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1960 Baltimore Colts season

1960 Baltimore Colts season

Carroll Rosenbloom
Don "Red" Kellett
Weeb Ewbank
Memorial Stadium
6–6
4th NFL Western
Did not qualify

The 1960 Baltimore Colts season was the eighth for the team in the National Football League. The season started well for the Colts going 6–2. The team looked like they would win their third straight championship. Then in a game on Dec. 4th against the Detroit Lions, star running back Alan Ameche tore his Achilles tendon and missed the final two games. The injury ended his career. With Ameche out, the Colts ended the season losing their last three games, for a total of four consecutive losses. Their record was 6 wins and 6 losses. The team went from first to fourth place in the Western Conference. As a result, their two-year reign as NFL champions came to an end.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
September 25	Washington Redskins	W 20–0	1–0	Memorial Stadium	53,818
October 2	Chicago Bears	W 42–7	2–0	Memorial Stadium	57,808
October 9	at Green Bay Packers	L 21–35	2–1	Lambeau Field	32,150
October 16	Los Angeles Rams	W 31–17	3–1	Memorial Stadium	57,808
October 23	at Detroit Lions	L 17–30	3–2	Tiger Stadium	53,854
October 30	at Dallas Cowboys	W 45–7	4–2	Cotton Bowl	25,500
November 6	Green Bay Packers	W 38–24	5–2	Memorial Stadium	57,808
November 13	at Chicago Bears	W 24–20	6–2	Wrigley Field	48,713
Bye
November 27	San Francisco 49ers	L 22–30	6–3	Memorial Stadium	57,808
December 4	Detroit Lions	L 15–20	6–4	Memorial Stadium	57,808
December 11	at Los Angeles Rams	L 3–10	6–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	75,461
December 18	at San Francisco 49ers	L 10–34	6–6	Kezar Stadium	57,269
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Johnny Unitas extends his record TD-a-game string to 38 with a scoring pass to Raymond Berry. Lenny Moore rammed 4 yards for a touchdown, and Steve Myhra kicked 28 and 18-yard field goals as the Colts began their challenge (unsuccessfully at the end) for a 3rd straight World Championship.

NFL Western Conference
Green Bay Packers	8	4	0	.667	7–4	332	209	W3
Detroit Lions	7	5	0	.583	7–4	239	212	W4
San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	.583	7–4	208	205	W1
Baltimore Colts	6	6	0	.500	5–6	288	234	L4
Chicago Bears	5	6	1	.455	5–5–1	194	299	L3
Los Angeles Rams	4	7	1	.364	4–6–1	265	297	L1
Dallas Cowboys	0	11	1	.000	0–6	177	369	L1

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

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
Quarterbacks (QB)
17 Ray Brown P/SS
19 Johnny Unitas
Running backs (RB)

35 Alan Ameche 25 Alex Hawkins 43 Ed Kovac 31 Billy Pricer 26 Mike Sommer 46 Jim Welch Wide receivers (WR)

82 Raymond Berry 24 Lenny Moore 87 Jerry Richardson Tight ends (TE)

21 Art DeCarlo 84 Jim Mutscheller | | Offensive linemen (OL) 50 Buzz Nutter C 77 Jim Parker T 79 Sherman Plunkett T 60 George Preas T 62 Palmer Pyle G 68 Alex Sandusky G 73 Lebron Shields T/G 63 Art Spinney G Defensive linemen (DL)

81 Ordell Braase DE 75 Jim Colvin DT/DE 70 Art Donovan DT 83 Don Joyce DE/DT 76 Gene Lipscomb DT 89 Gino Marchetti DE | | Linebackers (LB) 64 Marv Matuszak OLB/MLB 36 Bill Pellington OLB 66 Don Shinnick OLB 61 Zeke Smith MLB/G 52 Dick Szymanski MLB Defensive backs (DB)

40 Bobby Boyd CB 20 Milt Davis CB 80 Andy Nelson SS 44 Johnny Sample FS 41 Jackie Simpson FS 23 Carl Taseff CB Special teams (ST)

65 Steve Myhra K/G | | Reserve

55 Jackie Burkett LB (IR)

Rookies in italics |

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