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The Colts finished the 1968 regular season with the team's defense having allowed just 144 points — tying the NFL record for a 14-game season. [1] In 1968, Baltimore won the Western Conference playoff game with the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL Championship Game in a shutout of the Cleveland Browns, but then lost to the New York Jets of the ...
Cleveland won the regular season game 30–20 ten weeks earlier in Baltimore, but the Colts were six-point favorites for the championship game. [1] The 1968 game was a rematch of the 1964 title game and at the same venue, but with far different results. Both championship games were shutouts the Browns won in '64; 27–0, while the Colts won ...
Ryan completed just 2 of 6 pass attempts for the rest of the game, while Colts running back Timmy Brown scored the final points on a 4-yard touchdown run. Matte, an Ohio native and former quarterback at Ohio State , was the sole offensive star of the game, rushing for 88 yards and 3 touchdowns, while also catching 2 passes for 15 yards.
Baltimore Colts [9] NFL Conference Championship game results 1967–1969 ... 1968: Cleveland Browns: ... Score Loser Ref. 1970–71: Baltimore Colts: 17–0 ...
The season ended when the Baltimore Colts defeated the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship Game, only to be defeated by the American Football League's New York Jets in Super Bowl III 16–7 at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Subsequently, it was the first time in the history of professional football in which the NFL champion was not crowned as ...
The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breeding and racing. It was the second incarnation of the Baltimore Colts, the first having played for three years in the All-America Football Conference and one in the National Football League (NFL). This Baltimore Colts played their home games at Memorial Stadium.
He played college football for the UMass Minutemen from 1965 to 1967 and was selected in the first round of the 1968 NFL draft with the 11th overall pick. Landry played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Colts and Chicago Bears. He became an assistant coach after his playing career.
In 1968, the Colts went 13-1 and won the NFL Coastal Division. After beating the Minnesota Vikings in the Divisional round , they faced the Cleveland Browns in the 1968 NFL Championship Game . The Colts won this game 34-0 and moved on to face the Jets in Super Bowl III , where the Jets upset the Colts 16-7.