1970 Baltimore Colts season

The 1970 Baltimore Colts season was the 18th season of the second Colts franchise in the National Football League (NFL). Led by first-year head coach Don McCafferty, the Colts finished the 1970 season with a regular season record of 11 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie to win the first AFC East title. The Colts completed the postseason in Miami with a victory over the Cowboys in Super Bowl V, their first Super Bowl title and fourth NFL championship (1958, 1959, 1968, and 1970).

1970 Baltimore Colts season
Owner	Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager	Don Klosterman
Head coach	Don McCafferty
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	11–2–1
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoffs	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Bengals) 17–0 Won AFC Championship (vs. Raiders) 27–17 Won Super Bowl V (vs. Cowboys) 16–13
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The Baltimore Colts playing against the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V

Season history

In February 1970, head coach Don Shula departed after seven seasons for the Miami Dolphins,^[1][2] now in the same division, and offensive backfield coach McCafferty was promoted in early April.^[3][4][5]

NFL draft

Main article: 1970 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	18	Norm Bulaich	Running Back	TCU
2	44	Jim Bailey	Defensive tackle	Kansas
3	70	Jim O'Brien	Wide Receiver / Kicker	Cincinnati
3	74	Ara Person	Tight End	Morgan State
4	95	Steve Smear	Linebacker	Penn State
5	122	Billy Newsome	Defensive End	Grambling State
6	148	Ron Gardin	Defensive Back	Arizona
7	174	Gordon Slade	Quarterback	Davidson
8	199	Bob Bouley	Tackle	Boston College
9	226	Barney Harris	Defensive Back	Texas A&M

Personnel

Staff/Coaches

1970 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office Owner/president and treasurer – Carroll Rosenbloom General manager – Don Klosterman Coaching staff Head coach – Don McCafferty Offensive coaches Receivers/offensive ends – Dick Bielski Offensive coordinator – John Idzik Offensive line coach – Lou Rymkus		Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive line – John Sandusky Defensive backfield – Bobby Boyd Linebackers coach – Hank Bullough

Final roster

1970 Baltimore Colts roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 15 Earl Morrall 19 Johnny Unitas Running backs (RB) 36 Norm Bulaich 17 Sam Havrilak 45 Jerry Hill 40 Jack Maitland 34 Tom Nowatzke Wide receivers (WR) 33 Eddie Hinton 87 Roy Jefferson 28 Jimmy Orr 27 Ray Perkins Tight ends (TE) 88 John Mackey 84 Tom Mitchell

Offensive linemen (OL) 73 Sam Ball T 50 Bill Curry C 54 Tom Goode C 61 Cornelius Johnson G 62 Glenn Ressler G 71 Dan Sullivan T 72 Bob Vogel T 65 John Williams G Defensive linemen (DL) 85 Roy Hilton DE 76 Fred Miller DT 81 Billy Newsome DE 74 Billy Ray Smith DT 78 Bubba Smith DE 60 George Wright DT

Linebackers (LB) 32 Mike Curtis MLB 51 Bob Grant OLB 83 Ted Hendricks OLB 56 Ray May OLB 52 Robbie Nichols MLB Defensive backs (DB) 35 Jim Duncan CB 30 Ron Gardin CB 20 Jerry Logan SS 42 Tommy Maxwell CB 47 Charlie Stukes CB 21 Rick Volk FS Special teams (ST) 49 David Lee P 80 Jim O'Brien K

Practice squad 25 Tom Curtis S 67 Lynn Larson T 29 Paul Maliska WR 55 Dale McCullers LB 10 George Mira QB 68 Dennis Nelson T Reserve 65 Jim Bailey DT (IR) 41 Tom Matte RB (IR) Rookies in italics

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	August 8	at Oakland Raiders	W 33–21	1–0	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	53,519	Recap
2	August 14	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–3	2–0	Municipal Stadium	34,341	Recap
3	August 22	at Denver Broncos	W 24–7	3–0	Mile High Stadium	42,499	Recap
4	August 29	at Miami Dolphins	L 13–20	3–1	Miami Orange Bowl	73,533	Recap
5	September 5	vs. Detroit Lions	W 20–14	4–1	Carter–Finley Stadium (Raleigh, NC)	34,500	Recap
6	September 12	at Washington Redskins	L 14–17	4–2	RFK Stadium	46,045	Recap

