1971 Baltimore Colts season

1971 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Don McCafferty
Owner	Carroll Rosenbloom
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 20–3 Lost Conference Championship (Dolphins) 21–0

The Colts playing against the Browns in the 1971 AFC Divisional Playoffs Game..

The 1971 Baltimore Colts season was the 19th season for the team in the National Football League. The Colts appeared to be on the verge of winning the AFC East again after beating the Miami Dolphins 14-3 in the next-to-last game of the season. However, the Colts would drop the final game of the season to the New England Patriots, forcing them to settle for the Wild Card with a 10-4 record. They lost to the Dolphins in the AFC Championship game. The Baltimore defense gave up a total of 140 points for 14 regular season (10 PPG) & in their four defeats, they lost by 15 points total.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 19, 1971	New York Jets	W 22–0	1–0	Memorial Stadium	56,458
2	September 26, 1971	Cleveland Browns	L 13–14	1–1	Memorial Stadium	56,837
3	October 3, 1971	at New England Patriots	W 23–3	2–1	Schaefer Stadium	61,232
4	October 10, 1971	at Buffalo Bills	W 43–0	3–1	War Memorial Stadium	46,206
5	October 17, 1971	at New York Giants	W 31–7	4–1	Yankee Stadium	62,860
6	October 25, 1971	at Minnesota Vikings	L 3–10	4–2	Metropolitan Stadium	49,784
7	October 31, 1971	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–21	5–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
8	November 8, 1971	Los Angeles Rams	W 24–17	6–2	Memorial Stadium	57,722
9	November 14, 1971	at New York Jets	W 14–13	7–2	Shea Stadium	63,947
10	November 21, 1971	at Miami Dolphins	L 14–17	7–3	Miami Orange Bowl	75,312
11	November 28, 1971	at Oakland Raiders	W 37–14	8–3	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	54,689
12	December 5, 1971	Buffalo Bills	W 24–0	9–3	Memorial Stadium	58,476
13	December 11, 1971	Miami Dolphins	W 14–3	10–3	Memorial Stadium	60,238
14	December 19, 1971	New England Patriots	L 17–21	10–4	Memorial Stadium	57,942

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
• Colts	10	9	0	3	22

Date: September 19
Location: Memorial Stadium
Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 56,458
Game weather: 72°F; wind 8

Scoring summary

Q1	BAL	O'Brien 38 yard field goal	BAL 3–0

Q1	BAL	Matte 1 yard run (O'Brien kick)	BAL 10–0

Q2	BAL	O'Brien 21 yard field goal	BAL 13–0

Q2	BAL	Bulaich 67 yard run (kick failed)	BAL 19–0

Q4	BAL	O'Brien 21 yard field goal	BAL 22–0

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins	10	3	1	.769	5–3	7–3–1	315	174	W1
Baltimore Colts	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	313	140	L1
New England Patriots	6	8	0	.429	4–4	6–5	238	325	W1
New York Jets	6	8	0	.429	4–4	6–5	212	299	W2
Buffalo Bills	1	13	0	.071	1–7	1–10	184	394	L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. ^[2]

Playoffs

The team made it to the playoffs as a No. 4 seed and traveled to Cleveland to play the Cleveland Browns in the divisional round. The Colts led 14–0 at the half and would cruise to a 20–3 win. They then traveled south to play the Miami Dolphins and tried to make it to their second consecutive Super Bowl. Colts QB Johnny Unitas was intercepted 3 times as they were shut out by the Dolphins 21–0.

Playoff Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
Divisional	December 26, 1971	at Cleveland Browns (4)	W 20–3	1–0	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	70,734
Conference Championship	January 2, 1972	at Miami Dolphins (1)	L 0–21	1–1	Miami Orange Bowl	76,622

Indianapolis Colts

Founded in 1953 Played in Baltimore (1953–1983) Based and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First-round draft picks Ring of Honor

Stadiums	Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium

Culture	Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Wouldn't Die Blue Cheerleaders

Lore	The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate

Rivalries	New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (16)	1968 1970 1975 1976 1977 1987 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014

Conference championships (7)	1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 2006 2009

League championships (4^†)	1958 1959 1970 (V) 2006 (XLI) ^† does not include 1968 NFL championship

Retired numbers	19 22 24 70 77 82 89

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Seasons (63)	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1971 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Aug-14.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 297

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