1975 Baltimore Colts season
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1975 Baltimore Colts season
| 1975 Baltimore Colts season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Ted Marchibroda | ||||||
| Home field | Memorial Stadium | ||||||
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| Record | 10–4 | ||||||
| Division Place | T-1st AFC East | ||||||
| Playoff finish | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 28–10 | ||||||
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The 1975 Baltimore Colts season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1975 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, and finished tied for first in the AFC East division with the Miami Dolphins. However, the Colts won the division tiebreaker with Miami based on a head-to-head sweep (2–0). The Colts started the season losing four of their first five games, before sweeping their final nine games and narrowly beating out Miami for the division title.
The 1975 Colts coaching staff included 23-year-old assistant Bill Belichick, his first association with an NFL team and first coaching position. Belichick would go on to win two Super Bowls as defensive coordinator with the New York Giants in 1986 and 1990, and three more as head coach of the New England Patriots in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
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Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game Site | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 21, 1975 | at Chicago Bears | W 35–7 | 1–0 | Soldier Field |
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| 2 | September 28, 1975 | Oakland Raiders | L 20–31 | 1–1 | Memorial Stadium |
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| 3 | October 5, 1975 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 13–24 | 1–2 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| 4 | October 12, 1975 | Buffalo Bills | L 31–38 | 1–3 | Memorial Stadium |
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| 5 | October 19, 1975 | at New England Patriots | L 10–21 | 1–4 | Schaeffer Stadium |
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| 6 | October 26, 1975 | at New York Jets | W 45–28 | 2–4 | Shea Stadium |
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| 7 | November 2, 1975 | Cleveland Browns | W 21–7 | 3–4 | Memorial Stadium |
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| 8 | November 9, 1975 | at Buffalo Bills | W 42–35 | 4–4 | Rich Stadium |
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| 9 | November 16, 1975 | New York Jets | W 52–19 | 5–4 | Memorial Stadium |
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| 10 | November 23, 1975 | at Miami Dolphins | W 33–17 | 6–4 | Miami Orange Bowl |
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| 11 | November 30, 1975 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 28–14 | 7–4 | Memorial Stadium |
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| 12 | December 7, 1975 | at New York Giants | W 21–0 | 8–4 | Shea Stadium |
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| 13 | December 14, 1975 | Miami Dolphins | W 10–7 | 9–4 | Memorial Stadium |
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| 14 | December 21, 1975 | New England Patriots | W 34–21 | 10–4 | Memorial Stadium |
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Standings
| AFC East | ||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA |
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| Baltimore Colts | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 395 | 269 |
| Miami Dolphins | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 357 | 222 |
| Buffalo Bills | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 420 | 355 |
| New York Jets | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 258 | 433 |
| New England Patriots | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 258 | 358 |
Playoffs
The team made it to the playoffs as a No. 3 seed and traveled to Pittsburgh to play Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional round. After being tied at 7 at the half the Steelers outscored the Colts 21–3 in the second half. The Steelers defense forced 4 turnovers and held the Colts to 154 total yards of offense in their 28–10 win.
| Playoff Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Record | Game Site | Attendance |
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| Divisional | December 27, 1975 | at Pittsburgh Steelers (1) | L 10–28 | 0–1 | Three Rivers Stadium |
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Awards and honors
- Sporting News Executive of the Year: Joe Thomas
- AP Coach of the Year, PFW Coach of the Year, Sporting News Coach of the Year, UPI AFC Coach of the Year: Ted Marchibroda
See also
References
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 296
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