1970 Baltimore Colts Season

1970 Baltimore Colts season
1970 Baltimore Colts season
Owner	Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager	Don Klosterman
Head coach	Don McCafferty
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	11–2–1
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs; (vs. Bengals) 17–0; Won AFC Championship; (vs. Raiders) 27–17; Won Super Bowl V; (vs. Cowboys) 16–13
	← 1969; Colts seasons; 1971 →;

Led by first-year head coach Don McCafferty, the Colts finished the 1970 season with a regular season record of 11 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie to win the first AFC East title. The Colts completed the postseason in Miami with a victory over the Cowboys in Super Bowl V, their first Super Bowl title and third world championship (1958, 1959, and 1970). The Baltimore Colts did not return to any further championship games.

1970 Baltimore Colts Season — The Colts playing against the Cowboys in Super Bowl V

In February 1970, head coach Don Shula departed after seven seasons for the Miami Dolphins, now in the same division, and offensive backfield coach McCafferty was promoted in early April.

NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	18	Norm Bulaich	Running Back	TCU
2	44	Jim Bailey	Defensive tackle	Kansas
3	70	Jim O'Brien	Wide Receiver / Kicker	Cincinnati
3	74	Ara Person	Tight End	Morgan State
4	95	Steve Smear	Linebacker	Penn State
5	122	Billy Newsome	Defensive End	Grambling State
6	148	Ron Gardin	Defensive Back	Arizona
7	174	Gordon Slade	Quarterback	Davidson
8	199	Bob Bouley	Tackle	Boston College
9	226	Barney Harris	Defensive Back	Texas A&M

Personnel

Staff/Coaches

1970 Baltimore Colts staff

Front office

Owner/president and treasurer – Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager – Don Klosterman

Coaching staff

Head coach – Don McCafferty

Offensive coaches

Receivers/offensive ends – Dick Bielski
Offensive coordinator – John Idzik
Offensive line coach – Lou Rymkus

Defensive coaches

Defensive coordinator/defensive line – John Sandusky
Defensive backfield – Bobby Boyd
Linebackers coach – Hank Bullough

Final roster

**1970 Baltimore Colts roster**

	Quarterbacks 15 Earl Morrall 19 Johnny Unitas Running backs 36 Norm Bulaich 48 Larry Conjar 45 Jerry Hill 40 Jack Maitland 41 Tom Matte 34 Tom Nowatzke Wide receivers 17 Sam Havrilak 45 Jerry Hill 33 Eddie Hinton 87 Roy Jefferson 28 Jimmy Orr 27 Ray Perkins Tight ends 88 John Mackey 84 Tom Mitchell		Offensive linemen 73 Sam Ball T 50 Bill Curry C 54 Tom Goode C 61 Cornelius Johnson G 68 Dennis Nelson T 62 Glenn Ressler G 71 Dan Sullivan G 72 Bob Vogel T 65 John Williams G Defensive linemen 65 Jim Bailey DT 85 Roy Hilton DE 76 Fred Miller DT 81 Billy Newsome DE 74 Billy Ray Smith DT 78 Bubba Smith DE 60 George Wright DT		Linebackers 32 Mike Curtis 51 Bob Grant 83 Ted Hendricks 56 Ray May 52 Robbie Nichols Defensive backs 35 Jim Duncan CB-KR 25 Tom Curtis SS 20 Jerry Logan S 42 Tommy Maxwell CB 47 Charlie Stukes CB 21 Rick Volk S Special teams 30 Ron Gardin PR-CB 54 Tom Goode LS 49 David Lee P 80 Jim O'Brien K		Reserve lists Practice squad 67 Lynn Larson T -- George Mira QB Rookies in italics

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	August 8	at Oakland Raiders	W 33–21	1–0	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	53,519	Recap
2	August 14	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–3	2–0	Municipal Stadium	34,341	Recap
3	August 22	at Denver Broncos	W 24–7	3–0	Mile High Stadium	42,499	Recap
4	August 29	at Miami Dolphins	L 13–20	3–1	Miami Orange Bowl	73,533	Recap
5	September 5	vs. Detroit Lions	W 20–14	4–1	Carter–Finley Stadium (Raleigh, NC)	34,500	Recap
6	September 12	at Washington Redskins	L 14–17	4–2	RFK Stadium	46,045	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 20	at San Diego Chargers	W 16–14	1–0	San Diego Stadium	47,782
2	September 28	Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–44	1–1	Memorial Stadium	53,911
3	October 4	at Boston Patriots	W 14–6	2–1	Harvard Stadium	38,235
4	October 11	at Houston Oilers	W 24–20	3–1	Astrodome	48,050
5	October 18	at New York Jets	W 29–22	4–1	Shea Stadium	63,301
6	October 25	Boston Patriots	W 27–3	5–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
7	November 1	Miami Dolphins	W 35–0	6–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
8	November 9	at Green Bay Packers	W 13–10	7–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	48,063
9	November 15	Buffalo Bills	T 17–17	7–1–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
10	November 22	at Miami Dolphins	L 17–34	7–2–1	Miami Orange Bowl	67,699
11	November 29	Chicago Bears	W 21–20	8–2–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
12	December 6	Philadelphia Eagles	W 29–10	9–2–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
13	December 13	at Buffalo Bills	W 20–14	10–2–1	War Memorial Stadium	34,346
14	December 19	New York Jets	W 35–20	11–2–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	3	7	6	16
Chargers	0	0	7	7	14

