Baltimore Colts (1947-50)

Baltimore Colts

First Season
1946
Team History
Baltimore Colts (1947-50) Miami Seahawks (1946)
Conference/Division
National Football League (1950) National Conference (1950) All-America Football Conference (1946-49) Eastern Division (1946-48)
Venue
Memorial Stadium (1950) Municipal Stadium (1947-49) Burdine Stadium (1946)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives

This article is about the defunct AAFC/NFL team. For the current NFL team, see Indianapolis Colts.

The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The first team to bear the name Baltimore Colts, they were members of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1947 to 1949 and then joined the National Football League (NFL) for one season before folding.

Publications

Programs by season

1940s

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue
Miami Seahawks
1946
Week 1	September 6	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 2	September 15	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 3	September 20	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
exhibition	September 28	vs. Brooklyn Dodgers	Grant Field
Week 4	October 7	vs. San Francisco 49ers	Burdine Stadium
Week 5	October 11	at Buffalo Bisons	Civic Stadium
Week 6	October 18	at Chicago Rockets	Soldier Field
Week 7	October 25	at Brooklyn Dodgers	Ebbets Field
Week 8	November 3	at New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium
Week 9	November 11	vs. Chicago Rockets	Burdine Stadium
Week 10	November 18	vs. Buffalo Bisons	Burdine Stadium
Baltimore Colts
1947
preseason	August 29	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 3	September 21	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 4	September 28	vs. New York Yankees	Municipal Stadium
Week 7	October 19	vs. Los Angeles Dons	Municipal Stadium
Week 8	October 26	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 12	November 23	vs. Buffalo Bills	Municipal Stadium
Week 13	November 30	vs. Chicago Rockets	Municipal Stadium
Week 14	December 7	vs. Cleveland Browns	Municipal Stadium
1948
preseason	August 8	at Los Angeles Dons	Multnomah Stadium
preseason	August 22	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
preseason	August 27	at Cleveland Browns	Scott High School Stadium
Week 1	September 5	vs. New York Yankees	Municipal Stadium
Week 2	September 10	at Chicago Rockets	Soldier Field
Week 3	September 16	at New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium
Week 4	September 26	vs. Brooklyn Dodgers	Municipal Stadium
Week 5	October 5	vs. Cleveland Browns	Municipal Stadium
Week 6	October 10	vs. San Francisco 49ers	Municipal Stadium
Week 7	October 15	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 8	October 24	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 9	October 31	at Buffalo Bills	Civic Stadium
Week 10	November 7	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 11	November 14	vs. Chicago Rockets	Municipal Stadium
Week 12	November 21	vs. Los Angeles Dons	Municipal Stadium
Week 14	December 5	vs. Buffalo Bills	Municipal Stadium
postseason	December 12	vs. Buffalo Bills	Municipal Stadium
1949
Week 1	August 28	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 2	September 2	at Los Angeles Dons	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 3	September 11	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Stadium
Week 4	September 16	at Chicago Hornets	Soldier Field
Week 5	September 25	vs. Cleveland Browns	Municipal Stadium
Week 8	October 16	vs. Brooklyn-New York Yankees	Municipal Stadium
Week 9	October 23	vs. Chicago Hornets	Municipal Stadium
Week 10	October 30	at Brooklyn-New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium
Week 11	November 6	vs. San Francisco 49ers	Municipal Stadium
Week 13	November 20	vs. Los Angeles Dons	Municipal Stadium
Week 14	November 27	vs. Buffalo Bills	Municipal Stadium

1950s

Week	Date	Opponent	Venue
1950
preseason	August 13	vs. Pittsburgh Steelers	Memorial Stadium
preseason	August 24	vs. Chicago Bears	Memorial Stadium
preseason	September 4	vs. New York Yanks	State Fair Stadium
Week 1	September 17	vs. Washington Redskins	Memorial Stadium
Week 2	September 24	vs. Cleveland Browns	Memorial Stadium
Week 4	October 15	vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Memorial Stadium
Week 6	October 29	at San Francisco 49ers	Kezar Stadium
Week 7	November 5	vs. Green Bay Packers	Memorial Stadium
Week 8	November 12	at Pittsburgh Steelers	Forbes Field
Week 9	November 19	vs. New York Giants	Memorial Stadium
Week 12	December 3	vs. Detroit Lions	Memorial Stadium
Week 12	December 10	at New York Yanks	Yankee Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

All media guides

1950s	1950

Seasons

Baltimore Colts (1947-50) publications by season
1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950

See also

List of defunct NFL franchises

Franchises Portal