1971 Baltimore Colts

1971 Baltimore Colts season
Team Owner:	Carroll Rosenbloom
Team President:	Carroll Rosenbloom
Head Coach:	Don McCafferty
Home Field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Place	2nd AFC East
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 20–3 Lost Conference Championship (Dolphins) 21–0
Uniform
Timeline
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The 1971 Baltimore Colts season was the 19th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1971 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, and finished second in the AFC East.

Regular season

Schedule

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

Standings

AFC East
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Miami Dolphins	10	3	1	.769	315	174
Baltimore Colts	10	4	0	.714	313	140
New England Patriots	6	8	0	.429	238	325
New York Jets	6	8	0	.429	212	299
Buffalo Bills	1	13	0	.071	184	394

Playoffs

The team made it to the playoffs as a No. 4 seed and traveled to Cleveland to play the 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	Game Site	Attendance
Divisional	December 26	at Cleveland Browns (4)	W 20–3	Cleveland Stadium	70,734
Conference Championship	January 2	at Miami Dolphins (1)	L 0–21	Miami Orange Bowl	76,622

Personnel

Staff/Coaches

1971 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 - Red Miller		Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line - John Sandusky Defensive Backfield – Bobby Boyd Linebackers Coach – Hank Bullough

Roster

1971 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks 15 Earl Morrall 19 Johnny Unitas Running Backs 36 Norm Bulaich 23 Don McCauley 41 Tom Matte 48 Don Nottingham 34 Tom Nowatzke 42 Charlie Pittman Wide Receivers 17 Sam Havrilak 33 Eddie Hinton 27 Ray Perkins 87 Willie Richardson Tight Ends 88 John Mackey 84 Tom Mitchell		Offensive Linemen 50 Bill Curry C 61 Cornelius Johnson G 67 Lynn Larson T 68 Dennis Nelson T 62 Glenn Ressler G 71 Dan Sullivan G 72 Bob Vogel T 65 John Williams G Defensive Linemen 79 Jim Bailey DT 69 Rusty Ganas DT 85 Roy Hilton DE 76 Fred Miller DT 81 Billy Newsome DE 78 Bubba Smith DE 74 George Wright DT		Linebackers 53 Tom Beutler 32 Mike Curtis 83 Ted Hendricks 51 Bill Laskey 56 Ray May 52 Robbie Nichols Defensive Backs 35 Jim Duncan CB 25 Tom Curtis SS 44 Rex Kern 20 Jerry Logan S 47 Charlie Stukes CB 21 Rick Volk S		Special Teams 30 Ron Gardin PR-CB 49 David Lee P 80 Jim O'Brien K Reserve Lists None - vacant Practice/Taxi Squad None - vacant Note: Rookies in italics

External links

• 1971 Baltimore Colts article at Wikipedia