1975 Baltimore Colts season

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1975 Baltimore Colts season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Football League. Under first-year head coach Ted Marchibroda, the Colts finished the 1975 season with 10 wins and 4 losses, and tied for first in the AFC East division with the Miami Dolphins; Baltimore won the division tiebreaker based on a head-to-head sweep of Miami — the first sweep of the Dolphins in their six years under head coach Don Shula.[1][2]

The Colts won their opener, lost four straight, then swept their final nine games and narrowly edged the Dolphins for the division title.[2] The turnaround season became forever known by Colts fans afterward as The Miracle on 33rd Street.

This was the first of three consecutive AFC East titles for the Colts. Hired in January, Marchibroda was previously the offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins under head coach George Allen.[3] The 1975 Colts coaching staff included 23-year-old assistant Bill Belichick, his first association with an NFL team and first coaching position.

Offseason

Draft

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1 3 Ken Huff G North Carolina
3 53 Mike Washington CB Alabama
56 Dave Pear DT Washington
4 80 Marshall Johnson WR Houston
93 Paul Linford DT BYU
5 105 Roosevelt Leaks RB Texas
6 131 Don Westbrook WR Nebraska
7 157 Kim Jones RB Colorado State
160 Steve Joachim QB Temple
168 Derrel Luce LB Baylor
8 184 John Bushong DE Western Kentucky
187 Greg Denboer TE Michigan
192 Mario Cage RB Northwestern Louisiana
9 209 Royce McKinney DB Kentucky State
10 236 Phil Waganheim P Maryland
11 261 David Hazel WR Ohio State
12 288 Brad Storm LB Iowa State
13 313 John Roman G Idaho State
14 340 Mike Smith C SMU
15 365 John Goodie RB Langston
16 392 Bill Malouf QB Ole Miss
399 Mike Evavold DT MacAlester
416 Robert Smith DB Maryland
17 417 David McKnight LB Georgia
426 Mike Bengard DE Northwestern (Iowa)
440 Frank Russel WR Maryland

Personnel

Staff/Coaches

1975 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office

Coaching staff

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – George Boutselis

Final roster

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Regular season

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Schedule

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1 September 21 at Chicago Bears W 35–7 1–0 Soldier Field 54,152 Recap
2 September 28 Oakland Raiders L 20–31 1–1 Memorial Stadium 40,657 Recap
3 October 5 at Los Angeles Rams L 13–24 1–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 62,491 Recap
4 October 12 Buffalo Bills L 31–38 1–3 Memorial Stadium 43,907 Recap
5 October 19 at New England Patriots L 10–21 1–4 Schaefer Stadium 51,417 Recap
6 October 26 at New York Jets W 45–28 2–4 Shea Stadium 55,137 Recap
7 November 2 Cleveland Browns W 21–7 3–4 Memorial Stadium 35,235 Recap
8 November 9 at Buffalo Bills W 42–35 4–4 Rich Stadium 77,320 Recap
9 November 16 New York Jets W 52–19 5–4 Memorial Stadium 52,097 Recap
10 November 23 at Miami Dolphins W 33–17 6–4 Orange Bowl 61,986 Recap
11 November 30 Kansas City Chiefs W 28–14 7–4 Memorial Stadium 42,122 Recap
12 December 7 at New York Giants W 21–0 8–4 Shea Stadium 49,863 Recap
13 December 14 Miami Dolphins W 10–7OTScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 9–4 Memorial Stadium 59,398 Recap
14 December 21 New England Patriots W 34–21 10–4 Memorial Stadium 48,678 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

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Playoffs

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Divisional December 27 at Pittsburgh Steelers (1) L 10–28 Three Rivers Stadium 49,053 Recap

Awards and honors

See also

References

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