Date: September 20
Location: San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California
Game start: 1:00 p.m. PDT
Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C) • Wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
Referee: Jack Vest

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chiefs	10	21	3	10	44
Colts	0	7	3	14	24

Date: September 28
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h)
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Don Meredith, and Howard Cosell

Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	7	0	7	14
Patriots	0	3	0	3	6

Date: October 4
Location: Harvard Stadium, Boston
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C); wind 17 mph (27 km/h)
Referee: Bernie Ulman

Week 4

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	7	10	0	7	24
Oilers	0	7	7	6	20

Date: October 11
Location: Houston Astrodome, Houston
Game start: 3:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Indoors (dome)
Referee: George Rennix

Week 5

This was the Super Bowl III rematch and it was truly a rematch but this time it favors the Colts as they opened up a 19–0 lead and never looked back. The Jets did mount a challenge led by Joe Namath's 392 yards passing, but he also had 6 interceptions as the Colts gain some revenge on this day.

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	17	3	6	3	29
Jets	3	2	14	3	22

Date: October 18
Location: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 63,601
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h)
Referee: Pat Haggerty

Week 6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	0	3	0	0	3
• Colts	3	14	3	7	27

Date: October 25
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
Referee: Bob Finley

Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	0	0	0	0	0
• Colts	7	7	14	7	35

Date: November 1
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C); wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
Referee: Norm Schachter
TV announcers (NBC): Jim Simpson and Al DeRogatis

Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	7	6	0	13
Packers	3	0	0	7	10

Date: November 9
Location: Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee
Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); wind 14 mph (23 km/h)
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell

Week 11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	17	0	0	3	20
• Colts	0	14	0	7	21

Date: November 29
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 60,240
Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
Referee: Jack Vest

Week 12

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	3	7	0	10
• Colts	13	10	3	3	29

Date: December 6
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); wind 22 mph (35 km/h)
Referee: Bernie Ulman
TV announcers (CBS): Lindsey Nelson and Don Perkins

Week 13

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	10	0	7	3	20
Bills	7	7	0	0	14

Date: December 13
Location: War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, New York
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Snow • 28 °F (−2 °C) • Wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
Referee: Bob Finley

The Colts clinched the division title with the win.

Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	7	7	3	3	20
• Colts	0	14	7	14	35

Date: December 19
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 3:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); wind 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
Referee: Tommy Bell
TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote

Earl Morrall 18/33, 348 Yds

Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts	11	2	1	.846	6–1–1	8–2–1	321	234	W4
Miami Dolphins	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	297	228	W6
New York Jets	4	10	0	.286	2–6	2–9	255	286	L3
Buffalo Bills	3	10	1	.231	3–4–1	3–7–1	204	337	L5
Boston Patriots	2	12	0	.143	2–6	2–9	149	361	L3

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

Postseason

The team made it to the playoffs with the best record in the AFC. The Colts hosted both AFC playoff games that they played in. (It wasn't until the 1975 season that playoff teams were seeded by record; the fact that the Colts hosted both playoff games was just due to the rotation set up with the AFL–NFL merger.) The team won both AFC playoff games as well as Super Bowl V.

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
Divisional	December 26	Cincinnati Bengals	W 17–0	1–0	Memorial Stadium	51,127
AFC Championship	January 3, 1971	Oakland Raiders	W 27–17	2–0	Memorial Stadium	56,368
Super Bowl V	January 17, 1971	Dallas Cowboys	W 16–13	3–0	Miami Orange Bowl	80,055

Divisional

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	0	0	0
• Colts	7	3	0	7	17

Date: December 26
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: 30 °F (−1 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h)
Referee: Jack Vest
TV announcers (NBC): Jim Simpson and Al DeRogatis

The Colts hosted the Cincinnati Bengals in the divisional round. The Colts relied on their defense, which had carried them all season, to best the Bengals 17–0, holding Cincinnati to only 139 total yards.

Conference Championship

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	3	7	7	17
• Colts	3	7	10	7	27

Date: January 3
Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote

The Colts next hosted the Oakland Raiders for the AFC Championship game. The Colts jumped out to an early lead over the Raiders, 10–3 at halftime. Oakland came back to tie it up early in the 3rd quarter. The Colts would respond with a Jim O'Brien field goal and a second Bulaich touchdown. Johnny Unitas extended the lead with a 68-yard touchdown pass to Ray Perkins that made the score 27–17. The Colts would seal the win with an interception in the end zone.

Super Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	6	0	10	16
Cowboys	3	10	0	0	13

Date: January 17
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
Game start: 1:50 p.m. EST
Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C); wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
Referee: Norm Schachter
TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote, and Bill Enis

The Colts made it to the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history and played the Dallas Cowboys for the NFL championship. In the 2nd quarter, Johnny Unitas threw a pass that was tipped twice before John Mackey caught it for a 75-yard score. Later in the quarter Unitas was injured and Earl Morrall completed a sloppy and turnover-filled game: the Colts committed a total of 7 turnovers, the Cowboys 4. Following an interception by Mike Curtis, Jim O'Brien kicked the game-winning 32-yard field goal, giving Baltimore a 16–13 lead with 5 seconds left in the game, and the victory.

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