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1967 Baltimore Colts season

{{short description|15th season of the team in the National Football League}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL team season

| team = Baltimore Colts

| year = 1967

| record = 11–1–2

| division_place = 2nd Coastal

| owner = Carroll Rosenbloom

| general manager = Harry Hulmes

| coach = Don Shula

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| shortnavlink = Colts seasons

}}

The {{nfly|1967}} Baltimore Colts season was the fifteenth season for the team in the National Football League. They finished the regular season with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties, the same record in the Western Conference's Coastal division with the Los Angeles Rams, who defeated them in the regular season finale; the two had tied in mid-October. The Colts lost the new tiebreaker (point differential in head-to-head games) and thus did not make the playoffs,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G8ktAAAAIBAJ&pg=4370%2C2020890 |work=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=Associated Press |title=Unitas watches Roman carnival from turf |date=December 18, 1967 |page=26}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GGwjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6986%2C4463626 |work=Milwaukee Journal |agency=press dispatches |title=Rams swamp Colts, gain play-off, 34-10 |date=December 18, 1967 |page=17, part 2}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1967/12/25/610187/the-year-of-the-ram |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Maule |first=Tex |author-link=Tex Maule |title=Year of the Ram |date=December 25, 1967 |page=12}} which included only the four division winners.

The Colts' official winning percentage of {{winning percentage|11|1}} (based on the NFL's non-counting of ties for such purposes prior to {{nfly|1972}}) is the best in North American professional sports history for a non-playoff-qualifying team. It is also remarkable that the Colts entered the final game undefeated and yet did not qualify for the playoffs.

Personnel

= Staff/coaches =

class="toccolours" style="text-align: left; border: 2px solid black;"
colspan="7" style="text-align:center;border:2px solid grey; background-color:#002c5f;color:white;" | 1967 Baltimore Colts staff
style="font-size:95%;" valign="top" | Front office

Coaching staff

Offensive coaches

|style="width;25px;" |

|style="font-size:95%" valign= "top" | Defensive coaches

= Roster =

{{NFL season roster

| year = 1967

| team = Baltimore Colts

| quarterbacks =

{{NFLplayer|19|Johnny Unitas}}

{{NFLplayer|16|Jim Ward|d=quarterback|rookie=y}}

| running_backs =

{{NFLplayer|33|Tony Lorick|FB}}

{{NFLplayer|45|Jerry Hill|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|41|Tom Matte}}

{{NFLplayer|26|Preston Pearson|rookie=y}}

| wide_receivers =

{{NFLplayer|82|Raymond Berry}}

{{NFLplayer|25|Alex Hawkins}}

{{NFLplayer|28|Jimmy Orr}}

{{NFLplayer|29|Don Alley|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|27|Ray Perkins}}

{{NFLplayer|87|Willie Richardson}}

| tight_ends =

{{NFLplayer|88|John Mackey|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|84|Tom Mitchell|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|86|Butch Wilson}}

| offensive_linemen =

{{NFLplayer|67|Dale Memmelaar|G/T}}

{{NFLplayer|73|Sam Ball|T}}

{{NFLplayer|77|Jim Parker|d=American football|G/T}}

{{NFLplayer|50|Bill Curry|C}}

{{NFLplayer|71|Dan Sullivan|d=American football|G}}

{{NFLplayer|52|Dick Szymanski|C}}

{{NFLplayer|72|Bob Vogel|T}}

{{NFLplayer|62|Glenn Ressler|G}}

{{NFLplayer|63|Norman Davis|d=American football|G|rookie=y}}

| defensive_linemen =

{{NFLplayer|81|Ordell Braase|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|85|Roy Hilton|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|76|Fred Miller|d=defensive lineman|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|74|Billy Ray Smith|d3=Sr.|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|78|Bubba Smith|DE|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|83|Andy Stynchula|DE}}

| linebackers =

{{NFLplayer|32|Mike Curtis|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|53|Dennis Gaubatz}}

{{NFLplayer|55|Ron Porter|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|36|Barry Brown|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|66|Don Shinnick}}

| defensive_back =

{{NFLplayer|30|Alvin Haymond|KR}}

{{NFLplayer|40|Bobby Boyd|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|20|Jerry Logan|S}}

{{NFLplayer|42|George Harold|DB}}

{{NFLplayer|43|Lenny Lyles|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|47|Charlie Stukes|CB|rookie=y}}

{{NFLplayer|21|Rick Volk|S|rookie=y}}

| special_teams =

{{NFLplayer|49|David Lee|d=punter|P}}

{{NFLplayer|79|Lou Michaels|K}}

| reserve_lists = None - vacant

| practice_squad =

}}

Regular season

= Schedule =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"| Week

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"| Date

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"| Opponent

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"| Result

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"| Record

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"| Venue

!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"| Attendance

style="background:#cfc"

! 1

| September 17

| Atlanta Falcons

| W 38–31

| 1–0

| Memorial Stadium

| 56,715

style="background:#cfc"

! 2

| September 24

| at Philadelphia Eagles

| W 38–6

| 2–0

| Franklin Field

| 60,755

style="background:#cfc"

! 3

| October 1

| San Francisco 49ers

| W 41–7

| 3–0

| Memorial Stadium

| 60,238

style="background:#cfc"

! 4

| October 8

| at Chicago Bears

| W 24–3

| 4–0

| Wrigley Field

| 47,190

style="background:#ffc"

! 5

| October 15

| Los Angeles Rams

| T 24–24

| 4–0–1

| Memorial Stadium

| 60,238

style="background:#ffc"

! 6

| October 22

| at Minnesota Vikings

| T 20–20

| 4–0–2

| Metropolitan Stadium

| 47,693

style="background:#cfc"

! 7

| October 29

| at Washington Redskins

| W 17–13

| 5–0–2

| D.C. Stadium

| 50,574

style="background:#cfc"

! 8

| November 5

| Green Bay Packers

| W 13–10

| 6–0–2

| Memorial Stadium

| 60,238

style="background:#cfc"

! 9

| November 12

| at Atlanta Falcons

| W 49–7

| 7–0–2

| Atlanta Stadium

| 58,850

style="background:#cfc"

! 10

| November 19

| Detroit Lions

| W 41–7

| 8–0–2

| Memorial Stadium

| 60,238

style="background:#cfc"

! 11

| November 26

| at San Francisco 49ers

| W 26–9

| 9–0–2

| Kezar Stadium

| 44,815

style="background:#cfc"

! 12

| December 3

| Dallas Cowboys

| W 23–17

| 10–0–2

| Memorial Stadium

| 60,238

style="background:#cfc"

! 13

| December 10

| New Orleans Saints

| W 30–10

| 11–0–2

| Memorial Stadium

| 60,238

style="background:#fcc"

! 14

| December 17

| at Los Angeles Rams

| L 10–34

| 11–1–2

| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| 77,277

style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Baltimore Colts|year=1967|border=2}}"

|colspan="8"| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

= Game summaries =

== Week 14 ==

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|Visitor=Colts

|V1= 7|V2=0 |V3=0 |V4=3

|Host=Rams

|H1=3 |H2=14 |H3=3 |H4=14

|Date=December 17

|Location=Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

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|Attendance=77,277

|Weather=

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= Standings =

{{1967 NFL Coastal standings}}

Awards and honors

  • Johnny Unitas, Bert Bell Award{{cite web|url=http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm |title=Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients |access-date=2010-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619081037/http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm |archive-date=2009-06-19 }}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj0-R3lZyrQ "Year of Glory, Day of Defeat: 1967 Baltimore Colts,"] Godzillarocks via YouTube.com, Dec. 4, 2022. (Video.)

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