1964 Baltimore Colts season

Head coach Don Shula
1964 Baltimore Colts season
OwnerCarroll Rosenbloom
General managerDon "Red" Kellett
Head coachDon Shula
Home fieldMemorial Stadium
Results
Record12–2
Division place1st NFL Western
Playoff finishLost NFL Championship
(at Browns) 0–27

The 1964 Baltimore Colts season was the 12th season of the second Colts franchise in the National Football League. The Colts finished the regular season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, good for first place in the Western Conference.[1][2] It was their first conference title since 1959.[3]

After an opening loss at Minnesota,[4] the Colts won eleven straight,[5] dropped a home game in December to Detroit,[6] then easily won the finale with Washington.[7]

Baltimore met the Cleveland Browns (10–3–1) of the Eastern Conference in the NFL Championship Game in Cleveland, won by the underdog Browns, 27–0.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ Shula, Don; Maule, Tex (January 11, 1965). "How the Colts met triumph — and disaster". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  2. ^ Shula, Don; Maule, Tex (January 18, 1965). "The road to the title in the West". Sports Illustrated. p. 42.
  3. ^ "Colts jar Rams, 24-7, to clinch Western title". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 23, 1964. p. 4, part 2.
  4. ^ "Vikings, 34-24". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 14, 1964. p. 3B.
  5. ^ "Colts edge fumbling Frisco". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 30, 1964. p. 3B.
  6. ^ "Lions smash Baltimore, 31-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 7, 1964. p. 3B.
  7. ^ "Moore, Berry break records". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 14, 1964. p. 3B.
  8. ^ Johnson, Chuck (December 28, 1964). "Browns play best game of year, Colts their worst - result: 27-0". Milwaukee Journal. p. 10, part 2.
  9. ^ "Cleveland Browns blank Colts for NFL title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 28, 1964. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Cleveland wallops Baltimore, 27-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 28, 1964. p. 1D.