1975 Baltimore Colts season

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1975 Baltimore Colts season
Head Coach Ted Marchibroda
Home Field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 10-4
Place T-1st AFC East
Playoff Finish Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 28-10
Timeline
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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 finished ahead of Miami in the AFC East based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site
1 September 21, 1975 @ Chicago Bears W 35-7 1-0 Soldier Field
2 September 28, 1975 Oakland Raiders L 20-31 1-1 Memorial Stadium
3 October 5, 1975 @ Los Angeles Rams L 13-24 1-2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
4 October 12, 1975 Buffalo Bills L 31-38 1-3 Memorial Stadium
5 October 19, 1975 @ New England Patriots L 10-21 1-4 Schaeffer Stadium
6 October 26, 1975 @ New York Jets W 45-28 2-4 Shea Stadium
7 November 2, 1975 Cleveland Browns W 21-7 3-4 Memorial Stadium
8 November 9, 1975 @ Buffalo Bills W 42-35 4-4 Ralph Wilson Stadium
9 November 16, 1975 New York Jets W 52-19 5-4 Memorial Stadium
10 November 23, 1975 @ Miami Dolphins W 33-17 6-4 Miami Orange Bowl
11 November 30, 1975 Kansas City Chiefs W 28-14 7-4 Memorial Stadium
12 December 7, 1975 @ New York Giants W 21-0 8-4 Shea Stadium
13 December 14, 1975 Miami Dolphins W 10-7 9-4 Memorial Stadium
14 December 21, 1975 New England Patriots W 34-21 10-4 Memorial Stadium

[edit] Division standings

AFC East
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Baltimore Colts 10 4 0 .714 395 269
Miami Dolphins 10 4 0 .714 357 222
Buffalo Bills 8 6 0 .571 420 355
New York Jets 3 11 0 .214 258 433
New England Patriots 3 11 0 .214 258 358

[edit] Postseason

The team made it to the playoffs as a #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
Divisional December 27, 1975 @ Pittsburgh Steelers (1) L 10-28 0-1 Three Rivers Stadium

[edit] See also

1975 NFL season
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AFC East Central West NFC 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
1975 NFL DraftNFL PlayoffsPro BowlSuper Bowl X