1961 Baltimore Colts season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1961 Baltimore Colts season was the ninth for the team in the National Football League. They finished the Template:Nfly season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, tied for third in the Western Conference with the Chicago Bears.

Upset by the expansion Minnesota Vikings on November 12, the Colts dipped to 4–5;^[1] they won four of the last five to finish with a winning record.

Roster

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1	Template:Dow tooltip	vs. Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–24	0–1	Victory Stadium	15,000
2	Template:Dow tooltip	Minnesota Vikings	W 13–3	1–1	Memorial Stadium	10,203
3	Template:Dow tooltip	vs. Washington Redskins	W 41–7	2–1	Foreman Field	20,302
4	Template:Dow tooltip	vs. Dallas Cowboys	L 24–35	2–2	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	19,000
5	September 10	vs. New York Giants	W 49–20	3–2	Yale Bowl	50,737

Program for the December 3 game against the visiting San Francisco 49ers.

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1	September 17	Los Angeles Rams	W 27–24	1–0	Memorial Stadium	54,259
2	September 24	Detroit Lions	L 15–16	1–1	Memorial Stadium	54,259
3	October 1	Minnesota Vikings	W 34–33	2–1	Memorial Stadium	54,259
4	October 8	at Green Bay Packers	L 7–45	2–2	Lambeau Field	38,669
5	October 15	at Chicago Bears	L 10–24	2–3	Wrigley Field	48,719
6	October 22	at Detroit Lions	W 17–14	3–3	Tiger Stadium	53,016
7	October 29	Chicago Bears	L 20–21	3–4	Memorial Stadium	57,641
8	November 5	Green Bay Packers	W 45–21	4–4	Memorial Stadium	57,641
9	November 12	at Minnesota Vikings	L 20–28	4–5	Metropolitan Stadium	38,010
10	November 19	St. Louis Cardinals	W 16–0	5–5	Memorial Stadium	56,112
11	November 26	at Washington Redskins	W 27–6	6–5	D.C. Stadium	41,062
12	December 3	San Francisco 49ers	W 20–17	7–5	Memorial Stadium	57,641
13	Template:Dow tooltip	at Los Angeles Rams	L 17–34	7–6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	41,268
14	Template:Dow tooltip	at San Francisco 49ers	W 27–24	8–6	Kezar Stadium	45,517
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

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