1961 Baltimore Colts season

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1961 Baltimore Colts season
Head Coach Weeb Ewbank
Home Field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 8-6
Place T-3rd Western Conference
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1960 1962

The 1961 Baltimore Colts season was the 9th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1961 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses and finished tied for third in the Western Conference with the Chicago Bears, there weren't any tiebreakers.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site
1 September 17, 1961 Los Angeles Rams W 27-24 1-0 Memorial Stadium
2 September 24, 1961 Detroit Lions L 15-16 1-1 Memorial Stadium
3 October 1, 1961 Minnesota Vikings W 34-33 2-1 Memorial Stadium
4 October 8, 1961 @ Green Bay Packers L 7-45 2-2 Lambeau Field
5 October 15, 1961 @ Chicago Bears L 10-24 2-3 Wrigley Field
6 October 22, 1961 @ Detroit Lions W 17-14 3-3 Tiger Stadium
7 October 29, 1961 Chicago Bears L 20-21 3-4 Memorial Stadium
8 November 5, 1961 Green Bay Packers W 45-21 4-4 Memorial Stadium
9 November 12, 1961 @ Minnesota Vikings L 20-28 4-5 Metropolitan Stadium
10 November 19, 1961 St. Louis Cardinals W 16-0 5-5 Memorial Stadium
11 November 26, 1961 @ Washington Redskins W 27-6 6-5 RFK Stadium
12 December 3, 1961 San Francisco 49ers W 20-17 7-5 Memorial Stadium
13 December 9, 1961 @ Los Angeles Rams L 17-34 7-6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
14 December 16, 1961 @ San Francisco 49ers W 27-24 8-6 Kezar Stadium

[edit] Conference standings

[edit] Season Standings

Western Conference
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Green Bay Packers 11 3 0 .786 391 223
Detroit Lions 8 5 1 .615 270 258
Baltimore Colts 8 6 0 .571 302 307
Chicago Bears 8 6 0 .571 326 302
San Francisco 49ers 7 6 1 .538 346 272
Los Angeles Rams 4 10 0 .286 263 333
Minnesota Vikings 3 11 0 .214 285 407

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[edit] References

  1. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 299

[edit] See also

1961 NFL Season
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Cleveland Baltimore
Dallas Chicago
NY Giants Detroit
Philadelphia Green Bay
Pittsburgh Los Angeles
St. Louis Minnesota
Washington San Francisco
1961 NFL Draft • NFL Championship • Pro Bowl
Related: 1961 AFL Season
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Indianapolis Colts
Formerly the Baltimore Colts • Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
The Franchise
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Lore
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Molesworth • Ewbank • Shula • McCafferty • Sandusky • Schnellenberger • Thomas • Marchibroda • McCormack • Kush • Dowhower • Meyer • Venturi • Marchibroda • Infante • Mora • Dungy
Division Championships (12)
Super Bowl Appearances (3)
III • V • XLI
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