The Colts playing against the Cowboys in Super Bowl V
The 1970 Baltimore Colts season was the 18th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1970 season with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie. They won the first AFC East title. The Colts finished their season in Miami with a Super Bowl victory over the Cowboys, their first Super Bowl title and 3rd world championship overall (1958, 1959, and 1970.)
Personnel
Staff/Coaches
| 1970 Baltimore Colts staff |
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Coaching Staff
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
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Final roster
| 1970 Baltimore Colts roster |
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Rookies in italics
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Regular season
Schedule
| Week |
Date |
Opponent |
Result |
Record |
Game Site |
Attendance |
| 1 |
September 20, 1970 |
at San Diego Chargers |
W 16–14 |
1–0 |
San Diego Stadium |
47,782 |
| 2 |
September 28, 1970 |
Kansas City Chiefs |
L 24–44 |
1–1 |
Memorial Stadium |
53,911 |
| 3 |
October 4, 1970 |
at Boston Patriots |
W 14–6 |
2–1 |
Harvard Stadium |
38,235 |
| 4 |
October 11, 1970 |
at Houston Oilers |
W 24–20 |
3–1 |
Astrodome |
48,050 |
| 5 |
October 18, 1970 |
at New York Jets |
W 29–22 |
4–1 |
Shea Stadium |
63,301 |
| 6 |
October 25, 1970 |
Boston Patriots |
W 27–3 |
5–1 |
Memorial Stadium |
60,240 |
| 7 |
November 1, 1970 |
Miami Dolphins |
W 35–0 |
6–1 |
Memorial Stadium |
60,240 |
| 8 |
November 9, 1970 |
at Green Bay Packers |
W 13–10 |
7–1 |
Milwaukee County Stadium |
48,063 |
| 9 |
November 15, 1970 |
Buffalo Bills |
T 17–17 |
7–1–1 |
Memorial Stadium |
60,240 |
| 10 |
November 22, 1970 |
at Miami Dolphins |
L 17–34 |
7–2–1 |
Miami Orange Bowl |
67,699 |
| 11 |
November 29, 1970 |
Chicago Bears |
W 21–20 |
8–2–1 |
Memorial Stadium |
60,240 |
| 12 |
December 6, 1970 |
Philadelphia Eagles |
W 29–10 |
9–2–1 |
Memorial Stadium |
60,240 |
| 13 |
December 13, 1970 |
at Buffalo Bills |
W 20–14 |
10–2–1 |
War Memorial Stadium |
34,346 |
| 14 |
December 19, 1970 |
New York Jets |
W 35–20 |
11–2–1 |
Memorial Stadium |
60,240 |
Game summaries
Week 1
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Colts |
0 |
3 | 7 | 6 |
16 |
| Chargers |
0 |
0 | 7 | 7 |
14 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | 2 | | BAL | Jim O'Brien 25-yard field goal | Colts 3–0 |
| | 3 | | SD | Gary Garrison 65-yard pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick) | Chargers 7–3 |
| | 3 | | BAL | Norm Bulaich 1-yard run (Jim O'Brien kick) | Colts 10–7 |
| | 4 | | BAL | Jim O'Brien 34-yard field goal | Colts 13–7 |
| | 4 | | SD | Gary Garrison 43-yard pass from John Hadl (Mike Mercer kick) | Chargers 14–13 |
| | 4 | | BAL | Jim O'Brien 28-yard field goal | Colts 16–14 |
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[1]
Week 2
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Chiefs |
10 |
21 | 3 | 10 |
44 |
| Colts |
0 |
7 | 3 | 14 |
24 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | KC | Richardson 48 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick) | KC 7–0 |
| | Q1 | | KC | Stenerud 28 yard field goal | KC 10–0 |
| | Q2 | | KC | Holmes 13 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick) | KC 17–0 |
| | Q2 | | KC | Robinson 46 yard fumble return (Stenerud kick) | KC 24–0 |
| | Q2 | | KC | Pitts 54 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick) | KC 31–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Jefferson 3 yard pass from Morall (O'Brien kick) | KC 31–7 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | O'Brien 26 yard field goal | KC 31–10 |
| | Q3 | | KC | Stenerud 17 yard field goal | KC 34–10 |
| | Q4 | | KC | Pitts 4 yard pass from Dawson (Stenerud kick) | KC 41–10 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Hinton 21 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) | KC 41–17 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Mitchell 2 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) | KC 41–24 |
| | Q4 | | KC | Stenerud 48 yard field goal | KC 44–24 |
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[2]
Week 3
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Colts |
0 |
7 | 0 | 7 |
14 |
| Patriots |
0 |
3 | 0 | 3 |
6 |
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Week 4
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Colts |
7 |
10 | 0 | 7 |
24 |
| Oilers |
0 |
7 | 7 | 6 |
20 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | BAL | Maitland 2 yard run (O'Brien kick) | BAL 7–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Jefferson 17 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 14–0 |
| | Q2 | | HOU | LeVias 7 yard pass from Johnson (Gerela kick) | BAL 14–7 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | O'Brien 43 yard field goal | BAL 17–7 |
| | Q3 | | HOU | Hopkins 1 yard run (Gerela kick) | BAL 17–14 |
| | Q4 | | HOU | Gerela 27 yard field goal | Tie 17–17 |
| | Q4 | | HOU | Gerela 9 yard field goal | HOU 20–17 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Jefferson 31 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 24–20 |
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[4]
Week 5
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Colts |
17 |
3 | 6 | 3 |
29 |
| Jets |
3 |
2 | 14 | 3 |
22 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | BAL | O'Brien 28 yard field goal | BAL 3–0 |
| | Q1 | | BAL | Logan 31 yard interception return (O'Brien kick) | BAL 10–0 |
