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1970 Baltimore Colts: 11-2-1
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Home record: 5-1-1 (188 points scored, 114 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (133 points scored, 120 allowed) Head Coach: Don McCafferty 321 points scored (6th of 26 teams), 234 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 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: 219 416 2,798 ( 3) 6.23 23 22 411 1,336 (23) 3.3 9 4,134 ( 8) 36 Defense: 238 452 2,406 (21) 4.88 16 25 390 1,439 ( 6) 3.7 6 3,845 ( 9) 34


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 15 Earl Morrall QB 14 6'1 206 36 15 Michigan State 17 Sam Havrilak RB 13 6'2 195 22 2 Bucknell 19 Johnny Unitas QB 14 6'1 196 37 15 Louisville 20 Jerry Logan DB 14 6'1 190 29 8 West Texas State 21 Rick Volk DB 12 6'3 195 25 4 Michigan 25 Tom Curtis DB 10 6'1 196 22 R Michigan 27 Ray Perkins WR 11 6'0 183 28 4 Alabama 28 Jimmy Orr WR 8 5'11 185 35 13 Georgia 30 Ron Gardin DB 13 5'11 180 26 R Arizona 32 Mike Curtis LB 14 6'2 232 27 6 Duke 33 Eddie Hinton WR 13 6'0 200 23 2 Oklahoma 34 Tom Nowatzke RB 11 6'3 230 28 6 Indiana 35 Jim Duncan DB 14 6'2 220 24 2 Maryland Eastern Shore 36 Norm Bulaich RB 12 6'1 218 23 R Texas Christian 40 Jack Maitland RB 14 6'1 210 22 R Williams 41 Tom Matte RB 2 6'0 214 31 10 Ohio State 42 Tommy Maxwell DB 14 6'2 195 23 2 Texas A&M 45 Jerry Hill RB 12 5'11 217 31 9 Wyoming 47 Charlie Stukes DB 11 6'3 212 27 4 Maryland Eastern Shore 48 Larry Conjar RB 3 6'0 214 25 4 Notre Dame 49 David Lee P 14 6'4 230 26 5 Louisiana Tech 50 Bill Curry C 14 6'2 235 28 6 Georgia Tech 51 Bob Grant LB 14 6'2 225 24 3 Wake Forest 52 Robbie Nichols LB 14 6'3 220 23 1 Tulsa 54 Tom Goode C 1 6'3 245 31 9 Mississippi State 56 Ray May LB 14 6'1 230 25 4 Southern California 60 George Wright DT 2 6'3 260 23 1 Sam Houston State 61 Cornelius Johnson OG 14 6'2 245 27 3 Virginia Union 62 Glenn Ressler OG 13 6'3 250 27 6 Penn State 65 Jim Bailey DT 10 6'5 245 22 R Kansas 68 Dennis Nelson OT 6 6'5 260 24 1 Illinois State 71 Dan Sullivan OT 14 6'3 250 31 9 Boston College 72 Bob Vogel OT 14 6'5 250 29 8 Ohio State 73 Sam Ball OT 12 6'4 240 26 5 Kentucky 74 Billy Ray Smith DT 14 6'4 250 35 13 Arkansas 75 John Williams OG 14 6'3 256 25 3 Minnesota 76 Fred Miller DT 12 6'3 250 30 8 Louisiana State 78 Bubba Smith DE 14 6'7 295 25 4 Michigan State 80 Jim O'Brien K 14 6'0 195 23 R Cincinnati 81 Billy Newsome DE 14 6'4 240 22 R Grambling 83 Ted Hendricks LB 14 6'7 215 22 2 Miami 84 Tom Mitchell TE 14 6'2 215 26 4 Bucknell 85 Roy Hilton DE 14 6'6 240 27 6 Jackson State 87 Roy Jefferson WR 14 6'2 190 26 6 Utah 88 John Mackey TE 14 6'3 224 29 8 Syracuse
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Johnny Unitas 321 166 51.7 2,213 6.89 13.3 14 4.4 18 5.6 19 158 65.1 Earl Morrall 93 51 54.8 792 8.52 15.5 9 9.7 4 4.3 14 131 97.6 Sam Havrilak 2 2 100.0 82 41.00 41.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Eddie Hinton           47    733   15.6    5
Roy Jefferson          44    749   17.0    7
John Mackey            28    435   15.5    3
Tom Mitchell           20    261   13.1    4
Tom Nowatzke           16     93    5.8    0
Sam Havrilak           14    141   10.1    0
Norm Bulaich           11    123   11.2    0
Jimmy Orr              10    199   19.9    2
Ray Perkins            10    194   19.4    1
Jack Maitland           9     67    7.4    1
Jerry Hill              8     62    7.8    0
Jim O'Brien             1     28   28.0    0
Tom Matte               1      2    2.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Norm Bulaich          139    426    3.1    3
Tom Nowatzke           73    248    3.4    1
Jack Maitland          74    209    2.8    1
Sam Havrilak           54    159    2.9    0
Jerry Hill             36    115    3.2    2
Eddie Hinton            5     58   11.6    2
Roy Jefferson           4     47   11.8    0
Tom Matte              12     43    3.6    0
Johnny Unitas           9     16    1.8    0
Earl Morrall            2      6    3.0    0
Ray Perkins             2      6    3.0    0
Larry Conjar            1      3    3.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Duncan             20    707   35.4    1
Ron Gardin             11    265   24.1    0
Tom Nowatzke            7     93   13.3    0
Sam Havrilak            2     36   18.0    0
Jack Maitland           1     28   28.0    0
Bob Grant               1     21   21.0    0
Roy Jefferson           1     11   11.0    0
Billy Newsome           1      0    0.0    0
Charlie Stukes          1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ron Gardin             28    330   11.8   20    1
Rick Volk               3     15    5.0    4    0
Tom Curtis              3      2    0.7    1    0
Jerry Logan             2      4    2.0    0    0
Sam Havrilak            0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net David Lee 63 2,819 44.7 0 0 1 0 0 44.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jim O'Brien 3/4 6/9 4/9 6/10 0/2 19/34 36/38 93 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jim Bailey 3.0 Mike Curtis 5.0 5 50 0 Tom Curtis 1 0 0 Jim Duncan 2 56 0 Bob Grant 1.0 2 39 1 Ted Hendricks 1.0 1 31 0 Roy Hilton 5.0 Jerry Logan 1.0 6 92 2 Tommy Maxwell 0 9 0 Ray May 0.5 1 18 0 Fred Miller 2.0 Billy Newsome 8.5 Billy Ray Smith 4.0 Bubba Smith 10.0 Charlie Stukes 3 52 0 Rick Volk 4 61 0
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 RB Norm Bulaich 120 Texas Christian 2 44 DT Jim Bailey 116 Kansas 3 70 WR Jim O'Brien 52 Cincinnati 3 74 TE Ara Person 4 Morgan State [pick acquired from LA via PHI] 4 95 DT Steve Smear Penn State [pick acquired from WAS] 5 122 DE Billy Newsome 99 Grambling 6 148 DB Ron Gardin 22 Arizona 7 174 QB Gordon Slade Davidson 8 199 OT Bob Bouley Boston College 9 226 DB Barney Harris Texas A&M 10 252 LB Dick Palmer 43 Kentucky 11 278 RB George Edwards Fairmont State 12 304 WR Don Burrell Angelo State 13 330 LB Dave Polak Bowling Green 14 356 DB Tom Curtis 24 Michigan 15 382 DE Phillip Gary Kentucky State 16 408 RB John Maitland 41 Williams 17 434 WR Alvin Pearman Colgate

