1967 Colts 44 - 1963 Chargers 17

Sometimes a great offense just has a bad day. This was the case for the 63 Chargers, certainly amongst the best 5 offenses in the tournament, as nothing seemed to work. Lance Alworth, maybe the greatest long pass catching WR of all time, dropped two balls after beating the DB. All Universe RB Paul Lowe turned in a dud performance. Worst of all, QB Tobin Rote, who had heretofor avoided the interception bug he sometimes suffers from, chucked away three interceptions, which set up the Colts nicely - and was in general off target all game. As for the Colts offense, the Chargers plan was simple. Stop Johnny U., and don't sweat his pedestrian RB's too much. In this game those pedestrian RB's ran like men possessed, with elderly HB Lenny Moore coming off the bench for 4 carries and toting 2 of them for 21 yards, with Tom Matte, Jerry Hill, and Tony Lorick adding further good gains. Johnny U. wasn't stopped much anyways, and the result was a pretty convincing beat down of San Diego.

1967 Baltimore 44, 1963 San Diego 17
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1967 Baltimore	3	21	14	6	0	44
1963 San Diego	7	3	7	0	0	17

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	9:23	1967 Baltimore	L.Michaels 24 yd. field goal	3-0 BAN
1	4:21	1963 San Diego	P.Lowe 9 yd. run (G.Blair kick)	7-3 SDA
2	14:07	1967 Baltimore	R.Perkins 9 yd. pass from J.Unitas (L.Michaels kick)	10-7 BAN
2	8:08	1967 Baltimore	J.Hill 4 yd. run (L.Michaels kick)	17-7 BAN
2	2:00	1967 Baltimore	W.Richardson 11 yd. pass from J.Unitas (L.Michaels kick)	24-7 BAN
2	0:01	1963 San Diego	G.Blair 20 yd. field goal	24-10 BAN
3	10:16	1967 Baltimore	R.Perkins 28 yd. pass from J.Unitas (L.Michaels kick)	31-10 BAN
3	4:47	1963 San Diego	K.Lincoln 1 yd. run (G.Blair kick)	31-17 BAN
3	0:40	1967 Baltimore	W.Richardson 25 yd. pass from J.Unitas (L.Michaels kick)	38-17 BAN
4	9:41	1967 Baltimore	L.Moore 5 yd. pass from J.Unitas (kick failed)	44-17 BAN

Team Statistics
	1967 Baltimore	1963 San Diego
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	9-15-1-25	6-12-0-18
Third Down Efficiency	11-13-85%	6-13-46%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	31-35-89%	17-21-81%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	375-64-5.9	336-65-5.2
Total Net Yards Rushing	159	106
Total Rushes	29	29
Average Per Rush	5.5	3.7
Passes Completed/Attempted	21/33 (63.6%)	16/34 (47.1%)
Net Yards Passing	216	230
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.9	6.9
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/12	2/3
Punts/Average	1/54.0	4/25.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/32	1/12
Kickoffs/Returns	3/66	7/150
Interceptions/Returns	4/30	2/15
Penalties/Yards	0/0	6/40
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	1/0
Time of Possession	29 mins 50 secs	30 mins 10 secs
Average Drive Start	BAN 40	SDA 30

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1967 Baltimore
Johnny Unitas	30	19	211	63.3	7.0	5	16.7	1	3.3	28	2/12	109.9
Jim Ward	3	2	17	66.7	5.7	0	0	1	33.3	10	0/0	41.7
1963 San Diego
Tobin Rote	22	10	151	45.5	6.9	0	0	3	13.6	29	2/3	29.0
John Hadl	12	6	82	50.0	6.8	0	0	1	8.3	30	0/0	37.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1967 Baltimore
Tony Lorick	12	59	4.9	22	0	0	0/0
Jerry Hill	7	27	3.9	6	1	0	0/0
Tom Matte	5	28	5.6	15	0	0	0/0
Lenny Moore	4	43	10.8	21	0	0	0/0
Johnny Unitas	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	1/0
1963 San Diego
Paul Lowe	13	32	2.5	9	1	0	1/0
Keith Lincoln	11	50	4.5	16	1	0	0/0
Keith Kinderman	2	16	8.0	8	0	0	0/0
Gerry McDougall	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0/0
Tobin Rote	1	4	4.0	4	0	0	0/0
Bobby Jackson	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1967 Baltimore
Willie Richardson	7	79	11.3	25	2	0
Ray Perkins	4	60	15.0	28	2	0
Tom Matte	3	16	5.3	8	0	0
Tony Lorick	2	22	11.0	13	0	0
Jerry Hill	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
John Mackey	1	11	11.0	11	0	0
Raymond Berry	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
Alex Hawkins	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Lenny Moore	1	5	5.0	5	1	0
1963 San Diego
Lance Alworth	4	52	13.0	29	0	0
Paul Lowe	4	70	17.5	30	0	0
Jerry Robinson	3	42	14.0	23	0	0
Keith Lincoln	2	22	11.0	14	0	0
Dave Kocourek	2	31	15.5	16	0	0
Don Norton	1	16	16.0	16	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1967 Baltimore
Lou Michaels	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
1963 San Diego
George Blair	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1967 Baltimore
David Lee	1	54.0	42.0	0	0	54	0
1963 San Diego
Paul Maguire	3	33.3	22.7	0	1	38	1

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1967 Baltimore
Alvin Haymond	2	40	20.0	22	0
Lenny Moore	1	26	26.0	26	0
1963 San Diego
Keith Lincoln	5	105	21.0	34	0
Lance Alworth	2	45	22.5	24	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1967 Baltimore
Alvin Haymond	1	1	32	32.0	32	0
1963 San Diego
Keith Lincoln	1	0	12	12.0	12	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1967 Baltimore
Dennis Gaubatz	10	0	0
Lenny Lyles	5	0	0
Ron Porter	5	0	0
Lou Michaels	4	0	0
Don Shinnick	4	0	0
Billy Ray Smith Sr.	3	1	0
Fred D. Miller	3	1	0
Rick Volk	3	0	0
Bobby Boyd	2	0	0
Alvin Haymond	2	0	0
Ordell Braase	2	0	0
George Harold	1	0	0
Jerry Logan	1	0	0
Ray Perkins	0	0	1
1963 San Diego
Emil Karas	8	0	0
Dick Harris	8	0	0
Chuck Allen	8	0	0
Earl Faison	4	1	0
Gary Glick	4	0	0
Charlie McNeil	4	0	0
George Blair	3	1	0
Frank Buncom	3	0	0
Ernie Ladd	2	0	0
Henry Schmidt	1	0	0
Bob Petrich	1	0	0
Tobin Rote	0	0	1
Keith Lincoln	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1967 Baltimore
Lenny Lyles	3	17	5.7	11	0
Bobby Boyd	1	13	13.0	13	0
1963 San Diego
Charlie McNeil	1	15	15.0	15	0
Gary Glick	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story

Johnny Unitas had a huge day as the visitors from Baltimore dominated San Diego by the score of 44 to 17. Unitas threw the ball 30 times for 211 yards and lit up the scoreboard for 5 touchdowns. Tony Lorick rushed the ball 12 times for 59 yards. Baltimore was great on third down, converting on 11 of 13 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing San Diego 159 to 106 yards. Baltimore was on top at the half 24 to 10. They led after three quarters 38 to 17.

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