1969 Baltimore Colts season


The 1969 Baltimore Colts season was the 17th season for the team in the National Football League. The Colts finished the National Football League's season with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie. Led by seventh-year head coach Don Shula, Baltimore finished second in the Western Conference's Coastal division, well behind the Los Angeles Rams.
Many attributed the disappointing season to the hangover of losing to the heavy-underdog New York Jets in Super Bowl III in January 1969. 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.
Two months after the season, Shula departed in February 1970 for the Miami Dolphins,

NFL/AFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
125Eddie HintonFlankerOklahoma
233Ted HendricksLinebackerMiami
377Dennis NelsonTackleIllinois Normal
49Jacky StewartRunning backTexas Tech
525King DunlapDefensive tackleTennessee State
624Bill FortierTackleLSU
77Gary FlemingDefensive endSamford
725Roland MossRunning backToledo
825Sam HavrilakQuarterbackBucknell
92George WrightDefensive tackleSam Houston State
924Larry GoodQuarterbackGeorgia Tech
1025Marion GriffinTight endPurdue
1125Ken DelaneyTackleAkron
1224Butch RileyLinebackerTexas A&I
1326Carl MauckLinebackerSouthern Illinois
1425Dave BarteltLinebackerColorado
1525George ThompsonDefensive backMarquette
1625James McMillanRunning backThe Citadel
1725Joe CowanWide receiverJohns Hopkins

Personnel

Staff/Coaches

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame SiteAttendance
1September 21Los Angeles RamsL 20–270–1Memorial Stadium
56,864
2September 28at Minnesota VikingsL 14–520–2Metropolitan Stadium
47,644
3October 5at Atlanta FalconsW 21–141–2Grant Field
57,806
4October 13Philadelphia EaglesW 24–202–2Memorial Stadium
56,864
5October 19at New Orleans SaintsW 30–103–2Tulane Stadium
80,636
6October 26San Francisco 49ersL 21–243–3Memorial Stadium
60,238
7November 2Washington RedskinsW 41–174–3Memorial Stadium
60,238
8November 9Green Bay PackersW 14–65–3Memorial Stadium
60,238
9November 16at San Francisco 49ersL 17–205–4Kezar Stadium
38,472
10November 23at Chicago BearsW 24–216–4Wrigley Field
45,455
11November 30Atlanta FalconsW 13–67–4Memorial Stadium
60,238
12December 7Detroit LionsT 17–177–4–1Memorial Stadium
60,238
13December 13at Dallas CowboysL 10–277–5–1Cotton Bowl
63,191
14December 21at Los Angeles RamsW 13–78–5–1Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
73,326