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1968 Baltimore Colts Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 13-1-0, 1st in NFL Coastal Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (13-1-0)

Points For: 402 (28.7/g) 2nd of 16

Points Against: 144 (10.3/g) 1st of 16

Expected W-L: 12.9-1.1

SRS: 17.85 (1st of 16), SOS: -0.58

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 24-14 vs. Minnesota Vikings
Won Championship 34-0 vs. Cleveland Browns
Lost Super Bowl 7-16 vs. New York Jets

Other Notable Asst.: Bill Arnsparger (Defensive Line), Don McCafferty (Offensive Backfield), Chuck Noll (Defensive Backfield), John Sandusky (Offensive Line) and George Young (Scout)

Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Principal Owner: Carroll Rosenbloom

Acting General Manager: Harry Hulmes

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

1968 NFL Champion

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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	402	4681	851	5.5	34	12	258	196	359	2872	28	22	7.4	131	463	1809	16	3.9	110	75	655	17
Opp. Stats	144	3377	852	4.0	41	12	207	224	432	2038	9	29	4.3	119	375	1339	6	3.6	71	72	799	17
Lg Rank Offense	2	4			9	3	3		12	3	1	11	2		6	8	5	9
Lg Rank Defense	1	2			4	10	3		15	4	1	2	1		2	3	2	3

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	W		1-0		San Francisco 49ers	27	10	22	346	185	161	1	15	272	189	83	3
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Atlanta Falcons	28	20	22	388	263	125	6	12	250	164	86	2
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	W		3-0	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	41	7	18	276	153	123	1	11	213	164	49	4
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	W		4-0		Chicago Bears	28	7	22	460	306	154	3	7	225	80	145	1
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	W		5-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	42	14	18	278	182	96	1	28	392	236	156	4
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	L		5-1		Cleveland Browns	20	30	13	212	131	81	5	19	305	126	179	1
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	W		6-1		Los Angeles Rams	27	10	17	364	205	159	4	12	148	78	70	4
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	W		7-1	@	New York Giants	26	0	20	328	184	144	1	12	215	160	55	3
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	W		8-1	@	Detroit Lions	27	10	17	354	238	116	1	20	308	225	83
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		9-1		St. Louis Cardinals	27	0	17	426	256	170	3	16	202	144	58	5
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	W		10-1		Minnesota Vikings	21	9	22	413	243	170	3	15	229	141	88	2
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	W		11-1		Atlanta Falcons	44	0	23	386	278	108	1	12	143	87	56	6
13	Sat	December 7		boxscore	W		12-1	@	Green Bay Packers	16	3	14	242	104	138	2	9	163	97	66	5
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	W		13-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	28	24	13	208	144	64	2	19	312	147	165	1
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 22		boxscore	W		14-1		Minnesota Vikings	24	14	15	295	245	50	2	22	351	266	85	3
Championship	Sun	December 29		boxscore	W		15-1	@	Cleveland Browns	34	0	22	353	169	184	2	12	173	117	56	3
SuperBowl	Sun	January 12		boxscore	L		15-2	N	New York Jets	7	16	18	324	181	143	5	21	337	195	142	1

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	Earl Morrall	34	QB	14	14	13-1-0	182	317	57.4	2909	26	8.2	17	5.4	84	9.2	8.40	16.0	207.8	93.2	24	180	7.04	8.00	7.28	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1
2	Johnny Unitas	35	QB	5	0		11	32	34.4	139	2	6.3	4	12.5	37	4.3	-0.03	12.6	27.8	30.1	2	15	5.88	3.65	-0.47	0	1
3	Jim Ward	24	QB	5	0		3	9	33.3	46	0	0.0	1	11.1	22	5.1	0.11	15.3	9.2	11.6	3	27	25.00	1.58	-2.17	0	0
4	Tom Matte	29	RB	14	14		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	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	13-1-0	196	359	54.6	2872	28	7.8	22	6.1	84	8.6	6.80	15.8	205.1	84.0	29	222	7.47	7.40	6.29	0	1

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	Earl Morrall	34	QB	3	3	2-1-0	30	64	46.9	520	2	3.1	5	7.8	49	8.1	5.23	17.3	173.3	52.9	4	35	5.88	7.13	4.41	0	0
2	Johnny Unitas	35	QB	1	0		11	24	45.8	110	0	0.0	1	4.2	21	4.6	2.71	10.0	110.0	42.0	0	0	0.00	4.58	2.71	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	41	88	46.6	595	2	2.3	6	6.8	76	6.8	4.15	15.4	198.3	50.2	4	35	4.35	6.76	4.96

