1965 BALTIMORE COLTS "One For The Book" Part 1

The '65 COLTS were steamrolling the league off to a 9-1 start and setting records along the way. But in weeks 11 & 12 they lost both Johnny U and back-up Gary Cuozzo consecutivly.

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• 1965
• BALTIMORE
• COLTS
• NFL
• MEMORIAL
• STADIUM
• JOHNNY
• UNITAS
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• MOORE
• TOM
• MATTE
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[seamus2112ophelan]

That's a good question...I was wondering that not long ago too.

[scotrish]

"Jerry Quaso"?

You mean Gary Cuozzo!

[seamus2112ophelan]

@scotrish hehe...you caught me! I was going by a phonetic spelling...being too lazy too fact check...sorry about that Gary! I have made the correction. Thanks!

[rjcpacker]

@giles422 Actually I believe the call was roughing the passer not a facemask. It was, I admit, a somewhat strange call given what they could get away with in the '60s.  The newspaper accounts of the game called it a roughing the passer/ personal foul. Willie Davis was called on a dubious roughing call on Matte in the second quarter that kept the Colts drive alive for their field goal so I would say it was honors even.

[giles422]

no facemask to me. My opinion.

[rjcpacker]

@giles422  How can you make a judgement on a grainy 46 year old film on a facemask call when the ref is standing 6 feet away from the QB? Either way I agree the field goal call was dubious. Don't forget, the Colts missed a 47 yard field goal in OT so no whining! The Colts had many chances to win and did not.

[giles422]

@rjcpacker my mistake on the Anderson TD- you're right. I still think the Colts were robbed however. That was no face mask, and Chandler's kick to tie missed.

[rjcpacker]

@giles422 What Anderson TD? He was ruled OB at the one and the Colts stopped the Packers on downs so that's a moot point. Hornung scored the Packer TD in the 3rd Quarter (not shown in this film because its a Colt highlight film). The Packers outgained the Colts by 2 to 1 with their backup QB so its hard to say the Colts were robbed. They lost to the Packers twice during the season so the Colts had their chances to seal it without getting to a playoff but couldn't cash in.

[jseph1234567890]

Yeah the Colts got robbed on that kick..ridiculous

[caesarcerf]

i don't think in fact chandler's kick did miss.  i appears to me it crossed the bar THEN blew out of the uprights. IF it crossed it doesn't, by rules matter where it finishes.

[giles422]

Colts were robbed. Anderson's TD was out of bounds, Smith did not face mask Zeke, and Chandler's kick missed. It must be said.

[giles422]

@GoBungles this game was in Wisconsin, however.

[giles422]

@GoBungles it's always the home teams choice, although normally teams wear their colors at home, some don't.