1971 Baltimore Colts season

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1971 Baltimore Colts season
Owner
AFC East
Playoff finishWon Divisional Playoffs
(at Browns) 20–3
Lost AFC Championship
(at Dolphins) 0–21
The Colts playing against the Browns in the 1971 AFC Divisional Playoffs Game.

The

AFC Championship
game. The Baltimore defense gave up a total of 140 points for 14 regular season games, an average of ten points a game. In their four defeats, they lost by a combined total of 15 points.

This was the final season under the ownership of Carroll Rosenbloom, who traded franchises with the Los Angeles Rams in July 1972, with players and coaching staffs remaining intact.[2][3][4]

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article:
1971 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club Team

Personnel

Staff/coaches

1971 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office

Coaching staff

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Roster

1971 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season

Main article: 1971 NFL season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 19 New York Jets W 22–0 1–0
Memorial Stadium
 56,458
2 September 26 Cleveland Browns L 13–14 1–1 Memorial Stadium 56,837
3 October 3 at New England Patriots W 23–3 2–1 Schaefer Stadium 61,232
4 October 10 at Buffalo Bills W 43–0 3–1
War Memorial Stadium
 46,206
5 October 17 at New York Giants W 31–7 4–1 Yankee Stadium 62,860
6 October 25 at Minnesota Vikings L 3–10 4–2 Metropolitan Stadium 49,784
7 October 31 Pittsburgh Steelers W 34–21 5–2 Memorial Stadium 60,238
8 November 8 Los Angeles Rams W 24–17 6–2 Memorial Stadium 57,722
9 November 14 at New York Jets W 14–13 7–2 Shea Stadium 63,947
10 November 21 at Miami Dolphins L 14–17 7–3 Miami Orange Bowl 75,312
11 November 28 at Oakland Raiders W 37–14 8–3
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
 54,689
12 December 5 Buffalo Bills W 24–0 9–3 Memorial Stadium 58,476
13 December 11 Miami Dolphins W 14–3 10–3 Memorial Stadium 60,238
14 December 19 New England Patriots L 17–21 10–4 Memorial Stadium 57,942
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Jets 0 000 0
• Colts 10 903 22
  • Date: September 19
  • Location:
    EDT
  • Game attendance: 56,458
  • Game weather:
    72 °F (22 °C); wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
Scoring summary
Q1BALO'Brien 38 yard field goalBAL 3–0
Q1BALMatte 1 yard run (O'Brien kick)BAL 10–0
Q2BALO'Brien 21 yard field goalBAL 13–0
Q2BALBulaich 67 yard run (kick failed)BAL 19–0
Q4BALO'Brien 21 yard field goalBAL 22–0

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Standings

AFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Miami Dolphins 10 3 1 .769 5–3 7–3–1 315 174 W1
Baltimore Colts 10 4 0 .714 6–2 8–3 313 140 L1
New England Patriots 6 8 0 .429 4–4 6–5 238 325 W1
New York Jets 6 8 0 .429 4–4 6–5 212 299 W2
Buffalo Bills 1 13 0 .071 1–7 1–10 184 394 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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Postseason

Main article: 1971–72 NFL playoffs

The team made it to the

Cleveland to play the Cleveland Browns in the divisional round. The Colts led 14–0 at the half and would cruise to a 20–3 win. They then traveled south to play the Miami Dolphins and tried to make it to their second consecutive Super Bowl. Colts QB Johnny Unitas
was intercepted three times as they were shut out 21–0.

Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
Divisional December 26 at Cleveland Browns W 20–3 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 70,734
AFC Championship January 2, 1972 at Miami Dolphins L 0–21 1–1 Miami Orange Bowl 76,622

See also

References

  1. ^ "Plunkett bumps Colts from lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. December 20, 1971. p. 1, part 2.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Colts owner trades club for Rams". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. July 14, 1972. p. 1, part 2.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Colts' owner now sole owner of Rams". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. July 14, 1972. p. 12.
  4. ^ Maule, Tex (August 14, 1972). "Nay on the neighs, yea on the baas". Sports Illustrated. p. 67.
  5. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Aug-14.
  6. ISBN 0-7611-2480-2
    , p. 297

External links
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