I’ve probably spent more time researching the last time my jaw dropped while watching a touchdown run by a player in a Baltimore uniform than it will take to finish writing this missive. But Lamar Jackson’s 47-yard run against the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 10 was what sent me back to the Colts’ record books.
And the best research will fortify my story that the date in question was Oct. 18, 1964. Lenny Moore was in the midst of an amazing comeback campaign that season, one in which he would score 16 touchdowns.
It’s clear as day that the game was against the Green Bay Packers. I couldn’t fully recollect until I did my digging about whether it was a flat-out TD run or a pass by Johnny Unitas out in the flat. But what happened once Moore got out in space is remembered as well today as it was on that fall Sunday at Memorial Stadium. I sat in amazement as no fewer than five Packers got their mitts on Moore, only to be driven off by the sheer force of will and nonstop movement of legs. That 21-yard run would propel the Colts to a much-needed win — weren’t they all back then? — against Green Bay, 24-21.
