Nov. 1, 1964 - The Colts posted their seventh straight victory, a club record, when they turned three San Francisco fumbles into touchdowns to rout the 49ers, 37‐7, today at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
The Colts, who have not been beaten since dropping their opening game to the Minnesota Vikings, were sparked by Lenny Moore and his two touchdown runs of 2 and 5 yards. They were Moore’s 12th and 13th touchdowns of the season, tops in the NFL.
Baltimore opened the scoring on a 30‐yard pass from John Unitas to Ray Berry. The extra point attempt by Lou Michaels was blocked, but he contributed a 30‐yard field goal minutes later.
The other Colt touchdowns were made on an 8‐yard run by linebacker Steve Stonebreaker with a recovered fumble and a one‐yard pass from Gary Cuozzo to Joe Don Looney.
San Francisco got its touchdown on a 2‐yard pass from John Brodie to Dave Parks.
“Our guys were hitting out there,” said coach Don Shula in the victors’ dressing room. “We took the ball on our first series and went in with it, and the defense came up with another top effort. We weren’t complacent as everyone feared we would be. This team wants to win too much for that.”
Regarding his touchdown, Stonebreaker said: “No, it wasn’t my first one. I caught two or three touchdown passes in one game as a tight end with the Vikings.”
Steve also got into an argument with Monty Stickles of the 49ers. Both men were penalized, but Steve said his was a bad call. “Gino Marchetti had to calm me down,” he said, referring to a shot on the chops given him by Stickles after play had been blown dead.
“But I wasn’t after Stickles. On that holding penalty called against me, he tried to clothesline me, and the sleeve of his jersey caught on my face mask. His jersey tore, of course, and the official called me for holding. That’s what happened. Ask the coach after he sees the movies.”
“But don’t worry, I got a couple of good shots at him,” grinned Stonebreaker, who is rapidly becoming a fan favorite.
Said 49ers coach Jack Christiansen: “We’ve played all the other Western Division teams at least once now, and I’d have to say the Colts are definitely the strongest. They have a great quarterback, good receivers, and good runners. And Marchetti and [Ordell] Braase put more pressure on your quarterback than any five guys ought to be allowed to.”
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