Bert Jones: LSU Tigers Legend and Baltimore Colts QB

Bert Jones captivated college football fans with his late-game heroics at LSU before taking the reins from Johnny Unitas to lead the Baltimore Colts to championship glory.

Football Bio

September 7, 1951 – Bert Jones, a quarterback from LSU, was born. Bert played professionally for the Baltimore Colts in the NFL.

Jones became a legend at LSU when, in a 1972 game against Ole Miss, he led the Tigers to a thrilling one-point victory in the final seconds.

The play is still filled with controversy to this day, as many, mainly on the Ole Miss side, believe that Jones and the Tigers were given an extra four seconds due to an alleged clock malfunction on a previous play.

With four seconds on the field’s timepiece, Jones hit a streaking Brad Davis in the end zone for an LSU touchdown. That put them over the Ole Miss Rebels 17 to 16 in the 17 games that Bert Jones started in college.

He passed for three thousand two hundred and twenty-five yards and 28 touchdowns, which was a career record at the time for LSU.

The College Football Hall of Fame enshrined Jones in 2016. As a Colt, Jones succeeded Johnny Unitas as a Baltimore starter and led the Colts to three AFC East titles. [National Football Foundation]

Bert Jones cemented his legacy as a legendary gunslinger who thrived under pressure, etching his name into SEC lore and carrying the torch for the Baltimore Colts offense throughout the 1970s.

Accolades and Football Accomplishments

• Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
• Named NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1976.
• Earned NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors in 1976.
• Selected as a First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 1976.
• Led the NFL in passing yards (3,104) in 1976.
• Guided the Baltimore Colts to three consecutive AFC East Division titles (1975, 1976, 1977).
• Named a Consensus All-American and First-team All-SEC in 1972.
• Finished 4th in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1972.

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