1966 Baltimore Colts season

1966 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Don Shula
Owner	Carroll Rosenbloom
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	2nd NFL Western
Playoff finish	Won Playoff Bowl (Eagles, 20–14)

The 1966 Baltimore Colts season was the 14th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1966 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses and finished second in the Western Conference.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 10	at Green Bay Packers	L 3–24	0–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	48,650
2	September 18	at Minnesota Vikings	W 38–23	1–1	Metropolitan Stadium	47,426
3	September 25	San Francisco 49ers	W 36–14	2–1	Memorial Stadium	56,715
4	October 2	Bye
5	October 9	at Chicago Bears	L 17–27	2–2	Wrigley Field	47,452
6	October 16	Detroit Lions	W 45–14	3–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
7	October 23	Minnesota Vikings	W 20–17	4–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
8	October 30	at Los Angeles Rams	W 17–3	5–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	57,898
9	November 6	Washington Redskins	W 37–10	6–2	Memorial Stadium	60,238
10	November 13	at Atlanta Falcons	W 19–7	7–2	Atlanta Stadium	58,850
11	November 20	at Detroit Lions	L 14–20	7–3	Tiger Stadium	52,383
12	November 27	Los Angeles Rams	L 7–23	7–4	Memorial Stadium	60,238
13	December 4	Chicago Bears	W 21–16	8–4	Memorial Stadium	60,238
14	December 10	Green Bay Packers	L 10–14	8–5	Memorial Stadium	60,238
15	December 18	at San Francisco 49ers	W 30–14	9–5	Kezar Stadium	40,005

A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	12	2	0	.857	10–2	335	163	W5
Baltimore Colts	9	5	0	.643	7–5	314	226	W1
Los Angeles Rams	8	6	0	.571	6–6	289	212	L1
San Francisco 49ers	6	6	2	.500	5–5–2	320	325	L1
Chicago Bears	5	7	2	.417	4–6–2	234	272	W1
Detroit Lions	4	9	1	.308	3–8–1	206	317	L3
Minnesota Vikings	4	9	1	.308	4–7–1	206	304	L1

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

Game summaries

Week 4: at Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	0	3	7	7	17
Bears	10	0	10	7	27

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Date: Sunday, October 9
Game weather: 67°F, wind 12 mph
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Game information

First Quarter

CHI – Roger LeClerc 42-yard field goal – Bears 3–0
CHI – Joe Fortunato 24-yard fumble return (Roger LeClerc kick) – Bears 10–0

Second Quarter

BAL – Lou Michaels 13-yard field goal – Bears 10–3

Third Quarter

CHI – Gale Sayers 30-yard run (Roger LeClerc kick) – Bears 17–3
CHI – Roger LeClerc 27-yard field goal – Bears 20–3
BAL – Bobby Boyd 37-yard interception return (Lou Michaels kick) – Bears 20–10

Fourth Quarter

CHI – Gale Sayers 7-yard run (Roger LeClerc kick) – Bears 27–10
BAL – John Mackey 79-yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Lou Michaels kick) – Bears 27–17

Colts

Johnny Unitas
18/38, 274 Yds, TD, 2 INT
Tom Matte
4 Rush, 57 Yds
John Mackey
2 Rec, 89 Yds, TD

Bears

Rudy Bukich
8/15, 96 Yds, INT
Gale Sayers
18 Rush, 106 Yds, 2 TD
Jimmy Jones
3 Rec, 64 Yds

Playoff Bowl

Main article: Playoff Bowl

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
January 8, 1967	Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–14	Orange Bowl	58,088

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References

↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 369

Indianapolis Colts

Formerly the Baltimore Colts (1953–1983)
Founded in 1953
Based in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise

Stadiums

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (20)

Super Bowl appearances (4)

League championships (5)

Retired numbers

Current league affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: American Football Conference
Division: South Division

^{*Tied for 1st place in their division, but since there was no tie-breaking system in 1965, a game was played to determine who went to the conference championship. The Colts lost the divisional playoff game.}

Seasons (63)

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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

1966 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Atlanta	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Chicago	Minnesota
	Dallas	St. Louis	Detroit	San Francisco
	NY Giants	Washington	Green Bay

Related: 1966 AFL Season

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