11. 2020 BALTIMORE RAVENS at 6. 1958 NFL CHAMPION BALTIMORE COLTS
6. 1958 NFL CHAMPION BALTIMORE COLTS
Record: 9-3
Pythag: 10-2
Off: 1st
Def: 2nd
1st NFL West
d. Giants NFL Title 23-17
HC Weeb Ewbank
Memorial Stadium: 50 degrees
Chuck Thompson
Offense
QB Johnny Unitas All Pro 25 Louisville
FB Alan Ameche 25 Wisc
RB LG Dupre Baylor
RB Lenny Moore 25 All Pro Penn St
WR Ray Berry 25 All Pro SMU
WR Jim Mutscheller 28 N Dame
LT Jim Parker All Pro 24 Ohio St
LG Art Spinney 31 B College
C Buzz Nutter 27 Va Tech
RG Alex Sandusky 26 Clarion
RT George Preas 25 Va Tech
Defense
LDE Gino Marchetti All Pro 31 S Francisco
LDT Art Donovan 34 B College
MG Don Schinnick 23 UCLA
RDT Big Daddy Lipscomb 27 All Pro None
RDE Don Joyce 29 Tulane
LLB Bill Pellington 31 Rutgers
RLB Leo Stanford 29 La Tech
LDH Carl Taseff 30 J Carroll
RDH Milt Davis 29 UCLA
LS Andy Nelson 25 Memphis
SS Ray Brown 22 R Ole Miss
K Steve Myhra 24 N Dakota
P Ray Brown 22 Ole Miss
KR Lenny Lyles 22 Louisville
PR Carl Taseff 30 J Carroll
The '68 Colts, '76 Colts, and the post move '04 Colts all advanced in the first half of round 1 - here's the 6th seed in Region 9, the NFL Champs from 1958. Number 1 in offense, number 2 in defense. The Great Unitas is 25, All Pro, 22 scores and 7 picks in 9 games. 25 year old Lenny Moore is also All Pro with 14 scores. 25 year old Ray Berry is an All Pro as is 24 year old Jim Parker. 2 All Pros on defense, they're the guys you'd expect - 31 year old Gino Marchetti and 27 year old Big Daddy Lipscomb.
11. 2020 BALTIMORE RAVENS
Record: 11-5
Pythag: 12-4
Off: 7th
Def: 2nd
2nd AFC North
d. Titans WC 20-13
lost Bills Div Rnd 17-3
HC John Harbaugh OC Greg Roman DC Wink Martindale
Offense
QB Lamar Jackson 23 Lousiville
RB Mark Ingram 31 Alabama
FB Patrick Ricard 26 Maine
WR Miles Boykin 24 N Dame
WR Marquise Brown 23 Oklahoma
TE Mark Andrews 25 Oklahoma
LT Orlando Brown 24 Oklahoma
LG Bradley Bozeman 26 Alabama
C Matt Skura 27 Duke
RG Ben Powers 24 Oklahoma
RT DJ Fluker 29 Alabama
Defense
LDE Calais Campbell 34 Miami
NT Brandon Williams 31 Mo Southern
RDE Derek Wolfe 30 Cincinnati
LOLB Pernell McPhee 32 Miss St
LILB Patrick Queen 21-R LSU
RILB LJ Fort 30 No Iowa
ROLB Matt Judon 28 G Valley
LCB Marlon Humphrey 24 Alabama
RCB Marcus Peters 27 Wash
SS Chuck Clark 25 Va Tech
FS DeShon Elliott 23 Texas
K Justin Tucker 31 All Pro Texas
P Sam Koch 38 Nebraska
KR Devin Duvernay 23 Texas
PR James Proche 24 SMU
Baltimore on Baltimore violence -- we move 60 years in the future from those World Champion Colts to find the 2020 Ravens with the 2nd best defense in football. 34 year old Calais Campbell and 28 year old Matt Judon combined for 10 sacks. On offense, Lamar Jackson is 23, 33 scores and 9 picks and he'll give the Colts a look they've never faced before. The Baltimore Ravens travel very far back in time but not very far back in space to meet the Baltimore Colts. Let's go to....Baltimore...for the kick.
1st Qtr
Colts to start at the 34.
3 and out. Ravens at the 30.
3 and out. Colts at the 24.
