1967 Baltimore Colts season

1967 Baltimore Colts season
OwnerCarroll Rosenbloom
General managerHarry Hulmes
Head coachDon Shula
Home fieldMemorial Stadium
Results
Record11–1–2
Division place2nd Coastal
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1967 Baltimore Colts season was the fifteenth season for the team in the National Football League. They finished the regular season with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties, the same record in the Western Conference's Coastal division with the Los Angeles Rams, who defeated them in the regular season finale; the two had tied in mid-October. The Colts lost the new tiebreaker (point differential in head-to-head games) and thus did not make the playoffs,[1][2][3] which included only the four division winners.

The Colts' official winning percentage of .917 (based on the NFL's non-counting of ties for such purposes prior to 1972) is the best in North American professional sports history for a non-playoff-qualifying team. It is also remarkable that the Colts entered the final game undefeated and yet did not qualify for the playoffs.

  1. ^ "Unitas watches Roman carnival from turf". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. December 18, 1967. p. 26.
  2. ^ "Rams swamp Colts, gain play-off, 34-10". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. December 18, 1967. p. 17, part 2.
  3. ^ Maule, Tex (December 25, 1967). "Year of the Ram". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.