Regular season

Main article: 1970 NFL season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 20	at San Diego Chargers	W 16–14	1–0	San Diego Stadium	47,782
2	September 28	Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–44	1–1	Memorial Stadium	53,911
3	October 4	at Boston Patriots	W 14–6	2–1	Harvard Stadium	38,235
4	October 11	at Houston Oilers	W 24–20	3–1	Astrodome	48,050
5	October 18	at New York Jets	W 29–22	4–1	Shea Stadium	63,301
6	October 25	Boston Patriots	W 27–3	5–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
7	November 1	Miami Dolphins	W 35–0	6–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
8	November 9	at Green Bay Packers	W 13–10	7–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	48,063
9	November 15	Buffalo Bills	T 17–17	7–1–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
10	November 22	at Miami Dolphins	L 17–34	7–2–1	Miami Orange Bowl	67,699
11	November 29	Chicago Bears	W 21–20	8–2–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
12	December 6	Philadelphia Eagles	W 29–10	9–2–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
13	December 13	at Buffalo Bills	W 20–14	10–2–1	War Memorial Stadium	34,346
14	December 19	New York Jets	W 35–20	11–2–1	Memorial Stadium	60,240
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	3	7	6	16
Chargers	0	0	7	7	14

• Date: September 20
• Location: San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California
• Game start: 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Game attendance: 47,782
• Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C) • Wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
• Referee: Jack Vest

Scoring summary

2		BAL	Jim O'Brien 25-yard field goal	Colts 3–0
3		SD	Gary Garrison 65-yard pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick)	Chargers 7–3
3		BAL	Norm Bulaich 1-yard run (Jim O'Brien kick)	Colts 10–7
4		BAL	Jim O'Brien 34-yard field goal	Colts 13–7
4		SD	Gary Garrison 43-yard pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick)	Chargers 14–13
4		BAL	Jim O'Brien 28-yard field goal	Colts 16–14

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Week 2

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chiefs	10	21	3	10	44
Colts	0	7	3	14	24

• Date: September 28
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 9:00 p.m. EDT
• Game attendance: 53,911
• Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h)
• Referee: Jim Tunney
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Don Meredith, and Howard Cosell

Scoring summary

Q1		KC	Richardson 48 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)	KC 7–0
Q1		KC	Stenerud 28 yard field goal	KC 10–0
Q2		KC	Holmes 13 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)	KC 17–0
Q2		KC	Robinson 46 yard fumble return (Stenerud kick)	KC 24–0
Q2		KC	Pitts 54 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)	KC 31–0
Q2		BAL	Jefferson 3 yard pass from Morall (O'Brien kick)	KC 31–7
Q3		BAL	O'Brien 26 yard field goal	KC 31–10
Q3		KC	Stenerud 17 yard field goal	KC 34–10
Q4		KC	Pitts 4 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick)	KC 41–10
Q4		BAL	Hinton 21 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	KC 41–17
Q4		BAL	Mitchell 2 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	KC 41–24
Q4		KC	Stenerud 48 yard field goal	KC 44–24

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Week 3

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	7	0	7	14
Patriots	0	3	0	3	6

• Date: October 4
• Location: Harvard Stadium, Boston
• Game start: 1:00 p.m. EDT
• Game attendance: 38,235
• Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C); wind 17 mph (27 km/h)
• Referee: Bernie Ulman

Scoring summary

Q2		BAL	Hinton 13 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	BAL 7–0
Q2		BOS	Cappelletti 13 yard field goal	BAL 7–3
Q4		BOS	Cappelletti 25 yard field goal	BAL 7–6
Q4		BAL	Jefferson 55 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 14–6

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Week 4

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	7	10	0	7	24
Oilers	0	7	7	6	20

• Date: October 11
• Location: Houston Astrodome, Houston
• Game start: 3:00 p.m. CDT
• Game attendance: 48,050
• Game weather: Indoors (dome)
• Referee: George Rennix