| | Q1 | | BAL | Mitchell 11 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 17–0 |
| | Q1 | | NYJ | Turner 41 yard field goal | BAL 17–3 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | O'Brien 18 yard field goal | BAL 20–3 |
| | Q2 | | NYJ | Safety, Maitland tackled by Elliot in end zone | BAL 20–5 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | Grant 27 yard interception return (kick failed) | BAL 26–5 |
| | Q3 | | NYJ | Bell 17 yard pass from Namath (Turner kick) | BAL 26–12 |
| | Q3 | | NYJ | Boozer 1 yard run (Turner kick) | BAL 26–19 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | O'Brien 28 yard field goal | BAL 29–19 |
| | Q4 | | NYJ | Turner 42 yard field goal | BAL 29–22 |
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Week 6
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Patriots |
0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
3 |
| • Colts |
3 |
14 | 3 | 7 |
27 |
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| | Q1 | | BAL | O'Brien 12 yard field goal | BAL 3–0 |
| | Q2 | | BOS | Gogolak 15 yard field goal | Tie 3–3 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Maitland 5 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 10–3 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Jefferson 15 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 17–3 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | O'Brien 48 yard field goal | BAL 20–3 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Orr 26 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 27–3 |
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Week 7
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Dolphins |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
| • Colts |
7 |
7 | 14 | 7 |
35 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | BAL | Gardin 80 yard punt return (O'Brien kick) | BAL 7–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Bulaich 1 yard run (O'Brien kick) | BAL 14–0 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | Duncan 99 yard kickoff return (O'Brien kick) | BAL 21–0 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | Hinton 32 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 28–0 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Mitchell 15 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) | BAL 35–0 |
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Week 8
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Colts |
0 |
7 | 6 | 0 |
13 |
| Packers |
3 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
10 |
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| | Q1 | | GB | Livingston 20 yard field goal | GB 3–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Hill 15 yard run (O'Brien kick) | BAL 7–3 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | O'Brien 42 yard field goal | BAL 10–3 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | O'Brien 29 yard field goal | BAL 13–3 |
| | Q4 | | GB | Grabowski 1 yard run (Livingston kick) | BAL 13–10 |
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Week 11
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bears |
17 |
0 | 0 | 3 |
20 |
| • Colts |
0 |
14 | 0 | 7 |
21 |
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| | Q1 | | CHI | Farmer 20 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick) | CHI 7–0 |
| | Q1 | | CHI | Percival 28 yard field goal | CHI 10–0 |
| | Q1 | | CHI | Coady 1 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick) | CHI 17–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Hill 1 yard run (O'Brien kick) | CHI 17–7 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Jefferson 7 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | CHI 17–14 |
| | Q4 | | CHI | Percival 27 yard field goal | CHI 20–14 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Mackey 54 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 21–20 |
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Week 12
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Eagles |
0 |
3 | 7 | 0 |
10 |
| • Colts |
13 |
10 | 3 | 3 |
29 |
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| | Q1 | | BAL | Mackey 14 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 7–0 |
| | Q1 | | BAL | Hinton 9 yard run (kick failed) | BAL 13–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | O'Brien 45 yard field goal | BAL 16–0 |
| | Q2 | | PHI | Moseley 38 yard field goal | BAL 16–3 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Logan 33 yard interception return (O'Brien kick) | BAL 23–3 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | O'Brien 44 yard field goal | BAL 26–3 |
| | Q3 | | PHI | Snead 1 yard run (Moseley kick) | BAL 26–10 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | O'Brien 47 yard field goal | BAL 29–10 |
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Week 13
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • Colts |
10 |
0 | 7 | 3 |
20 |
| Bills |
7 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
14 |
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| | 1 | | BAL | Jim O'Brien 32-yard field goal | Colts 3–0 |
| | 1 | | BUF | Lloyd Pate 1-yard run (Grant Guthrie kick) | Bills 7–3 |
| | 1 | | BAL | Tom Nowatzke 1-yard run (Jim O'Brien kick) | Colts 10–7 |
| | 2 | | BUF | Marlin Briscoe 10-yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick) | Bills 14–10 |
| | 3 | | BAL | Norm Bulaich 2-yard run (Jim O'Brien kick) | Colts 17–14 |
| | 4 | | BAL | Jim O'Brien 38-yard field goal | Colts 20–14 |
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The Colts clinched the division title with the win.
