There was no return to glory but in the mid seventies, the Colts became a very talented exciting team with a great quarterback in Bert Jones. A very good team in an era of great teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders.
After the Baltimore Colts won their only Super Bowl in 1970, they and the Los Angeles Rams made the only "trade" involving owners. Prior to the 1972 season, an industralist named Bob Irsay bought the Rams from the estate of Daniel Reeves,who died in 1971. He pioneered the Rams from Cleveland to California in 1946. In Baltimore, Carroll Rosenbloom wanted out as owner. He was the visionary who saw the NFL return to Charm City in 1953. So Irsay and Rosenbloom "swapped" franchises. Rosenbloom ran the Rams until 1979, when he drowned. Irsay would jettison the Colts, trading popular players for youngsters and untried talent; the stinger came when legendary quarterback Johnny Unitas was dealt to San Diego in 1973. Unitas was injured on his new team, playing a total of five games and ending his career.
We live in a totally different day and time 11:34 thinking how interception prone Bert Jones was, and then getting sent to the bench would have destroyed promising rookies chances of ever playing in the league.
The Colts' loss to the Oilers ended Houston's 18-game losing streak which dated to week 3 of '72 when Houston beat Namath's Jets. The Oilers ended up 1-13 for the second consecutive year, but then turned it around.
Don McCafferty was particularly embarrassed by his Lions losing to the Colts. He went nuclear in Detroit News and Free Press the next day, something he rarely did in Baltimore.
Rex Kern was Ohio State's starting QB from 1968-70. Lost only twice: at Michigan in '69 and the Rose Bowl vs. Stanford (his last college game) on New Year's Day '71
The early 70s colts teams were old and by 1972 the bottom dropped out. The Colts/Rams ownership swap happened in 1973. Caroll Rosenbloom got the Rams, Bob Irsay got the Colts. The Rams got rich from George Allen trading his draft picks for older Rams players, then the Packers gave LA a windfall from the John Hadl trade.From 1957 to 1979, Rosenbloom had one losing season as owner and made 3 Super Bowls. Irsay had limited success in Baltimore making the playoffs from 1975 to 77 but the bottom dropped out after a series of Bert Jones injuries. Irsay betrayed a loyal fan base in Baltimore but the Ravens have won 2sbs in Baltimore so.......
Awesome! Many thanks for posting. Love this stuff regardless of the team. There were all sorts of NFL Films "Team Yearbook" videos from late 60s/early 70s posted on You Tube that are no longer there. Whatever happened to those??
l love the Butkus ad for the army - what a sellout. disgraceful. The other army commercial is so stupid - showing a guy lying to a bunch of different girls.
The Colts traded Billy Newsome to the Saints for the #2 overall draft choice, which Baltimore used to draft Bert. Second time in six years the Colts fleeced the Saints; in '67, the Colts traded Gary Cuozzo for the #1 overall pick, which Baltimore used to draft Bubba Smith. Newsome, whose Saints lost at Baltimore in week 3 of '73, refused to suit up for a December '73 game at Milwaukee because it was too cold. He was gone from the Saints after two seasons. Cuozzo, who was named the starting QB by coach Tom Fears before '67 training camp, lost the job to BIlly Kilmer and was traded to Minnesota in '68.
Looking at this, they don't seem as bad as I remember them being. Seems like any team that loses 12 starters and brings in young players would likely not win lots of games. They played the Redskins tough, beat Detroit and the World Champion Dolphins. That's impressive. Shouldn't have lost to Houston, though. And the younger players were not busts. They were in the league for years. That's a mighty high level to play on.
Keep this one! It shows maybe the lowlight of the video where one of the Baltimore players sacked Joe Namath who got injured (as shown at about 17 minutes from the beginning of the video). Broadway Joe would miss about six weeks in 1973.
They got a lot of mileage out of the Glenn Doughty romp through the Lions secondary in this video, I saw it at least three different times from varied camera angles. The Lions lost three fumbles in a 29-27 loss, if you can call Landry's falling lateral behind Altie Taylor at 16:08 a fumble.
If Joe Thomas had won the power struggle vs. Ted Marchibroda in 1975, he would have finished building the team, and Bert Jones would have gone to the Super Bowl.
When football was real!
This is great!!! Why did the Colts trade Hendricks? Lydell Mitchell was a stud before it mattered..
There was no return to glory but in the mid seventies, the Colts became a very talented exciting team with a great quarterback in Bert Jones. A very good team in an era of great teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders.
After the Baltimore Colts won their only Super Bowl in 1970, they and the Los Angeles Rams made the only "trade" involving owners.
Prior to the 1972 season, an industralist named Bob Irsay bought
the Rams from the estate of Daniel Reeves,who died in 1971. He pioneered the Rams from Cleveland to California in 1946. In
Baltimore, Carroll Rosenbloom wanted out as owner. He was
the visionary who saw the NFL return to Charm City in 1953.