Scoring summary

Q1		BAL	Maitland 2 yard run (O'Brien kick)	BAL 7–0
Q2		BAL	Jefferson 17 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 14–0
Q2		HOU	LeVias 7 yard pass from Johnson (Gerela kick)	BAL 14–7
Q2		BAL	O'Brien 43 yard field goal	BAL 17–7
Q3		HOU	Hopkins 1 yard run (Gerela kick)	BAL 17–14
Q4		HOU	Gerela 27 yard field goal	Tie 17–17
Q4		HOU	Gerela 9 yard field goal	HOU 20–17
Q4		BAL	Jefferson 31 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 24–20

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Week 5

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	17	3	6	3	29
Jets	3	2	14	3	22

• Date: October 18
• Location: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
• Game start: 1:00 p.m. EDT
• Game attendance: 63,601
• Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h)
• Referee: Pat Haggerty

Scoring summary

Q1		BAL	O'Brien 28 yard field goal	BAL 3–0
Q1		BAL	Logan 31 yard interception return (O'Brien kick)	BAL 10–0
Q1		BAL	Mitchell 11 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 17–0
Q1		NYJ	Turner 41 yard field goal	BAL 17–3
Q2		BAL	O'Brien 18 yard field goal	BAL 20–3
Q2		NYJ	Safety, Maitland tackled by Elliot in end zone	BAL 20–5
Q3		BAL	Grant 27 yard interception return (kick failed)	BAL 26–5
Q3		NYJ	Bell 17 yard pass from Namath (Turner kick)	BAL 26–12
Q3		NYJ	Boozer 1 yard run (Turner kick)	BAL 26–19
Q4		BAL	O'Brien 28 yard field goal	BAL 29–19
Q4		NYJ	Turner 42 yard field goal	BAL 29–22

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This was the Super Bowl III rematch and it was truly a rematch but this time it favors the Colts as they opened up a 19–0 lead and never looked back. The Jets did mount a challenge led by Joe Namath's 392 yards passing, but he also had 6 interceptions as the Colts gain some revenge on this day.

Week 6

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	0	3	0	0	3
• Colts	3	14	3	7	27

• Date: October 25
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 60,240
• Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
• Referee: Bob Finley

Scoring summary

Q1		BAL	O'Brien 12 yard field goal	BAL 3–0
Q2		BOS	Gogolak 15 yard field goal	Tie 3–3
Q2		BAL	Maitland 5 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 10–3
Q2		BAL	Jefferson 15 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 17–3
Q3		BAL	O'Brien 48 yard field goal	BAL 20–3
Q4		BAL	Orr 26 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 27–3

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Week 7

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	0	0	0	0	0
• Colts	7	7	14	7	35

• Date: November 1
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 60,240
• Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C); wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
• Referee: Norm Schachter
• TV announcers (NBC): Jim Simpson and Al DeRogatis

Scoring summary

Q1		BAL	Gardin 80 yard punt return (O'Brien kick)	BAL 7–0
Q2		BAL	Bulaich 1 yard run (O'Brien kick)	BAL 14–0
Q3		BAL	Duncan 99 yard kickoff return (O'Brien kick)	BAL 21–0
Q3		BAL	Hinton 32 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 28–0
Q4		BAL	Mitchell 15 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	BAL 35–0

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Week 8

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	7	6	0	13
Packers	3	0	0	7	10

• Date: November 9
• Location: Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee
• Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST
• Game attendance: 48,063
• Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); wind 14 mph (23 km/h)
• Referee: Ben Dreith
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell

Scoring summary

Q1		GB	Livingston 20 yard field goal	GB 3–0
Q2		BAL	Hill 15 yard run (O'Brien kick)	BAL 7–3
Q3		BAL	O'Brien 42 yard field goal	BAL 10–3
Q3		BAL	O'Brien 29 yard field goal	BAL 13–3
Q4		GB	Grabowski 1 yard run (Livingston kick)	BAL 13–10

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Week 11

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	17	0	0	3	20
• Colts	0	14	0	7	21

• Date: November 29
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 60,240
• Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
• Referee: Jack Vest