Week 14
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Jets |
7 |
7 | 3 | 3 |
20 |
| • Colts |
0 |
14 | 7 | 14 |
35 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | NYJ | Caster 15 yard pass from Woodall (Turner kick) | NYJ 7–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Hinton 25 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) | Tie 7–7 |
| | Q2 | | NYJ | Grantham 41 yard interception return (Turner kick) | NYJ 14–7 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Hinton 7 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) | Tie 14–14 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | Orr 18 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) | BAL 21–14 |
| | Q3 | | NYJ | Turner 25 yard field goal | BAL 21–17 |
| | Q4 | | NYJ | Turner 29 yard field goal | BAL 21–20 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Perkins 41 yard pass from Morrall (O'Brien kick) | BAL 28–20 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Hendricks recovered fumble in end zone (O'Brien kick) | BAL 35–20 |
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Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Postseason
The team made it to the playoffs with the best record in the AFC. The Colts hosted both AFC playoff games that they played in. (It wasn't until the 1975 season that playoff teams were seeded by record; the fact that the Colts hosted both playoff games was just due to the rotation set up with the AFL–NFL merger.) The team won both AFC playoff games as well as Super Bowl V.
Divisional
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bengals |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
| • Colts |
7 |
3 | 0 | 7 |
17 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | BAL | Jefferson 45 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 7–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | O'Brien 44 yard field goal | BAL 10–0 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Hinton 53 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 17–0 |
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The Colts hosted the Cincinnati Bengals in the divisional round. The Colts relied on their defense, which had carried them all season, to best the Bengals 17–0, holding Cincinnati to only 139 total yards.[13]
Conference Championship
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Raiders |
0 |
3 | 7 | 7 |
17 |
| • Colts |
3 |
7 | 10 | 7 |
27 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | BAL | O'Brien 16 yard field goal | BAL 3–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Bulaich 2 yard run (O'Brien kick) | BAL 10–0 |
| | Q2 | | OAK | Blanda 48 yard field goal | BAL 10–3 |
| | Q3 | | OAK | Biletnikoff 38 yard pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) | Tie 10–10 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | O'Brien 23 yard field goal | BAL 13–10 |
| | Q3 | | BAL | Bulaich 11 yard run (O'Brien kick) | BAL 20–10 |
| | Q4 | | OAK | Wells 15 yard pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) | BAL 20–17 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Perkins 68 yard pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) | BAL 27–17 |
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The Colts next hosted the Oakland Raiders for the AFC Championship Game. The Colts jumped out to an early lead over the Raiders, 10–3 at halftime. Oakland came back to tie it up early in the 3rd quarter. The Colts would respond with a Jim O'Brien field goal and a second Bulaich touchdown. Johnny Unitas extended the lead with a 68-yard touchdown pass to Ray Perkins that made the score 27–17. The Colts would seal the win with an interception in the end zone.[14]
Super Bowl
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Cowboys |
3 |
10 | 0 | 0 |
13 |
| • Colts |
0 |
6 | 0 | 10 |
16 |
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| Scoring summary |
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| | Q1 | | DAL | Clark 14 yard field goal | DAL 3–0 |
| | Q2 | | DAL | Clark 30 yard field goal | DAL 6–0 |
| | Q2 | | BAL | Mackey 75 yard pass from Unitas (kick failed) | Tie 6–6 |
| | Q2 | | DAL | Thomas 7 yard pass from Morton (Clark kick) | DAL 13–6 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | Nowatzke 2 yard run (O'Brien kick) | Tie 13–13 |
| | Q4 | | BAL | O'Brien 32 yard field goal | BAL 16–13 |
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The Colts made it to the Super Bowl for the second time in franchise history and played the Dallas Cowboys for the NFL championship. In the 2nd quarter, Johnny Unitas threw a pass that was tipped twice before John Mackey caught it for a 75-yard score. Later in the quarter Unitas was injured and Earl Morrall completed a sloppy and turnover-filled game: the Colts committed a total of 7 turnovers, the Cowboys 4. Following an interception by Mike Curtis, Jim O'Brien kicked the game-winning 32-yard field goal, giving Baltimore a 16–13 lead with 5 seconds left in the game, and the victory.[15]
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