1969 Baltimore Colts Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Don Shula (8-5-1)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1969 Baltimore Colts RosterTeam Record: 8-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Coastal Division
Coach: Don Shula (8-5-1)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1969 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 8 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's Coastal Division.
Baltimore ran up 279 points, while the defense conceded 268. Johnny Unitas passed for 2,342 yards. Tom Matte hauled in 43 passes, while Willie Richardson added 646 receiving yards, while John Mackey was targeted regularly, too.
Tom Matte carried the ball for a team-leading 909 yards for the Colts.
Rick Volk seized 4 opponent throws.
Don Shula coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Unitas | 327 | 178 | 54.4 | 2342 | 7.2 | 12 | 3.7 | 20 | 6.1 | 52 | 12 | 93 | 64.0 |
| Earl Morrall | 99 | 46 | 46.5 | 755 | 7.6 | 5 | 5.1 | 7 | 7.1 | 42 | 7 | 63 | 60.0 |
| Tom Matte | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 81.9 |
| Totals | 429 | 225 | 52.4 | 3143 | 7.3 | 17 | 4.0 | 27 | 6.3 | 52 | 19 | 156 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Matte | 235 | 909 | 3.9 | 26 | 11 |
| Terry Cole | 73 | 204 | 2.8 | 27 | 2 |
| Jerry Hill | 49 | 143 | 2.9 | 14 | 2 |
| Preston Pearson | 24 | 81 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Perry Dunn | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Conjar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 417 | 1490 | 3.6 | 29 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Richardson | 43 | 646 | 15.0 | 39 | 3 |
| Tom Matte | 43 | 513 | 11.9 | 49 | 2 |
| John Mackey | 34 | 443 | 13.0 | 52 | 2 |
| Ray Perkins | 28 | 391 | 14.0 | 47 | 3 |
| Jimmy Orr | 25 | 474 | 19.0 | 47 | 2 |
| Eddie Hinton | 13 | 269 | 20.7 | 46 | 1 |
| Jerry Hill | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 9 | 199 | 22.1 | 51 | 3 |
| Terry Cole | 9 | 65 | 7.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Perry Dunn | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 225 | 3143 | 14.0 | 52 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Volk | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 192 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Pearson | 31 | 706 | 22.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 19 | 560 | 29.5 | 92 | 1 |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 1290 | 25.3 | 92 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Volk | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Maxwell | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Grant | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ocie Austin | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dennis Gaubatz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 106 | 7.1 | 23 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Logan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bubba Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Volk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Ball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Curry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry Dunn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Richardson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Grimm | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Cole | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Unitas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Mackey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Havrilak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Matte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Tom Matte | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||
| Lou Michaels | 14 | 33 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Willie Richardson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Tom Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Terry Cole | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Ray Perkins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| John Mackey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Orr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jerry Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jim Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Eddie Hinton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 16 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 279 |