Traded draft picks: #4 to GB (Skip Butler)


Transactions:
01-27-1970traded Dennis Gaubatz to Redskins for Frank Bosch and Washington's #4 pick in the 1970 draft
04-13-1970received Miami's #1 pick in the 1971 draft from Dolphins as compensation for hiring head coach Don Shula
07-01-1970traded Preston Pearson and Ocie Austin to Steelers for Ray May and Pittsburgh's #12 pick in the 1971 draft
08-21-1970traded Willie Richardson and Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1971 draft to Steelers for Roy Jefferson
08-26-1970Butch Riley retired
08-26-1970claimed Gene Moore on waivers from 49ers
09-16-1970Steelers claimed Terry Cole on waivers
09-16-1970Steelers claimed Ara Person on waivers


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/26/70    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 17-0
01/03/71    vs Oakland Raiders         W 27-17
Super Bowl V
01/17/71    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 16-13


1970 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/20/70    at San Diego Chargers      W 16-14       1-0-0
09/28/70    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 24-44       1-1-0
10/04/70    at Boston Patriots         W 14-6        2-1-0
10/11/70    at Houston Oilers          W 24-20       3-1-0
10/18/70    at New York Jets           W 29-22       4-1-0
10/25/70    vs Boston Patriots         W 27-3        5-1-0
11/01/70    vs Miami Dolphins          W 35-0        6-1-0
11/09/70    at Green Bay Packers       W 13-10       7-1-0
11/15/70    vs Buffalo Bills           T 17-17       7-1-1
11/22/70    at Miami Dolphins          L 17-34       7-2-1
11/29/70    vs Chicago Bears           W 21-20       8-2-1
12/06/70    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 29-10       9-2-1
12/13/70    at Buffalo Bills           W 20-14       10-2-1
12/19/70    vs New York Jets           W 35-20       11-2-1

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