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	29	RB	14	14	183	662	9	23	3.6	47.3	13.1	25	275	11.0	1	50	1.8	19.6	208	4.5	937	10	2	PB
2	John Mackey	27	TE	14	14	10	103	0	33	10.3	7.4	0.7	45	644	14.3	5	45	3.2	46.0	55	13.6	747	5	1	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
3	Jimmy Orr	33	LE	13	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	743	25.6	6	84	2.2	57.2	29	25.6	743	6	0
4	Willie Richardson	29	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	698	18.9	8	79	2.6	49.9	37	18.9	698	8	0	PB
5	Jerry Hill	29	RB	9	9	91	360	1	21	4.0	40.0	10.1	18	161	8.9	1	19	2.0	17.9	109	4.8	521	2	1
6	Terry Cole	23	RB	14	5	104	418	3	21	4.0	29.9	7.4	13	75	5.8	0	18	0.9	5.4	117	4.2	493	3	4	AP ORoY-2
7	Ray Perkins	27	WR	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	227	15.1	1	36	1.1	16.2	15	15.1	227	1	0
8	Timmy Brown	31	RB	11	0	39	159	2	10	4.1	14.5	3.5	4	53	13.3	0	18	0.4	4.8	43	4.9	212	2	2
9	Preston Pearson	23	RB	14	0	19	78	0	13	4.1	5.6	1.4	2	70	35.0	2	61	0.1	5.0	21	7.0	148	2	2
10	Tom Mitchell	24	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	117	19.5	4	41	0.4	8.4	6	19.5	117	4	0
11	Alex Hawkins	31	FL	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	31	15.5	0	18	0.2	3.1	2	15.5	31	0	0
12	Earl Morrall	34	QB	14	14	11	18	1	11	1.6	1.3	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	1.6	18	1	7	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1
13	David Lee	25	P	14	0	3	12	0	21	4.0	0.9	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.0	12	0	0
14	Johnny Unitas	35	QB	5	0	3	-1	0	5	-0.3	-0.2	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-0.3	-1	0	3
	Team Totals			14	14	463	1809	16	33	3.9	129.2	33.1	196	3094	15.8	28	84	14.0	221.0	659	7.4	4903	44	23

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	Willie Richardson	29	FL	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	284	18.9	0	38	5.0	94.7	15	18.9	284	0	0
2	Tom Matte	29	RB	3	3	42	235	3	58	5.6	78.3	14.0	4	45	11.3	0	30	1.3	15.0	46	6.1	280	3	2
3	John Mackey	27	TE	3	3	3	13	0	10	4.3	4.3	1.0	8	161	20.1	1	49	2.7	53.7	11	15.8	174	1	1
4	Jimmy Orr	33	LE	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	111	15.9	0	22	2.3	37.0	7	15.9	111	0	0
5	Jerry Hill	29	RB	3	2	28	99	1	13	3.5	33.0	9.3	2	1	0.5	0	1	0.7	0.3	30	3.3	100	1	0
6	Tom Mitchell	24	TE	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	25	8.3	1	15	1.0	8.3	3	8.3	25	1	0
7	Timmy Brown	31	RB	1	0	5	18	1	6	3.6	18.0	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.6	18	1	1
8	Terry Cole	23	RB	1	0	3	14	0	5	4.7	14.0	3.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	1.0	2.0	4	4.0	16	0	0
9	Preston Pearson	23	RB	1	1	4	0	0		0.0	0.0	4.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	1.0	1.0	5	0.2	1	0	0
10	Johnny Unitas	35	QB	1	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
11	Earl Morrall	34	QB	2	2	3	-2	0		-0.7	-1.0	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-0.7	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	89	377	5	16	4.2	125.7	29.7	41	630	15.4	2	49	13.7	210.0	130	7.7	1007	7	4

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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	Sam Ball	24	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Ordell Braase	36	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
3	Mike Curtis	25	LLB	14	14	2	38	1	38	0	3	0	0	1.5	0	PB,AP-1
4	Dennis Gaubatz	28	MLB	14	14	2	15	0	13	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
5	Jerry Logan	27	SS	14	14	3	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Lenny Lyles	32	RCB	14	14	5	32	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	John Mackey	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
8	Tom Matte	29	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Fred Miller	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	30	0	8.0	0	PB
10	Earl Morrall	34	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1
11	Billy Ray Smith	33	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0	AP-2
12	Bubba Smith	23	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.5	0	AP-2
13	Bob Vogel	27	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
14	Rick Volk	23	FS	14	14	6	154	0	90	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bobby Boyd	31	LCB	14	13	8	160	1	49	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
16	Jerry Hill	29	RB	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Don Shinnick	33	RLB	11	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ron Porter	23	RLB	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Terry Cole	23	RB	14	5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-2
20	Ray Perkins	27	WR	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bob Grant	22	LB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Charlie Stukes	25	DB	14	1	1	60	1	60	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Timmy Brown	31	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Roy Hilton	25	DE	14	0	1	13	1	13	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
25	Lou Michaels	33	K	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
26	Preston Pearson	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	Johnny Unitas	35	QB	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jim Ward	24	QB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	29	0	4		23	11	30	0	45	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Curtis	25	LLB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	60	1	0.0	0	0
2	Tom Matte	29	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Fred Miller	28	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0
4	Bobby Boyd	31	LCB	1	1	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Ordell Braase	36	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0
6	Dennis Gaubatz	28	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	9	0
7	Jerry Logan	27	SS	1	1	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	John Mackey	27	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Don Shinnick	33	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Bubba Smith	23	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
11	Rick Volk	23	FS	1	1	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Timmy Brown	31	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
13	Ron Porter	23	RLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
	Team Totals			3	3						4	0	0	1	8	48	0

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