1/10 - Alan Ameche busts one -- 53 yards - roaring down the field to the 23.
1/10 - LG Dupre gets 18 and the Colts have a first and goal.
1/goal - Lenny Moore sweeps around left tackle - Jim Parker seals the edge -- Moore rolls into the endzone. TOUCHDOWN COLTS - 3 plays and the Colts are into the endzone.
Ravens at the 31.
3 and out. Colts start at the 35.
They get a first down, Ameche with a 15 yard gain - but that's all and after the punt the Ravens start at the 14.
3 and out, great start for this Colt defense against an offense 60 years ahead of them.
Colts in good field position at their own 47.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Johnny Unitas completes the first pass of the game, a 6 yarder to Lenny Moore.
3/4 - Another big gain for Alan Ameche - 18 yards and the Colts are at the Raven 29 yard line.
Nothing the next two plays and as the qtr ends it's 3rd and 10.
2nd Qtr: Colts 7 Ravens 0
The Ravens without a first down, Colts up a touchdown and have 3rd and 10 at the Ravens 29.
They don't pick it up -- and Myhra misses the FG - Rav6ens will take over at their own 32.
1/10 - Nothing for Mark Ingram
2/10- Nothing for Patrick Ricard
3/10 - Lamar Jackson's first completion goes to Miles Boykin, 14 yards and the first down.
1/10 - JK Dobbins gets 1.
2/9 - Dobbins gets 1.
3/8 - Jackson again - finds Hollywood Brown for the 18 yard pickup, Ravens now at the Colt 35.
1/10 - 2 for Dobbins.
2/8 - 3 for Ingram.
3/5 - Jackson picks it up again, 8 to Brown -- Ravens at the 22. Nice series of third down conversions for Jackson.
The drive stalls here - Justin Tucker is the Ravens only All Pro and he puts them on the board with 4 minutes left in the half. Colts to open at the 31.
1/10 - Unitas - leveled on a safety blitz by DeShon Elliott.
2/15 - Unitas - Ravens bring the house - Unitas escapes -- and Unitas has real estate -- it's a big gain, a 20 yard gain for Unitas -- and tack on 15 more for a late hit on the tackle -- that's a 35 yard play and the Colts are at the Ravens 39.
1/10 - 1 for Lenny Moore, 2 minute warning.
2/9 - Unitas quick out to Ray Berry, just 2 yards and a false start on the next play makes it 3rd and 12.
3/12 - Unitas -- throws a great ball into the teeth of the defense, threads one to Jim Mutscheller, Colts with a first down at the 21.
1/10 - Unitas - over the middle --- Mutscheller has it - he breaks a tackle - Mutscheller will go into the endzone -- TOUCHDOWN COLTS - 21 yard pass from Unitas to Mutscheller and the Colts have gone 69 yards to take the 14-3 lead.
Ravens with just 90 seconds left. Start at the 27.
1/10 - Jackson, has to run - gets out of bounds after 5.
2/5 - Jackson - Mark Andrews over the middle for 13 yards - Ravens with their first timeout, 1:14 left, Ravens at their own 45.
1/10 - Jackson...can't find anyone open - dumps to Andrews, out of bounds after 3.
2/7 - Incomplete.
3/7 - Jackson over the middle to Ricard - Ricard bowls his way to a 9 yard gain - Ravens stop the clock at 42 seconds left, Ravens at the Colt 43.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Jackson - flips to Ingram out of the backfield - he's got 7 yards, gets out of bounds at the 36. 24 seconds left.
3/3 - Give -- Dobbins -- Dobbins has the first down --- And Dobbins is Gonna Go -- Dobbins Breaks it -- JK Dobbins is gonna go all 32 yards all the way into the endzone - TOUCHDOWN RAVENS - 32 yard run for Dobbins just before the half - the Colts are gonna be content to run a play into the line - and at the half it's now 14-10.
3rd Qtr: Colts 14 Ravens 10
Couple late scores, the Unitas drive and then a gutsy run call on a third down from Harbaugh, we've got a good one in this generational battle of Baltimore.
Ravens at the 35.
1/10 - Lamar Jackson comes out throwing - 8 yards to Mark Andrews.
2/2 - Nothing for Ricard.
3/2 - RPO - Jackson keeps it himself and picks up the first down, Ravens at their own 47.
