1964 Baltimore Colts season

The 1964 Baltimore Colts season was the 12th season for the team in the National Football League. The Colts finished the regular season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses and finished first in the Western Conference.[1][2] It was their first conference title since 1959, clinched on November 22 with three games remaining.[3]

1964 Baltimore Colts season
OwnerCarroll Rosenbloom
Head coachDon Shula
Home fieldMemorial Stadium
Results
Record12–2
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishLost NFL Championship
(at Browns) 0–27

After an opening loss at Minnesota,[4] the Colts won eleven straight,[5] dropped a home game in December to Detroit,[6] then easily won the finale with Washington.[7]

Baltimore met the Cleveland Browns (10–3–1) of the Eastern Conference in the NFL Championship Game in Cleveland, won by the underdog Browns, 27–0.[8][9][10]

Personnel

Staff/coaches
1964 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office

Coaching staff

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches
Source:[1][2]

Roster
1964 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

None - vacant


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Regular season
Main article: 1964 NFL season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 13 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–34 0–1 Metropolitan Stadium 35,563
2 September 20 at Green Bay Packers W 21–20 1–1 Lambeau Field 42,327
3 September 27 Chicago Bears W 52–0 2–1 Memorial Stadium 56,537
4 October 4 Los Angeles Rams W 35–20 3–1 Memorial Stadium 56,537
5 October 12 St. Louis Cardinals W 47–27 4–1 Memorial Stadium^ 60,213
6 October 18 Green Bay Packers W 24–21 5–1 Memorial Stadium 60,213
7 October 25 at Detroit Lions W 34–0 6–1 Tiger Stadium 57,814
8 November 1 San Francisco 49ers W 37–7 7–1 Memorial Stadium 60,213
9 November 8 at Chicago Bears W 40–24 8–1 Wrigley Field 47,891
10 November 15 Minnesota Vikings W 17–14 9–1 Memorial Stadium 60,213
11 November 22 at Los Angeles Rams W 24–7 10–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 72,137
12 November 29 at San Francisco 49ers W 14–3 11–1 Kezar Stadium 33,642
13 December 6 Detroit Lions L 14–31 11–2 Memorial Stadium 60,213
14 December 13 Washington Redskins W 45–17 12–2 Memorial Stadium 60,213
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Note: ^ The game with the Cardinals in week 5 was scheduled to be played at St. Louis, but was shifted to Baltimore when the baseball Cardinals reached the World Series, preempting football use of Busch Stadium during the Series.

Week 1 at Vikings

Week 2 at Packers
See also: 1964 Green Bay Packers season
Baltimore Colts (0–1) at Green Bay Packers (1–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Colts 7 14 0021
Packers 7 6 7020

at New City Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

  • Date: September 20
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C)
  • Game attendance: 42,327
  • Box Score
Game information

Standings
NFL Western Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Baltimore Colts 12 2 0 .857 10–2 428 225 W1
Green Bay Packers[lower-alpha 1] 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 342 245 T1
Minnesota Vikings 8 5 1 .615 6–5–1 355 296 W3
Detroit Lions 7 5 2 .583 6–4–2 280 260 W2
Los Angeles Rams 5 7 2 .417 3–7–2 283 339 T1
Chicago Bears 5 9 0 .357 5–7 260 379 L2
San Francisco 49ers 4 10 0 .286 3–9 236 330 L1

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

  1. Green Bay was awarded the Playoff Bowl berth from the Western Conference by outscoring Minnesota 65–37 in their two meetings.

Postseason
Main article: 1964 NFL Championship Game

After Baltimore's 12–2 regular season, they traveled to Cleveland to take on the Browns (10–3–1) for the NFL title on December 27. The host team was alternated between the conferences, Eastern in even-numbered seasons and Western in the odd-numbered. This was the third championship game appearance for the Colts since joining the NFL in 1953, and they entered the game as seven-point favorites.[11][12] Both teams had two weeks to prepare: the first half was uneventful and scoreless, but the home underdog Browns scored seventeen points in the third quarter in their 27–0 rout of the Colts.

Round Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
Championship December 27 at Cleveland Browns L 0–27 0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 79,544

1964 NFL Championship Game: at Cleveland Browns
1964 NFL Championship Game: Cleveland Browns 27, Baltimore Colts 0
Period 1 2 34Total
Colts 0 0 000
Browns 0 0 171027

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

Awards and honors

See also

References
  1. Shula, Don; Maule, Tex (January 11, 1965). "How the Colts met triumph — and disaster". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  2. Shula, Don; Maule, Tex (January 18, 1965). "The road to the title in the West". Sports Illustrated. p. 42.
  3. "Colts jar Rams, 24-7, to clinch Western title". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 23, 1964. p. 4, part 2.
  4. "Vikings, 34-24". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 14, 1964. p. 3B.
  5. "Colts edge fumbling Frisco". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 30, 1964. p. 3B.
  6. "Lions smash Baltimore, 31-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 7, 1964. p. 3B.
  7. "Moore, Berry break records". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 14, 1964. p. 3B.
  8. Johnson, Chuck (December 28, 1964). "Browns play best game of year, Colts their worst - result: 27-0". Milwaukee Journal. p. 10, part 2.
  9. "Cleveland Browns blank Colts for NFL title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 28, 1964. p. 7.
  10. "Cleveland wallops Baltimore, 27-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 28, 1964. p. 1D.
  11. "Moore, Unitas lead Colts". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 27, 1964. p. 4B.
  12. Taylor, Jim (December 27, 1964). "Colts seven-point favorites". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. F1.
  13. "Maxwell Football Club - Bert Bell Award Past Recipients". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2010.


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