So Irsay and Rosenbloom "swapped" franchises. Rosenbloom
ran the Rams until 1979, when he drowned. Irsay would jettison
the Colts, trading popular players for youngsters and untried
talent; the stinger came when legendary quarterback Johnny
Unitas was dealt to San Diego in 1973. Unitas was injured on
his new team, playing a total of five games and ending his
career.
We live in a totally different day and time 11:34 thinking how interception prone Bert Jones was, and then getting sent to the bench would have destroyed promising rookies chances of ever playing in the league.
The Colts' loss to the Oilers ended Houston's 18-game losing streak which dated to week 3 of '72 when Houston beat Namath's Jets. The Oilers ended up 1-13 for the second consecutive year, but then turned it around.
Rebuilding year after the Colts let everyone go including Johnny U
Don McCafferty was particularly embarrassed by his Lions losing to the Colts. He went nuclear in Detroit News and Free Press the next day, something he rarely did in Baltimore.
Wasn't Rex Kern a quarterback at Ohio State? Lydell Mitchell was a teammate of Franco Harris at Penn State.
Rex Kern was Ohio State's starting QB from 1968-70. Lost only twice: at Michigan in '69 and the Rose Bowl vs. Stanford (his last college game) on New Year's Day '71
#BaltimoreColts
Only 3 years after Super Bowl V, most of that team were gone.
Yes, 3 years is an eternity in the NFL
Everyone except punter David Lee! Mike Curtis (R.I.P. Mad Dog) stuck around through '75 before going to Seattle in the '76 expansion draft.
And safety Rick Volk and guard Glenn ressler
The early 70s colts teams were old and by 1972 the bottom dropped out. The Colts/Rams ownership swap happened in 1973. Caroll Rosenbloom got the Rams, Bob Irsay got the Colts. The Rams got rich from George Allen trading his draft picks for older Rams players, then the Packers gave LA a windfall from the John Hadl trade.From 1957 to 1979, Rosenbloom had one losing season as owner and made 3 Super Bowls. Irsay had limited success in Baltimore making the playoffs from 1975 to 77 but the bottom dropped out after a series of Bert Jones injuries. Irsay betrayed a loyal fan base in Baltimore but the Ravens have won 2sbs in Baltimore so.......
Awesome! Many thanks for posting.
Love this stuff regardless of the team. There were all sorts of NFL Films "Team Yearbook" videos from late 60s/early 70s posted on You Tube that are no longer there. Whatever happened to those??
Legendary quarterback Johnny Unitas went to San Diego.
He should've retired he was so washed up at that point.
great video! glad the colts kept their same unis all these years
l love the Butkus ad for the army - what a sellout. disgraceful. The other army commercial is so stupid - showing a guy lying to a bunch of different girls.
The Colts traded Billy Newsome to the Saints for the #2 overall draft choice, which Baltimore used to draft Bert. Second time in six years the Colts fleeced the Saints; in '67, the Colts traded Gary Cuozzo for the #1 overall pick, which Baltimore used to draft Bubba Smith.
Newsome, whose Saints lost at Baltimore in week 3 of '73, refused to suit up for a December '73 game at Milwaukee because it was too cold. He was gone from the Saints after two seasons. Cuozzo, who was named the starting QB by coach Tom Fears before '67 training camp, lost the job to BIlly Kilmer and was traded to Minnesota in '68.
Looking at this, they don't seem as bad as I remember them being. Seems like any team that loses 12 starters and brings in young players would likely not win lots of games.
They played the Redskins tough, beat Detroit and the World Champion Dolphins. That's impressive. Shouldn't have lost to Houston, though. And the younger players were not busts. They were in the league for years. That's a mighty high level to play on.
@ 3:42 that isn't Butkus. That was from the 1963 NFL Championship Game.
Dallas Brubaker Butkus came into the league in 1965.
@@davanmani556 I know, I just said that.
Keep this one! It shows maybe the lowlight of the video where one of the Baltimore players sacked Joe Namath who got injured (as shown at about 17 minutes from the beginning of the video). Broadway Joe would miss about six weeks in 1973.
I was just 12 years old, but I clearly remember the victories at home over Miami and New England (the latter in a snowstorm).
I wonder how many women that soldier got pregnant on 20:00.
They got a lot of mileage out of the Glenn Doughty romp through the Lions secondary in this video, I saw it at least three different times from varied camera angles. The Lions lost three fumbles in a 29-27 loss, if you can call Landry's falling lateral behind Altie Taylor at 16:08 a fumble.
If Joe Thomas had won the power struggle vs. Ted Marchibroda in 1975, he would have finished building the team, and Bert Jones would have gone to the Super Bowl.