1954 Baltimore Colts Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (3-9)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1954 Baltimore Colts RosterTeam Record: 3-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (3-9)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1954 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.
The Colts managed just 131 points, worst in the league, and the defensive squad gave up 279. Buddy Young ran for a team-leading 311 yards for Baltimore, while Zollie Toth also buoyed the ground attack.
Gary Kerkorian passed for 1,515 yards. Dan Edwards topped the receiving corps, hauling in 40 balls for 531 yards. Lloyd Colteryahn and Royce Womble contributed to the receiving game, too.
Tom Keane and Don Shula each intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Weeb Ewbank coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kerkorian | 217 | 117 | 53.9 | 1515 | 7.0 | 9 | 4.1 | 12 | 5.5 | 78 | 66.9 |
| Cotton Davidson | 64 | 28 | 43.8 | 309 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7.8 | 29 | 26.1 |
| Fred Enke | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 171 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.7 | 42 | 38.5 |
| Tom Keane | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 313 | 163 | 52.1 | 1995 | 6.4 | 9 | 2.9 | 22 | 7.0 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 70 | 311 | 4.4 | 57 | 2 |
| Zollie Toth | 86 | 303 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Carl Taseff | 41 | 228 | 5.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 60 | 174 | 2.9 | 24 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 48 | 157 | 3.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 22 | 36 | 1.6 | 11 | 1 |
| Cotton Davidson | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 15 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 19 | 29 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Shula | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Enke | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 364 | 1275 | 3.5 | 57 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Edwards | 40 | 531 | 13.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 30 | 384 | 12.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 30 | 338 | 11.3 | 78 | 3 |
| Carl Taseff | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 30 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 15 | 272 | 18.1 | 78 | 3 |
| George Taliaferro | 14 | 122 | 8.7 | 29 | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Jack Bighead | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Totals | 163 | 1995 | 12.2 | 78 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 19 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 12 | 11 | 91.7 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 26 |
| Totals | 13 | 12 | 92.3 | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 45 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Davidson | 72 | 2680 | 37.2 | 55 |
| Totals | 72 | 2680 | 37.2 | 55 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 168 | 5.1 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 13 | 308 | 23.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 9 | 170 | 18.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 7 | 167 | 23.9 | 35 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Charley Robinson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Langas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Joyce | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck McMillan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Huzvar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Radosevich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 48 | 899 | 18.7 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shula | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Keane | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Doug Eggers | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Leberman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Campanella | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 166 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kerkorian | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sisto Averno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Campanella | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Don Joyce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cotton Davidson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Leberman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Eggers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Langas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Huzvar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mutscheller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Nutter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Enke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Keane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Edwards | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Royce Womble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 32 | |||||||||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
| Royce Womble | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Carl Taseff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dan Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| George Taliaferro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Charley Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tom Finnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 131 |