1/10 - Jackson - Andrew--No - Picked Off by Ray Brown -- Brown steps in front of Andrews, picks off Jackson -- Brown is down at the Ravens 45 -- big early turnover here in the second half for the Colts.
1/10 - Ameche gets 1.
2/9 - Ameche again, he gets 9 and it's a first down at the 35.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Calais Campbell with the first sack of the game - he rips Unitas to the turf.
3/14 - Unitas - Ray Berry -- Berry works his way to the sticks -- nice run by Berry and the Colts have the first down at the 22 yard line.
1/10 - Ameche -- Ameche running behind Parker - he clears the way -- Ameche is gonna go - Alan Ameche is gonna go -- TOUCHDOWN COLTS - 22 yard TD run for Ameche and the Colts take the 21-10 lead.
Ravens at the 22.
They get 2 first downs - Jackson 16 to Snead the biggest play - but after a Gino Marchetti sack the drive ends on the Ravens side of the field, Colts will take over at their own 20 after the punt.
1/10 - Dupre gets nothing.
2/10 - Ameche gets nothing.
3/10 - Lenny Moore picks it up - a 14 yard gain -- Colts up double digits as we near the end of the third qtr, Colts are looking to wrap this up.
1/10 - Ameche gets 3.
2/7 - Incomplete
3/7 - Unitas hits Lenny Moore in space - he has a step and he roars forward for a 25 yard gain, the Colts are at the Ravens 38 yard line as the qtr ends.
4th Qtr: Colts 21 Ravens 10
Colts really rolling now, 11 point lead with a first down in Ravens territory.
On the first play of the quarter - Chuck Clark intercepts Unitas -- Ravens take over at their own 42 - big play by the Ravens defense to keep them in the game.
3 and out - the Colts defense doesn't give any ground, Art Donovan with the second Colt sack of the day. There's another punt and the Colts start at their own 27, now 12 minutes left in the game.
Colts stay on the ground, using clock, they get a first down on a Dupre 9 yard run - after the punt, Ravens take over at their own 21, now just 8 minutes to play.
1/10 - Ricard gets 12.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Give to Ingram, nothing.
3/10 - Incomplete. Ravens have a 4th and 10, they have to go for it.
4/10 - Jackson....in trouble...Jackson keeps it alive -- goes to Dobbins who is able to break loose, he has the first down out to the Raven 45 yard line. 5 and a half minutes left in the game, it's 21-10 Colts. Ravens alive, but barely.
1/10 - Dobbins busts a 14 yarder - he's out of bounds at the Colts 41.
1/10 - Jackson's sacked - Big Daddy Lipscomb with the third Colts sack of the day, Ravens stop the clock.
2/14 - Jackson's sacked again - Lipscomb gets him again - that's 4 Colts sacks -- the Colts side of the crowd roaring now - Ravens again stop the clock and it's third and 18.
3/18 - Jackson is running for his life -- the Colts defensive line now totally taking over -- Jackson keeps it alive - finds Ricard, Ricard's got 8 yards, he's out of bounds at the Colts 41 and it's another 4th and 10, just 4 and a half minutes left in the game.
4/10 - Jackson - Brown -- right at the sticks -- 10 yards - a first down to the Ravens 31 yard line, big play there.
That's as far as the drive goes - Tucker has to kick the FG -- that cuts the deficit to 21-13, so within a score and a 2 pt conversion, Colts will get the ball back at their own 14 yard line with under 4 minutes left in the game. Ravens only have 1 time out - so they need a stop.
They don't get it - the Ravens never get the ball back - Colts only need to throw one pass, a big 3rd and 9 completion from Unitas to Dupre - otherwise they stay on the ground, pick up three first downs and kill the rest of the clock.
Final: Colts 21 Ravens 13
Good all around performance here, the '58 Colts controlled both lines of scrimmage and they will head to San Francisco in round 2 to face the '92 Niners.
Unitas: 9 for 15, 111 yds, 1 TD/1 INT
Jackson: 11 for 19, 108 yds, 1 INT
Ameche: 16 carries, 149 yds, 1 TD
Dobbins: 12 carries, 58 yds, 1 TD
Mutscheller: 2 catches, 41 yds, 1 TD
Brown: 3 catches, 34 yds
Lipscomb: 2 sacks
Player of the Game: Alan Ameche
