 DT Ken Frith N.E. Louisiana 7 182 WR Gordon Bowdell 2 Michigan State 8 207 DB Willie Bogan Dartmouth 9 234 RB Bill Burnett Arkansas 10 260 QB Rex Kern 41 Ohio State 11 286 LB Dave Jones Baylor 12 294 OT Bobby Wuensch Texas [pick acquired from PIT] 12 312 WR Bill Triplett Michigan State 13 338 LB Tom Neville Yale 14 364 RB Mike Mikolayunas Davidson 15 390 LB Mile Hogan Michigan State 16 416 DB Rich Harrington Houston 17 441 RB Don Nottingham 98 Kent State
Traded draft picks: #4 to PIT (Dwight White)
Transactions:
| 03-19-1971 | traded Baltimore's #9 pick in the 1972 draft to Browns for Tom Beutler |
| 07-07-1971 | traded Tommy Maxwell and Baltimore's #4 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Raiders for Bill Laskey and Oakland's #2 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-08-1971 | traded Bob Grant to Redskins for Washington's #2 pick and the Jets' #7 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-31-1971 | traded Roy Jefferson and Baltimore's #9 picks in the 1973 and 1974 drafts to Redskins for Cotton Speyrer and Washington's #1 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-05-1971 | claimed Tom Lloyd on waivers from Saints |
| 08-05-1971 | claimed Ken Mendenhall on waivers from Oilers |
| 08-18-1971 | received Green Bay's #9 pick in the 1972 draft from Packers as compensation for Colts' withdrawing their claim of Jim DeLisle |
| 08-27-1971 | traded a #10 pick in the 1972 draft to Steelers for Marty Schottenheimer |
| 09-09-1971 | claimed Dan Goich on waivers from Lions |
| 09-13-1971 | placed Cotton Speyrer on injured reserve |
| 09-14-1971 | claimed Charlie Pittman on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-27-1971 | traded Ron Gardin to Patriots for New England's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/71 at Cleveland Browns W 20-3 01/02/72 at Miami Dolphins L 0-21
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 vs New York Jets W 22-0 1-0-0 09/26/71 vs Cleveland Browns L 13-14 1-1-0 10/03/71 at New England Patriots W 23-3 2-1-0 10/10/71 at Buffalo Bills W 43-0 3-1-0 10/17/71 at New York Giants W 31-7 4-1-0 10/25/71 at Minnesota Vikings L 3-10 4-2-0 10/31/71 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 34-21 5-2-0 11/08/71 vs Los Angeles Rams W 24-17 6-2-0 11/14/71 at New York Jets W 14-13 7-2-0 11/21/71 at Miami Dolphins L 14-17 7-3-0 11/28/71 at Oakland Raiders W 37-14 8-3-0 12/05/71 vs Buffalo Bills W 24-0 9-3-0 12/11/71 vs Miami Dolphins W 14-3 10-3-0 12/19/71 vs New England Patriots L 17-21 10-4-0
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