1961 Baltimore Colts season

1961 Baltimore Colts season
Owner	Carroll Rosenbloom
Head coach	Weeb Ewbank
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	8–6
Division place	T-3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1961 Baltimore Colts season was the ninth season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1961 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses and finished tied for third in the Western Conference with the Chicago Bears. There weren't any tiebreakers until 1967.

Roster

1961 Baltimore Colts roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 19 Johnny Unitas Running backs (RB) 27 Tom Matte 24 Lenny Moore Wide receivers (WR) 82 Raymond Berry 25 Alex Hawkins Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL) 77 Jim Parker T 52 Dick Szymanski C Defensive linemen (DL) 81 Ordell Braase DE 70 Art Donovan DT 89 Gino Marchetti DE 83 Billy Ray Smith DT

Linebackers (LB) 55 Jackie Burkett 66 Don Shinnick Defensive backs (DB) {{{defensive_back}}} Special teams

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 17, 1961	Los Angeles Rams	W 27–24	1–0	Memorial Stadium	54,259
2	September 24, 1961	Detroit Lions	L 15–16	1–1	Memorial Stadium	54,259
3	October 1, 1961	Minnesota Vikings	W 34–33	2–1	Memorial Stadium	54,259
4	October 8, 1961	at Green Bay Packers	L 7–45	2–2	Lambeau Field	38,669
5	October 15, 1961	at Chicago Bears	L 10–24	2–3	Wrigley Field	48,719
6	October 22, 1961	at Detroit Lions	W 17–14	3–3	Tiger Stadium	53,016
7	October 29, 1961	Chicago Bears	L 20–21	3–4	Memorial Stadium	57,641
8	November 5, 1961	Green Bay Packers	W 45–21	4–4	Memorial Stadium	57,641
9	November 12, 1961	at Minnesota Vikings	L 20–28	4–5	Metropolitan Stadium	38,010
10	November 19, 1961	St. Louis Cardinals	W 16–0	5–5	Memorial Stadium	56,112
11	November 26, 1961	at Washington Redskins	W 27–6	6–5	D.C. Stadium	41,062
12	December 3, 1961	San Francisco 49ers	W 20–17	7–5	Memorial Stadium	57,641
13	December 9, 1961	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–34	7–6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	41,268
14	December 16, 1961	at San Francisco 49ers	W 27–24	8–6	Kezar Stadium	45,517

Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	11	3	0	.786	9–3	391	223	W1
Detroit Lions	8	5	1	.615	7–4–1	270	258	L1
Chicago Bears	8	6	0	.571	7–5	326	302	W2
Baltimore Colts	8	6	0	.571	6–6	302	307	W1
San Francisco 49ers	7	6	1	.538	6–5–1	346	272	L1
Los Angeles Rams	4	10	0	.286	3–9	263	333	L1
Minnesota Vikings	3	11	0	.214	3–9	285	407	L2

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

See also

• History of the Indianapolis Colts
• Indianapolis Colts seasons
• Colts–Patriots rivalry