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The 1965 Baltimore Colts season was the 13th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League 's 1965 season with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie, which tied for first in the Western Conference with the Green Bay Packers .
The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breeding and racing. It was the second incarnation of the Baltimore Colts, the first having played for three years in the All-America Football Conference and one in the National Football League (NFL). This Baltimore Colts played their home games at Memorial Stadium.
The new team kept the Triangles' blue and white color scheme and was named the Colts after the unrelated previous team that folded after the 1950 NFL season. [2] After 31 seasons in Baltimore, Colts owner Robert Irsay moved the team to Indianapolis, Indiana. [3] The Colts have won two Super Bowl championships (Super Bowl V and Super Bowl XLI).
The club was officially founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1953, as the Baltimore Colts, replacing a previous team of that name that folded in 1950. After 31 seasons in Baltimore, Colts owner Robert Irsay moved the team to Indianapolis. The Colts have had 33 starting quarterbacks (QB) in the history of their franchise.
John B. Sample Jr. (June 15, 1936 – April 26, 2005) was an American professional football defensive back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts (1958–1960), Pittsburgh Steelers (1961–1962), and Washington Redskins (1963–1965), and in the American Football League (AFL) for the New York Jets (1966–1968), winning three league championships.
The following is a list of National Football League (American football) players that were named to the Associated Press All-Pro Team in 1965.Players from the first and second teams are listed, with players from the first team in bold, where applicable.
Fred David Miller (August 8, 1940 – February 25, 2023) was an American professional football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) from 1963 through 1972. . During that span, he appeared in three world championship games for the Baltimore Colts: the 1964 NFL championship game against the Browns, Super Bowl III against the Jets, and Super Bowl V against the Cowbo
Gilburg played college football for the Syracuse Orange before being selected by the Colts in the second round of the 1961 NFL draft with the 21st overall pick. [2] He was the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for 28 seasons, from 1975 until 2002, compiling a record of 160–112–2.