1969 Baltimore Colts season
| 1969 Baltimore Colts season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Don Shula |
| Owner | Carroll Rosenbloom |
| Home field | Memorial Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 8–5–1 |
| Division place | 2nd Coastal |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
The 1969 Baltimore Colts season was the 17th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1969 season with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie. They finished second in the Western Conference's Coastal division.
Coach Don Shula was let go after the season, a disappointing one many attributed to the hangover of losing to the heavy-underdog Jets in the Super Bowl the year before. It is one of the first instances of a Super Bowl hangover – in which the team that played in a Super Bowl the previous season, underperforms the next season.
Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game Site | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 21, 1969 | Los Angeles Rams | L 20–27 | 0–1 | Memorial Stadium | |
| 2 | September 28, 1969 | at Minnesota Vikings | L 14–52 | 0–2 | Metropolitan Stadium | |
| 3 | October 5, 1969 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 21–14 | 1–2 | Grant Field | |
| 4 | October 13, 1969 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 24–20 | 2–2 | Memorial Stadium | |
| 5 | October 19, 1969 | at New Orleans Saints | W 30–10 | 3–2 | Tulane Stadium | |
| 6 | October 26, 1969 | San Francisco 49ers | L 21–24 | 3–3 | Memorial Stadium | |
| 7 | November 2, 1969 | Washington Redskins | W 41–17 | 4–3 | Memorial Stadium | |
| 8 | November 9, 1969 | Green Bay Packers | W 14–6 | 5–3 | Memorial Stadium | |
| 9 | November 16, 1969 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 17–20 | 5–4 | Kezar Stadium | |
| 10 | November 23, 1969 | at Chicago Bears | W 24–21 | 6–4 | Wrigley Field | |
| 11 | November 30, 1969 | Atlanta Falcons | W 13–6 | 7–4 | Memorial Stadium | |
| 12 | December 7, 1969 | Detroit Lions | T 17–17 | 7–4–1 | Memorial Stadium | |
| 13 | December 13, 1969 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 10–27 | 7–5–1 | Cotton Bowl | |
| 14 | December 21, 1969 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 13–7 | 8–5–1 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |
Standings
| NFL Coastal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
| Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 5–1 | 7–3 | 320 | 243 | L3 |
| Baltimore Colts | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 3–3 | 5–4–1 | 279 | 268 | W1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 276 | 268 | W3 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 8 | 2 | .333 | 2–4 | 3–7 | 277 | 319 | W1 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
See also
References
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