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1966 Baltimore Colts season

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Record
  
9–5

Start date
  
1966

Owner
  
Carroll Rosenbloom

Division place
  
2nd NFL Western

Head coach
  
Don Shula

Home field
  
Memorial Stadium

Playoff finish
  
Won Playoff Bowl (Eagles, 20–14)

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1967 Balti Colts season

The 1966 Baltimore Colts season was the 14th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1966 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses and finished second in the Western Conference.

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Schedule

  • A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

    • Standings

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

    Week 13: vs. Green Bay Packers

    Quarterback Zeke Bratkowski, in relief of Bart Starr, who suffered a muscle spasm in the first half, directed an 80-yard drive in the fourth quarter that resulted in a go-ahead touchdown run by Elijah Pitts for the Packers. John Unitas then led the Colts to the Green Bay 15, but there lost a fumble which came to be known as the 'Million Dollar Fumble', to secure the Packers' win that clinched the Western Conference title for Green Bay.

    References

    1966 Baltimore Colts season Wikipedia
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