1967 Baltimore Colts season

The **1967 Baltimore Colts season** was the 15th season for the team in the National Football League. They ended the regular season with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. This was the same record the Los Angeles Rams achieved. Since the Rams were in the same division, the Colts lost the tie based on point differential in head-to-head games and thus did not make the playoffs.

The Colts' win percentage of .917 (The NFL did not count ties for such purposes until 1972) is the best in North American pro sports history for a team that did not make the playoffs

### Staff/Coaches

|style="text-align:center;border:2px solid grey; background-color:#002c5f;color:white;" colspan="7"|1967 Baltimore Colts staff|||
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|valign="top" style="font-size:95%;"|**Front Office** * Owner/President and Treasurer – Carroll Rosenbloom * General Manager – Harry Hulmes **Coaching Staff** * Head Coach – Don Shula ***Offensive Coaches*** * Receivers/Offensive Ends – Dick Bielski * Offensive Backs  – Don McCafferty * Offensive Line Coach - John Sandusky|valign="top" style="font-size:95%"|***Defensive Coaches*** * Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line - Bill Arnsparger * Defensive Backfield – Chuck Noll * Linebackers Coach –  Don Shula|

### Roster

|style="background: #002C5F; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid  #FFFFFF" id="79" colspan="10"|1967 Baltimore Colts roster|||||||
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|style="font-size:95%;vertical-align:top;" id="85"|**Quarterbacks** * 19 Johnny Unitas * 16 _Jim Ward_ **Running backs**  2 Timmy Brown * 33 Tony Lorick FB * 45 Jerry Hill 41 Tom Matte 26 _Preston Pearson_ **Wide receivers** 82 raymond Berry 25 Alex Hawkins 28 Jimmy Orr 29 _Don Alley_ 27 Ray Perkins 87 Willie Richardson **Tight ends** 88 John Mackey 84 Tom Mitchell 86 Butch Wilson|style="font-size:95%;vertical-align:top;" id="146"|**Offensive linemen** 67 Dale Memmelaar G/T 73 Sam Ball T 77 Jim Parker (American football) G/T * 50 Bill Curry C * 71 Dan Sullivan G 52 Dick Szymanski C 72 Bob Vogel T * 62 Glenn Ressler G 63 _Norman Davis (American football)_ G **Defensive linemen** 81 Ordell Braase DE 85 Roy Hilton DE 76 Fred Miller DT 74 Billy Ray Smith DT 78 _Bubba Smith_ DE 83 Andy Stynchula DE|style="font-size:95%;vertical-align:top;" id="198"|**Linebackers** 32 Mike Curtis 53 Dennis Gaubatz 55 _Ron Porter_ * 36 Barry Brown (American football) 66 Don Shinnick **Defensive backs** 30 Alvin Haymond KR 40 Bobby Boyd CB 20 Jerry Logan S 42 George Harold DB 43 Lenny Lyles CB 47 _Charlie Stukes_ CB 21 _Rick Volk_ S **Special teams** * 49 David Lee P * 79 Lou Michaels K|style="font-size:95%;vertical-align:top;" id="250"|**Reserve lists** None - vacant <small>_Rookies in italics_</small>|

### Schedule

|Week|Date|Opponent|Result|Record|Game Site|Attendance|||
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|align="center"|1|September 17, 1967|Atlanta Falcons|W 38–31|1–0|Memorial Stadium|style="text:align: center"|56,715|
|style="text:align: center"2|September 24, 1967|at Philadelphia Eagles|W 38–6|2–0|Franklin Field|style="text:align: center"|60,755||
|style="text:align: center"|3|October 1, 1967|San Francisco 49ers|W 41–7|3–0|Memorial Stadium|style="text:align: center"60,238||
|style="text:align: center"4|October 8, 1967|at Chicago Bears|W 24–3|4–0|Wrigley Field|style="text:align: center"47,190|||
|style="text:align: center"|5|October 15, 1967|Los Angeles Rams|T 24–24|4–0–1|Memorial Stadium|style="text:align: center"60,238||
|style="text:align: center"|6|October 22, 1967|at Minnesota Vikings|T 20–20|4–0–2|Metropolitan Stadium|style="text:align: center"47,693||
|style="text:align: center"|7|October 29, 1967|at Washington Redskins|W 17–13|5–0–2|D.C. Stadium|style="text:align: center"50,574||
|style="text:align: center"|8|November 5, 1967|Green Bay Packers|W 13–10|6–0–2|Memorial Stadium|style="text:align: center"|60,238|
|style="text:align: center"|9|November 12, 1967|at Atlanta Falcons|W 49–7|7–0–2|Atlanta Stadium|style="text:align: center"|58,850|
|style="text:align: center"|10|November 19, 1967|Detroit Lions|W 41–7|8–0–2|Memorial Stadium|style="text:align: center"|60,238|
|style="text:align: center"|11|November 26, 1967|at San Francisco 49ers|W 26–9|9–0–2|Kezar Stadium|style="text:align: center"|44,815|
|style="text:align: center"|12|December 3, 1967|Dallas Cowboys|W 23–17|10–0–2|Memorial Stadium|style="text:align: center"60,238||
|style="text:align: center"13|December 10, 1967|New Orleans Saints|W 30–10|11–0–2|Memorial Stadium|style="text:align: center"|60,238||
|style="text:align: center"|14|December 17, 1967|at Los Angeles Rams|L 10–34|11–1–2|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|style="text:align: center"77,277||

### Standings

|style="background-color:#D0E7FF" id="439" colspan="10"|NFL Coastal|||||||||||||||||||
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|style="text-align:left;" id="463"|Los Angeles Rams|id="466"|11|id="468"|1|id="470"|2|id="472"|.917|id="474"|4–1–1|id="476"|8–1–1|id="478"|398|id="480"|196|id="482"|W8|
|style="text-align:left;" id="485"|Baltimore Colts|id="488"|11|id="490"|1|id="492"|2|id="494"|.917|id="496"|4–1–1|id="498"|7–1–2|id="500"|394|id="502"|198|id="504"|L1|
|style="text-align:left;" id="507"|San Francisco 49ers|id="510"|7|id="512"|7|id="514"|0|id="516"|.500|id="518"|3–3|id="520"|4–6|id="522"|273|id="524"|337|id="526"|W2|
|style="text-align:left;" id="529"|Atlanta Falcons|id="532"|1|id="534"|12|id="536"|1|id="538"|.077|id="540"|0–6|id="542"|1–9|id="544"|175|id="546"|422|id="548"|L7|
**Note:** Tie games were not counted in the standings until 1972.

## Awards and honors

- Johnny Unitas, Bert Bell Award

## Infobox (nfl season)

- **team**: Baltimore Colts
- **year**: 1967
- **record**: 11–1–2
- **division place**: 2nd National Football League Coastal Division, Coastal
- **coach**: Don Shula
- **owner**: Carroll Rosenbloom
- **stadium**: Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), Memorial Stadium
- **playoffs**: _did not qualify_
- **shortnavlink**: Colts seasons