L: Ryan the center of attention. R: Brown and Ryan enjoy victory.
Baltimore Locker Room
In contrast to the pandemonium next door, the Colts quarters was silent.

Shula was disgusted with his offense. Their defense did a heck of a job, but when you say that, you also have to mention our complete lack of offense. We couldn't get anything done. Was it Unitas's fault? he was asked. We had zero points on t… Morehe scoreboard. I wasn't satisfied with anyone. They used a lot of man-to-man coverage and mixed it up pretty well. And they used a somewhat unusual spacing in the line, but they had shown it before. We just killed our own drives by giving up the ball twice on fumbles and twice on pass interceptions. We never gave our defense a break. Heck, when you can't move it and keep putting constant pressure on the defense, you can't expect to win. Then they threw three bombs on us. Don thought the wind played a role in "breaking up the game" in Q3. They got us backed into the corner, and we couldn't get out. Asked if he thought the Colts lost their edge when they clinched the Western Conference pennant with four games to play, he said he wasn't sure. We got going in the second half of the last game when we beat Washington 45-27. But when we got beat like we did today, I just don't know. And we got beat in every phase of the game. Maybe it was just a day we didn't do anything right. They beat us in every conceivable way.
Unitas didn't have much to offer. It just wasn't our afternoon. They just beat us is about all you can say. ... That was not the way I wanted it to go. I wanted to go out and gun them down, but their defense didn't allow that. So I had to play it conservative. They shut off the bombs.
Defensive captain Pellington: We were just flat on our backs all day. When you can't control the ball, it's bound to happen.
Alex Hawkins, captain of the Colts special teams: The worst came out in us and none of the best. It makes you sick to your stomach so that you want to get out and play 'em again for nothing. Less