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1954 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 131 points (10.9/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 279 points (23.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of -148 points (-12.3/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 1.7-10.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 8th.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (3-9-0)

1954 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 26 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Rams 0 48 14 196 177 19 4 26 563 403 160
2 Sat October 2 box W 1-1 New York Giants 20 14 14 330 269 61 1 21 253 101 152 2
3 Sun October 10 box L 1-2 @ Chicago Bears 9 28 8 139 85 54 3 14 242 161 81 4
4 Sat October 16 box L 1-3 @ Detroit Lions 0 35 11 213 58 155 3 20 372 335 37 2
5 Sun October 24 box L 1-4 Green Bay Packers 6 7 14 221 90 131 1 14 294 192 102 1
6 Sun October 31 box L 1-5 @ Washington Redskins 21 24 21 314 231 83 3 20 301 129 172 2
7 Sat November 6 box L 1-6 Detroit Lions 3 27 6 69 30 39 3 20 354 234 120 1
8 Sat November 13 box L 1-7 @ Green Bay Packers 13 24 12 324 84 240 3 22 342 154 188 2
9 Sun November 21 box L 1-8 Chicago Bears 13 28 21 337 156 181 7 19 333 173 160 2
10 Sun November 28 box W 2-8 San Francisco 49ers 17 13 15 297 136 161 3 22 325 120 205 2
11 Sat December 4 box W 3-8 @ Los Angeles Rams 22 21 16 221 166 55 1 18 259 104 155 9
12 Sat December 11 box L 3-9 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 10 17 273 177 96 2 18 292 194 98 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 131 2934 719 4.1 169 163 313 1659 9 22 4.7 90 364 1275 4 3.5 66 34 12 13
Team Defense 279 3930 780 5.0 373 178 330 2300 12 20 6.5 120 425 1630 21 3.8 234 30 10 19
Lg Rank Offense 12 12 12 10 11 11 4 12 10 10 11 9 4 2
Lg Rank Defense 8 5 10 3 7 3 9 9 10 8 12 6 11 11

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Gary Kerkorian 24 QB 10 10 117 217 53.9 1515 9 4.1 12 5.5 78 7.0 4.9 12.9 151.5 66.9
Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 28 64 43.8 309 0 0.0 5 7.8 29 4.8 1.3 11.0 25.8 26.1
Fred Enke 30 3 1 17 28 60.7 171 0 0.0 3 10.7 42 6.1 1.3 10.1 57.0 38.5
George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Tom Keane 28 LS 12 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.2
Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.6 12 163 313 52.1 1995 9 2.9 22 7.0 78 6.4 3.5 12.2 166.3 52.3
Opp Total 12 178 330 53.9 2300 12 3.6 20 6.1 7.0 4.6 12.9 191.7 62.9 25 203 6.5 3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 86 303 1 15 3.5 25.3 7.2 11 51 4.6 0 13 0.9 4.3 354 1 2
Buddy Young* 28 RH 10 0 70 311 2 57 4.4 31.1 7.0 15 272 18.1 3 78 1.5 27.2 583 5 1
Royce Womble 23 12 0 60 174 0 24 2.9 14.5 5.0 30 338 11.3 3 78 2.5 28.2 512 3 1
George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 48 157 0 29 3.3 14.3 4.4 14 122 8.7 1 29 1.3 11.1 279 1 1
Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 41 228 0 32 5.6 19.0 3.4 16 159 9.9 1 30 1.3 13.3 387 1 0
Gary Kerkorian 24 QB 10 10 22 36 1 11 1.6 3.6 2.2 36 1 6
John Huzvar 25 8 0 19 29 0 6 1.5 3.6 2.4 29 0 3
Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 11 31 0 15 2.8 2.6 0.9 31 0 4
Fred Enke 30 3 1 5 3 0 5 0.6 1.0 1.7 3 0 1
Don Shula 24 RDH 12 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 0.3 0.2 3 0 0
Dan Edwards 28 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 531 13.3 1 42 3.3 44.3 531 1 0
Lloyd Colteryahn 23 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 384 12.8 0 21 2.5 32.0 384 0 0
Jack Bighead 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 89 14.8 0 25 0.5 8.1 89 0 0
Jim Mutscheller 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 49 49.0 0 49 0.1 4.1 49 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 364 1275 4 57 3.5 106.3 30.3 163 1995 12.2 9 78 13.6 166.3 3270 13 20
Opp Total 12 425 1630 21 3.8 135.8 35.4 178 2300 12.9 12 14.8 191.7 3930 33 28

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Buddy Young* 28 RH 10 0 14 60 0 16 4.3 13 308 0 30 23.7 951
Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 8 52 0 13 6.5 7 167 0 35 23.9 606
George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 5 34 0 18 6.8 7 134 0 24 19.1 447
Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 6 22 0 9 3.7 3 26 0 12 8.7 48
Royce Womble 23 12 0 9 170 0 27 18.9 682
Bill Pellington 27 LLB 12 0 2 26 0 14 13.0 26
John Huzvar 25 8 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 29
Don Joyce 25 RDE 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Bob Langas 24 8 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Chuck McMillan 23 6 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
George Radosevich 26 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Charley Robinson 27 6 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 367
Team Total 25.6 12 33 168 0 18 5.1 48 899 0 35 18.7 4337
Opp Total 12 45 0 29 587 0 20.2

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 72 2680 55 1 37.2
Gary Kerkorian 24 QB 10 10 10 5 50.0% 12 11 91.7%
Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 13 6 46.2% 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 23 11 47.8% 13 12 92.3% 72 2680 55 1 37.2
Opp Total 12 19 9 47.4% 36 36 100.0% 57 2269 39.8

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Sisto Averno 29 3 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Campanella 24 MLB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cotton Davidson 23 P 12 1 4 1 0 0
Dan Edwards 28 RE 12 0 0 1 7 0
Doug Eggers 24 RLB 11 0 3 18 0 10 0 1 0 0
Fred Enke 30 3 1 1 1 0 0
John Huzvar 25 8 0 3 1 0 0
Don Joyce 25 RDE 12 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Keane 28 LS 12 0 5 22 0 9 0 1 0 0
Gary Kerkorian 24 QB 10 10 6 2 0 0
Bob Langas 24 8 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Leberman 22 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Mutscheller 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Buzz Nutter 23 C 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 2 27 0 21 0 1 5 0
Charley Robinson 27 6 0 0 1 0 1
Don Shula 24 RDH 12 0 5 84 0 25
George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 1 1 0 0
Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 2 15 0 15
Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 2 0 0 0
Royce Womble 23 12 0 1 0 0 0
Buddy Young* 28 RH 10 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 20 166 0 25 20 18 12 1 1
Opp Total 12 42 28 18

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gary Kerkorian 24 QB 10 10 1 11 5 32
Buddy Young* 28 RH 10 0 2 3 30
Bert Rechichar 24 RS 12 0 1 6 19
Royce Womble 23 12 0 3 18
Dan Edwards 28 RE 12 0 1 6
Charley Robinson 27 6 0 1 6
George Taliaferro 27 LH 11 0 1 6
Carl Taseff 26 LDH 12 0 1 6
Zollie Toth 30 FB 12 0 1 6
Tom Finnin 27 RDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.6 12 4 9 1 12 11 1 131
Opp Total 12 21 12 36 9 279