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The 1960 Baltimore Colts season was the eighth for the team in the National Football League. The season started well for the Colts going 6 to 2. The team looked like they would win their third straight championship. Then in a game on Dec. 4th against the Detroit Lions, star running back Alan Ameche tore his Achilles tendon and missed the final two games. The injury ended his career.[1] With Ameche out, the Colts ended the season losing their last three games, for a total of four consecutive losses. Their record was 6 wins and 6 losses. The team went from first to fourth place in the Western Conference. As a result, their two-year reign as NFL champions came to an end.

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 25 Washington Redskins W 20–0 1–0 Memorial Stadium 53,818
2 October 2 Chicago Bears W 42–7 2–0 Memorial Stadium 57,808
3 October 9 at Green Bay Packers L 21–35 2–1 Lambeau Field 32,150
4 October 16 Los Angeles Rams W 31–17 3–1 Memorial Stadium 57,808
5 October 23 at Detroit Lions L 17–30 3–2 Tiger Stadium 53,854
6 October 30 at Dallas Cowboys W 45–7 4–2 Cotton Bowl 25,500
7 November 6 Green Bay Packers W 38–24 5–2 Memorial Stadium 57,808
8 November 13 at Chicago Bears W 24–20 6–2 Wrigley Field 48,713
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10 November 27 San Francisco 49ers L 22–30 6–3 Memorial Stadium 57,808
11 December 4 Detroit Lions L 15–20 6–4 Memorial Stadium 57,808
12 December 11 at Los Angeles Rams L 3–10 6–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 75,461
13 December 18 at San Francisco 49ers L 10–34 6–6 Kezar Stadium 57,269
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

Johnny Unitas extends his record TD-a-game string to 38 with a scoring pass to Raymond Berry. Lenny Moore rammed 4 yards for a touchdown, and Steve Myhra kicked 28 and 18-yard field goals as the Colts began their challenge (unsuccessfully at the end) for a 3rd straight World Championship.

1 234Total
Redskins 0 000 0
• Colts 0 7103 20
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
  • Game attendance: 53,818
  • Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h)

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Standings

NFL Western Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Green Bay Packers 8 4 0 .667 7–4 332 209 W3
Detroit Lions 7 5 0 .583 7–4 239 212 W4
San Francisco 49ers 7 5 0 .583 7–4 208 205 W1
Baltimore Colts 6 6 0 .500 5–6 288 234 L4
Chicago Bears 5 6 1 .455 5–5–1 194 299 L3
Los Angeles Rams 4 7 1 .364 4–6–1 265 297 L1
Dallas Cowboys 0 11 1 .000 0–6 177 369 L1

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

See also

References

  1. ^ The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search
  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-20.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Baltimore_Colts_season