1964 Baltimore Colts season

1964 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach Don Shula
Owner Carroll Rosenbloom
Home field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 12–2
Division place 1st NFL Western
Playoff finish Lost NFL Championship
(Cleveland Browns, 27–0)

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. They clinched with three games remaining for the first title since 1959.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site Attendance
1 September 13, 1964 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–34 0–1 Metropolitan Stadium
35,563
2 September 20, 1964 at Green Bay Packers W 21–20 1–1 Lambeau Field
42,327
3 September 27, 1964 Chicago Bears W 52–0 2–1 Memorial Stadium
56,537
4 October 4, 1964 Los Angeles Rams W 35–20 3–1 Memorial Stadium
56,537
5 October 12, 1964 St. Louis Cardinals W 47–27 4–1 Memorial Stadium ^
60,213
6 October 18, 1964 Green Bay Packers W 24–21 5–1 Memorial Stadium
60,213
7 October 25, 1964 at Detroit Lions W 34–0 6–1 Tiger Stadium
57,814
8 November 1, 1964 San Francisco 49ers W 37–7 7–1 Memorial Stadium
60,213
9 November 8, 1964 at Chicago Bears W 40–24 8–1 Wrigley Field
47,891
10 November 15, 1964 Minnesota Vikings W 17–14 9–1 Memorial Stadium
60,213
11 November 22, 1964 at Los Angeles Rams W 24–7 10–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
72,137
12 November 29, 1964 at San Francisco 49ers W 14–3 11–1 Kezar Stadium
33,642
13 December 6, 1964 Detroit Lions L 14–31 11–2 Memorial Stadium
60,213
14 December 13, 1964 Washington Redskins W 45–17 12–2 Memorial Stadium
60,213

^ 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.

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 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.

Postseason

After Baltimore's 12–2 regular season, they traveled to Cleveland to take on the Browns for the NFL title. 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.[5][6] The first half was uneventful and scoreless, but the Browns scored 17 third quarter points in their 27–0 rout of the Colts.

Playoff Round Date Opponent Result Game Site Attendance
Championship December 27, 1964 at Cleveland Browns L 0–27 Cleveland Municipal Stadium
79,544

1964 NFL Championship Game: at Cleveland Browns

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

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Colts
Browns

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. "Colts jar Rams, 24-7, to clinch Western title". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 23, 1964. p. 4, part 2.
  2. Johnson, Chuck (December 28, 1964). "Browns play best game of year, Colts their worst - result: 27-0". Milwaukee Journal. p. 10, part 2.
  3. "Cleveland Browns blank Colts for NFL title". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 28, 1964. p. 7.
  4. "Cleveland wallops Baltimore, 27-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. December 28, 1964. p. 1D.
  5. "Moore, Unitas lead Colts". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. December 27, 1964. p. 4B.
  6. Taylor, Jim (December 27, 1964). "Colts seven-point favorites". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. F1.
  7. http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm
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