1975 Baltimore Colts season

1975 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Ted Marchibroda
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	T-1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 28–10

The 1975 Baltimore Colts season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1975 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, and finished tied for first in the AFC East division with the Miami Dolphins. However, the Colts won the division tiebreaker with Miami based on a head-to-head sweep (2–0). The Colts started the season losing four of their first five games, before sweeping their final nine games and narrowly beating out Miami for the division title.

The 1975 Colts coaching staff included 23-year-old assistant Bill Belichick, his first association with an NFL team and first coaching position. Belichick would go on to win two Super Bowls as defensive coordinator with the New York Giants in 1986 and 1990, and four more as head coach of the New England Patriots in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2014.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 21, 1975	at Chicago Bears	W 35–7	1–0	Soldier Field	54,152
2	September 28, 1975	Oakland Raiders	L 20–31	1–1	Memorial Stadium	40,657
3	October 5, 1975	at Los Angeles Rams	L 13–24	1–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	62,491
4	October 12, 1975	Buffalo Bills	L 31–38	1–3	Memorial Stadium	43,907
5	October 19, 1975	at New England Patriots	L 10–21	1–4	Schaefer Stadium	51,417
6	October 26, 1975	at New York Jets	W 45–28	2–4	Shea Stadium	55,137
7	November 2, 1975	Cleveland Browns	W 21–7	3–4	Memorial Stadium	35,235
8	November 9, 1975	at Buffalo Bills	W 42–35	4–4	Rich Stadium	77,320
9	November 16, 1975	New York Jets	W 52–19	5–4	Memorial Stadium	52,097
10	November 23, 1975	at Miami Dolphins	W 33–17	6–4	Miami Orange Bowl	61,986
11	November 30, 1975	Kansas City Chiefs	W 28–14	7–4	Memorial Stadium	42,122
12	December 7, 1975	at New York Giants	W 21–0	8–4	Shea Stadium	49,863
13	December 14, 1975	Miami Dolphins	W 10–7	9–4	Memorial Stadium	59,398
14	December 21, 1975	New England Patriots	W 34–21	10–4	Memorial Stadium	48,678

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts⁽³⁾	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	395	269	W9
Miami Dolphins	10	4	0	.714	6–2	7–4	357	222	W1
Buffalo Bills	8	6	0	.571	5–3	7–4	420	355	L1
New York Jets	3	11	0	.214	2–6	3–8	258	433	L2
New England Patriots	3	11	0	.214	1–7	2–9	258	358	L6

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Playoffs

The team made it to the playoffs as a No. 3 seed and traveled to Pittsburgh to play Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional round. After being tied at 7 at the half the Steelers outscored the Colts 21–3 in the second half. The Steelers defense forced 4 turnovers and held the Colts to 154 total yards of offense in their 28–10 win.

Playoff Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
Divisional	December 27, 1975	at Pittsburgh Steelers (1)	L 10–28	0–1	Three Rivers Stadium	49,053

Awards and honors

Sporting News Executive of the Year: Joe Thomas
AP Coach of the Year, PFW Coach of the Year, Sporting News Coach of the Year, UPI AFC Coach of the Year: Ted Marchibroda

References

↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 296

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

1975 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

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