Scoring summary

Q1		CHI	Farmer 20 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)	CHI 7–0
Q1		CHI	Percival 28 yard field goal	CHI 10–0
Q1		CHI	Coady 1 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)	CHI 17–0
Q2		BAL	Hill 1 yard run (O'Brien kick)	CHI 17–7
Q2		BAL	Jefferson 7 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	CHI 17–14
Q4		CHI	Percival 27 yard field goal	CHI 20–14
Q4		BAL	Mackey 54 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 21–20

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Week 12

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	3	7	0	10
• Colts	13	10	3	3	29

• Date: December 6
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 60,240
• Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); wind 22 mph (35 km/h)
• Referee: Bernie Ulman
• TV announcers (CBS): Lindsey Nelson and Don Perkins

Scoring summary

Q1		BAL	Mackey 14 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 7–0
Q1		BAL	Hinton 9 yard run (kick failed)	BAL 13–0
Q2		BAL	O'Brien 45 yard field goal	BAL 16–0
Q2		PHI	Moseley 38 yard field goal	BAL 16–3
Q2		BAL	Logan 33 yard interception return (O'Brien kick)	BAL 23–3
Q3		BAL	O'Brien 44 yard field goal	BAL 26–3
Q3		PHI	Snead 1 yard run (Moseley kick)	BAL 26–10
Q4		BAL	O'Brien 47 yard field goal	BAL 29–10

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Week 13

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	10	0	7	3	20
Bills	7	7	0	0	14

• Date: December 13
• Location: War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, New York
• Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 34,346
• Game weather: Snow • 28 °F (−2 °C) • Wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
• Referee: Bob Finley

Scoring summary

1		BAL	Jim O'Brien 32-yard field goal	Colts 3–0
1		BUF	Lloyd Pate 1-yard run (Grant Guthrie kick)	Bills 7–3
1		BAL	Tom Nowatzke 1-yard run (Jim O'Brien kick)	Colts 10–7
2		BUF	Marlin Briscoe 10-yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick)	Bills 14–10
3		BAL	Norm Bulaich 2-yard run (Jim O'Brien kick)	Colts 17–14
4		BAL	Jim O'Brien 38-yard field goal	Colts 20–14

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The Colts clinched the division title with the win.

Week 14

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	7	7	3	3	20
• Colts	0	14	7	14	35

• Date: December 19
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 3:00 p.m. EST
• Game attendance: 60,240
• Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); wind 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
• Referee: Tommy Bell
• TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote

Scoring summary

Q1		NYJ	Caster 15 yard pass from Woodall (Turner kick)	NYJ 7–0
Q2		BAL	Hinton 25 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	Tie 7–7
Q2		NYJ	Grantham 41 yard interception return (Turner kick)	NYJ 14–7
Q2		BAL	Hinton 7 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	Tie 14–14
Q3		BAL	Orr 18 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	BAL 21–14
Q3		NYJ	Turner 25 yard field goal	BAL 21–17
Q4		NYJ	Turner 29 yard field goal	BAL 21–20
Q4		BAL	Perkins 41 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick)	BAL 28–20
Q4		BAL	Hendricks recovered fumble in end zone (O'Brien kick)	BAL 35–20

• Earl Morrall 18/33, 348 Yds

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Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts	11	2	1	.846	6–1–1	8–2–1	321	234	W4
Miami Dolphins	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	297	228	W6
New York Jets	4	10	0	.286	2–6	2–9	255	286	L3
Buffalo Bills	3	10	1	.231	3–4–1	3–7–1	204	337	L5
Boston Patriots	2	12	0	.143	2–6	2–9	149	361	L3

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

AFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cincinnati Bengals	8	6	0	.571	3–3	7–4	312	255	W7
Cleveland Browns	7	7	0	.500	4–2	7–4	286	265	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	9	0	.357	3–3	5–6	210	272	L3
Houston Oilers	3	10	1	.231	2–4	3–7–1	217	352	L3

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

AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Oakland Raiders	8	4	2	.667	4–0–2	7–2–2	300	293	L1
Kansas City Chiefs	7	5	2	.583	2–3–1	7–3–1	272	244	L2
San Diego Chargers	5	6	3	.455	2–2–2	4–4–3	282	278	W1
Denver Broncos	5	8	1	.385	1–4–1	3–6–1	253	264	L1

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

Postseason

Main article: 1970–71 NFL playoffs

The team made it to the playoffs with the best record in the AFC. The Colts hosted both AFC playoff games that they played in. (It wasn't until the 1975 season that playoff teams were seeded by record; the fact that the Colts hosted both playoff games was just due to the rotation set up with the AFL–NFL merger.) The team won both AFC playoff games as well as Super Bowl V.

