1971 Baltimore Colts Statistics
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Don McCafferty (10-4)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1971 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Baltimore piled up points with 313 points, while the solid defense allowed 140. Norm Bulaich ran for a team-leading 741 yards for the Colts, while Tom Matte additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Earl Morrall tossed for 1,210 yards. Tom Mitchell topped pass catchers, hauling in 33 balls, while Eddie Hinton added 436 receiving yards, while Ray Perkins, Tom Matte and Norm Bulaich each were targeted regularly as well.
Charlie Stukes intercepted 8 opponent throws.
Don McCafferty coached the team. The 1971 Baltimore Colts lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Morrall | 167 | 84 | 50.3 | 1210 | 7.2 | 7 | 4.2 | 12 | 7.2 | 64 | 11 | 89 | 58.2 |
| Johnny Unitas | 176 | 92 | 52.3 | 942 | 5.4 | 3 | 1.7 | 9 | 5.1 | 35 | 15 | 129 | 52.3 |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 344 | 176 | 51.2 | 2152 | 6.3 | 10 | 2.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 64 | 27 | 230 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Bulaich | 152 | 741 | 4.9 | 67 | 8 |
| Tom Matte | 173 | 607 | 3.5 | 26 | 8 |
| Don Nottingham | 95 | 388 | 4.1 | 36 | 5 |
| Don McCauley | 58 | 246 | 4.2 | 19 | 2 |
| Eddie Hinton | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Willie Richardson | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Pittman | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 512 | 2149 | 4.2 | 67 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Mitchell | 33 | 402 | 12.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 29 | 239 | 8.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Eddie Hinton | 25 | 436 | 17.4 | 33 | 2 |
| Norm Bulaich | 25 | 229 | 9.2 | 30 | 2 |
| Ray Perkins | 24 | 424 | 17.7 | 64 | 4 |
| Don Nottingham | 15 | 88 | 5.9 | 35 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 11 | 143 | 13.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Richardson | 10 | 173 | 17.3 | 49 | 2 |
| Don McCauley | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 176 | 2152 | 12.2 | 64 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Volk | 22 | 118 | 5.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Ron Gardin | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 65 | 0 |
| Rex Kern | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Curtis | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 351 | 8.2 | 65 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Pittman | 14 | 330 | 23.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 8 | 194 | 24.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 679 | 21.2 | 54 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Stukes | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Ted Hendricks | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Curtis | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Billy Newsome | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Ray May | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 367 | 13.1 | 46 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Mendenhall | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Volk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Newsome | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray May | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Nelson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Matte | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don McCauley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Havrilak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hendricks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Bailey | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Unitas | 3 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Ressler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Curtis | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mackey | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Hilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rex Kern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Stukes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Pittman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim O'Brien | 20 | 35 | 0 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Tom Matte | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Don Nottingham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Ray Perkins | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Willie Richardson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Billy Newsome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ted Hendricks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 311 |
