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1963 Baltimore Colts Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-6-0, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (8-6-0)

Points For: 316 (22.6/g) 7th of 14

Points Against: 285 (20.4/g) 7th of 14

Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1

SRS: 2.01 (8th of 14), SOS: -0.21

Defensive Coordinator: Charley Winner

Other Notable Asst.: Don McCafferty (Offensive Backfield) and John Sandusky (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

President/General Manager: Don Kellett

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	316	4938	873	5.7	37	25	257	248	433	3296	20	12	6.9	149	396	1642	11	4.1	95	77	823	13
Opp. Stats	285	4036	827	4.9	32	17	228	181	348	2242	19	15	5.7	118	434	1794	16	4.1	89	58	685	21
Lg Rank Offense	7	2			7	14	4		2	1	8	1	4		12	9	10	5
Lg Rank Defense	7	6			9	6	5		1	6	6	11	7		9	9	11	9

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15		boxscore	L		0-1		New York Giants	28	37	17	295	204	91	2	22	362	243	119	4
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		1-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	14	27	395	263	132		14	194	138	56	1
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	L		1-2	@	Green Bay Packers	20	31	16	333	253	80	7	21	355	187	168	5
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	L		1-3	@	Chicago Bears	3	10	11	210	165	45	2	15	281	134	147	1
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		2-3		San Francisco 49ers	20	3	18	302	144	158	4	5	120	80	40	2
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	W		3-3	@	Detroit Lions	25	21	14	256	113	143	1	12	161	70	91	2
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		3-4		Green Bay Packers	20	34	10	300	214	86	6	18	312	133	179	4
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	L		3-5		Chicago Bears	7	17	14	192	90	102	3	18	276	112	164
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	W		4-5		Detroit Lions	24	21	24	474	351	123	3	21	330	257	73
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		5-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	37	34	18	408	303	105	2	16	426	150	276
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	L		5-6	@	Los Angeles Rams	16	17	19	340	228	112	2	16	290	91	199	3
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	W		6-6	@	Washington Redskins	36	20	24	468	343	125		18	385	305	80	3
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		7-6		Minnesota Vikings	41	10	22	439	318	121	1	14	203	110	93	3
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	W		8-6		Los Angeles Rams	19	16	23	526	307	219	4	18	341	232	109	4

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Johnny Unitas	30	QB	14	14	8-6-0	237	410	57.8	3481	20	4.9	12	2.9	64	8.5	8.15	14.7	248.6	89.7	42	298	9.29	7.04	6.73	3	3	PB,AP-2
2	Gary Cuozzo	22	QB	5	0		10	17	58.8	104	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	6.1	6.12	10.4	20.8	76.6	2	11	10.53	4.89	4.89	0	0
3	Tom Matte	24	HB	14	13		1	5	20.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	4.0	4.00	20.0	1.4	43.7	0	0	0.00	4.00	4.00	0	0
4	Lamar McHan	31	QB	1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	8-6-0	248	433	57.3	3296	20	4.6	12	2.8	64	8.3	7.29	14.5	235.4	88.4	44	309	9.22	6.91	6.62	3	3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tom Matte	24	HB	14	13	133	541	4	31	4.1	38.6	9.5	48	466	9.7	1	49	3.4	33.3	181	5.6	1007	5	2
2	Jerry Hill	24	FB	14	4	100	440	5	20	4.4	31.4	7.1	22	304	13.8	1	55	1.6	21.7	122	6.1	744	6	8
3	John Mackey	22	TE	14	14	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	35	726	20.7	7	61	2.5	51.9	36	20.3	729	7	2	PB
4	Jimmy Orr	28	FL	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	708	17.3	5	60	3.4	59.0	41	17.3	708	5	1
5	Raymond Berry	30	LE	9	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	703	16.0	3	64	4.9	78.1	44	16.0	703	3	0	PB
6	J.W. Lockett	26	FB	12	10	81	273	0	18	3.4	22.8	6.8	16	158	9.9	1	27	1.3	13.2	97	4.4	431	1	2
7	Lenny Moore	30	LE	7	6	27	136	2	25	5.0	19.4	3.9	21	288	13.7	2	34	3.0	41.1	48	8.8	424	4	2
8	Johnny Unitas	30	QB	14	14	47	224	0	26	4.8	16.0	3.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	47	4.8	224	0	13	PB,AP-2
9	Willie Richardson	24	FL	13	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	204	12.0	0	22	1.3	15.7	17	12.0	204	0	1
10	Alex Hawkins	26	WR	14	0	3	-2	0		-0.7	-0.1	0.2	3	41	13.7	0	19	0.2	2.9	6	6.5	39	0	0
11	Gary Cuozzo	22	QB	5	0	3	26	0	26	8.7	5.2	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	8.7	26	0	0
12	R.C. Owens	29	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.3	2.3	1	7.0	7	0	0
13	Nate Craddock	23	FB	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	396	1642	11	31	4.1	117.3	28.3	248	3605	14.5	20	64	17.7	257.5	644	8.1	5247	31	35

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ordell Braase	31	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0
2	Jackie Burkett	27	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.5	0
3	Jim Colvin	26	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.5	1
4	Lenny Lyles	27	RCB	14	14	2	36	1	36	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	John Mackey	22	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Gino Marchetti	36	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	33	1	8.5	0	PB,AP-2
7	Bill Pellington	36	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
8	George Preas	30	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Don Shinnick	28	RLB	14	14	2	20	0	18	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
10	Dick Szymanski	31	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Johnny Unitas	30	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	13	3	-4	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
12	Tom Matte	24	HB	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jim Welch	25	FS	14	13	4	49	0	15	0	2	7	0	0.0	0
14	Bobby Boyd	26	LCB	12	12	3	17	0	9	0	2	34	1	0.0	0
15	Fred Miller	23	RDT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
16	Jimmy Orr	28	FL	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	J.W. Lockett	26	FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Andy Nelson	30	SS	13	10	3	37	1	26	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Lenny Moore	30	LE	7	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jerry Hill	24	FB	14	4	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jerry Logan	22	DB	14	4	1	15	0	15	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Wendell Harris	23	CB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Willie Richardson	24	FL	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Diehl	27	DT	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
25	Dick Bielski	31	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Nate Craddock	23	FB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Tom Gilburg	25	T	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	15	0	2		35	10	70	2	45	1

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