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
Divisional	December 26	Cincinnati Bengals	W 17–0	1–0	Memorial Stadium	51,127
AFC Championship	January 3, 1971	Oakland Raiders	W 27–17	2–0	Memorial Stadium	56,368
Super Bowl V	January 17, 1971	Dallas Cowboys	W 16–13	3–0	Miami Orange Bowl	80,055

Divisional

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	0	0	0
• Colts	7	3	0	7	17

• Date: December 26
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 30 °F (−1 °C); wind 15 mph (24 km/h)
• Referee: Jack Vest
• TV announcers (NBC): Jim Simpson and Al DeRogatis

Scoring summary

Q1		BAL	Jefferson 45 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 7–0
Q2		BAL	O'Brien 44 yard field goal	BAL 10–0
Q4		BAL	Hinton 53 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 17–0

The Colts hosted the Cincinnati Bengals in the divisional round. The Colts relied on their defense, which had carried them all season, to best the Bengals 17–0, holding Cincinnati to only 139 total yards.^[18]

Conference Championship

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	3	7	7	17
• Colts	3	7	10	7	27

• Date: January 3
• Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
• Game start: 2:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
• Referee: Ben Dreith
• TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote

Scoring summary

Q1		BAL	O'Brien 16 yard field goal	BAL 3–0
Q2		BAL	Bulaich 2 yard run (O'Brien kick)	BAL 10–0
Q2		OAK	Blanda 48 yard field goal	BAL 10–3
Q3		OAK	Biletnikoff 38 yard pass from Blanda (Blanda kick)	Tie 10–10
Q3		BAL	O'Brien 23 yard field goal	BAL 13–10
Q3		BAL	Bulaich 11 yard run (O'Brien kick)	BAL 20–10
Q4		OAK	Wells 15 yard pass from Blanda (Blanda kick)	BAL 20–17
Q4		BAL	Perkins 68 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick)	BAL 27–17

The Colts next hosted the Oakland Raiders for the AFC Championship game. The Colts jumped out to an early lead over the Raiders, 10–3 at halftime. Oakland came back to tie it up early in the 3rd quarter. The Colts would respond with a Jim O'Brien field goal and a second Bulaich touchdown. Johnny Unitas extended the lead with a 68-yard touchdown pass to Ray Perkins that made the score 27–17. The Colts would seal the win with an interception in the end zone.^[19]

Super Bowl

Main article: Super Bowl V

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	6	0	10	16
Cowboys	3	10	0	0	13

• Date: January 17
• Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
• Game start: 1:50 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C); wind 11 mph (18 km/h)
• Referee: Norm Schachter
• TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote, and Bill Enis

Scoring summary

Q1		DAL	Clark 14 yard field goal	DAL 3–0
Q2		DAL	Clark 30 yard field goal	DAL 6–0
Q2		BAL	Mackey 75 yard pass from Unitas (kick failed)	Tie 6–6
Q2		DAL	Thomas 7 yard pass from Morton (Clark kick)	DAL 13–6
Q4		BAL	Nowatzke 2 yard run (O'Brien kick)	Tie 13–13
Q4		BAL	O'Brien 32 yard field goal	BAL 16–13

The Colts made it to the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history and played the Dallas Cowboys for the NFL championship. In the 2nd quarter, Johnny Unitas threw a pass that was tipped twice before John Mackey caught it for a 75-yard score. Later in the quarter Unitas was injured and Earl Morrall completed a sloppy and turnover-filled game: the Colts committed a total of 7 turnovers, the Cowboys 4. Following an interception by Mike Curtis, Jim O'Brien kicked the game-winning 32-yard field goal, giving Baltimore a 16–13 lead with 5 seconds left in the game, and the victory.^[20]

See also

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