1976 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 11-3-0 .786 |
Playoff Statistics |
Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda |
Maxie Baughan | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
George Boutselis | Special Teams |
Whitey Dovell | Offensive Line |
Frank Lauterbur | Defensive Backs |
Pete McCulley | Receivers |
Jerry Smith | Defensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 7/31/1976 | N | Cleveland Browns | 21-0 | W | Lincoln, NE | Memorial Stadium | 20304 | |
Fri | 8/6/1976 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-3 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 35575 | |
Sat | 8/14/1976 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-25 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 53338 | |
Fri | 8/20/1976 | H | New Orleans Saints | 20-26 | L | OT | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 38879 |
Sat | 8/28/1976 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 7-21 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 24986 | |
Thu | 9/2/1976 | A | Detroit Lions | 9-24 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 54217 | |
Sun | 9/12/1976 | A | New England Patriots | 27-13 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 39512 | |
Sun | 9/19/1976 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 28-27 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50621 | |
Sun | 9/26/1976 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 27-30 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63725 | |
Sun | 10/3/1976 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 42-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40053 | |
Sun | 10/10/1976 | H | Miami Dolphins | 28-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 58832 | |
Sun | 10/17/1976 | A | Buffalo Bills | 31-13 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 71009 | |
Sun | 10/24/1976 | A | New York Jets | 20-0 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 49768 | |
Mon | 11/1/1976 | H | Houston Oilers | 38-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 59732 | |
Sun | 11/7/1976 | A | San Diego Chargers | 37-21 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 42827 | |
Sun | 11/14/1976 | H | New England Patriots | 14-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 58226 | |
Mon | 11/22/1976 | A | Miami Dolphins | 17-16 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 62104 | |
Sun | 11/28/1976 | H | New York Jets | 33-16 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 43823 | |
Sat | 12/4/1976 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48282 | |
Sun | 12/12/1976 | H | Buffalo Bills | 58-20 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50451 | |
AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
Sun | 12/19/1976 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-40 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60020 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
63 | Mike Barnes | LDT | 6-6 | 255 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
47 | Tim Baylor | S | 6-5 | 199 | 22 | Morgan State | 14 | 0 |
50 | Forrest Blue | C | 6-5 | 249 | 31 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
81 | Roger Carr | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 14 |
87 | Raymond Chester | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
59 | Jim Cheyunski | MLB | 6-1 | 223 | 31 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
66 | Elmer Collett | ROG | 6-4 | 231 | 32 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
72 | Fred Cook | LDE | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
55 | Dan Dickel | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
35 | Glenn Doughty | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 29 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
78 | John Dutton | RDE | 6-7 | 261 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
76 | Joe Ehrmann | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 27 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
73 | Ron Fernandes | DE | 6-5 | 248 | 25 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 0 |
33 | Randy Hall | S | 6-3 | 194 | 24 | Idaho | 13 | 0 |
62 | Ken Huff | OG | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | North Carolina | 8 | 0 |
7 | Bert Jones | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
85 | Jimmie Kennedy | TE | 6-5 | 231 | 24 | Hiram; Colorado State | 14 | 0 |
75 | George Kunz | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
40 | Bruce Laird | SS | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | American International | 14 | 14 |
48 | Roosevelt Leaks | RB | 5-10 | 219 | 23 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
49 | David Lee | P | 6-4 | 223 | 33 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 0 |
34 | Ron Lee | RB | 6-4 | 234 | 23 | West Virginia | 14 | 0 |
2 | Toni Linhart | K | 5-11 | 183 | 34 | Austria Technical | 14 | 0 |
58 | Derrel Luce | LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 24 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
23 | Don McCauley | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | North Carolina | 13 | 1 |
57 | Ken Mendenhall | C | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
26 | Lydell Mitchell | HB | 5-11 | 198 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
42 | Lloyd Mumphord | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Texas Southern | 13 | 13 |
31 | Nelson Munsey | RCB | 6-1 | 188 | 28 | Wyoming; Hiram Scott | 8 | 8 |
74 | Ken Novak | DT | 6-7 | 268 | 22 | Purdue | 11 | 0 |
25 | Ray Oldham | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | Middle Tennessee State | 14 | 7 |
61 | Bob Pratt | LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
46 | Bryant Salter | S | 6-4 | 196 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
86 | Freddie Scott | WR | 6-2 | 175 | 24 | Amherst | 10 | 0 |
54 | Sanders Shiver | LB | 6-2 | 227 | 21 | Carson-Newman | 14 | 0 |
56 | Ed Simonini | LB | 6-0 | 206 | 22 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
27 | Howard Stevens | RB | 5-5 | 165 | 26 | Randolph-Macon; Louisville | 14 | 0 |
64 | David Taylor | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Catawba | 14 | 14 |
46 | Spencer Thomas | CB | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Washburn | 2 | 0 |
88 | Ricky Thompson | WR | 6-0 | 176 | 22 | Baylor | 9 | 0 |
12 | Bill Troup | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 25 | Virginia; South Carolina | 14 | 0 |
67 | Bob Van Duyne | OG-OT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Idaho | 14 | 0 |
20 | Jackie Wallace | FS | 6-3 | 197 | 25 | Arizona | 14 | 14 |
53 | Stan White | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 20 | Ken Novak | DT | Purdue |
3 | 81 | Ed Simonini | LB | Texas A&M |
3 | 90 | Ron Lee | RB | West Virginia |
5 | 134 | Sanders Shiver | LB | Carson-Newman |
5 | 143 | Mike Kirkland | QB | Arkansas |
8 | 228 | Ricky Thompson | WR | Baylor |
9 | 258 | Stu Levenick | T | Illinois |
10 | 283 | Tim Baylor | DB | Morgan State |
11 | 310 | Rick Gibney | DT | Georgia Tech |
12 | 339 | Frank Stavroff | K | Indiana |
14 | 394 | Jeremiah Cummings | DE | Albany State |
15 | 424 | Gary Alexander | T | Clemson |
16 | 449 | Mike Fuhrman | TE | Memphis |
16 | 451 | Steve Ludwig | C | Miami (Florida) |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 72 | 175 | 77 | 93 | |
Opponents Totals | 46 | 84 | 31 | 85 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 301 | 133 | 144 | 24 | 109/200 54.5% | / % | 92 | 786 | |||||
Opponents Totals | 229 | 83 | 126 | 20 | 70/184 38.0% | / % | 89 | 770 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toni Linhart | 0 | 49 | 50 | 98.0 | 20 | 27 | 74.1 | 0 | 109 |
Roger Carr | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
Don McCauley | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
Lydell Mitchell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Roosevelt Leaks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Glenn Doughty | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Raymond Chester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Bert Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Ron Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Derrel Luce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Howard Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bill Troup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ron Fernandes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 51 | 49 | 51 | 96.1 | 20 | 27 | 74.1 | 1 | 417 |
Opponents Totals | 29 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 0 | 246 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toni Linhart | 20 | 27 | 74.1 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 10/11 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 20 | 27 | 74.1 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 10/11 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 5/6 | 2/6 | 1/1 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lydell Mitchell | 289 | 1200 | 4.2 | 43 | 5 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 118 | 445 | 3.8 | 42 | 7 |
Don McCauley | 69 | 227 | 3.3 | 16 | 9 |
Ron Lee | 41 | 220 | 5.4 | 69t | 1 |
Bert Jones | 38 | 214 | 5.6 | 17 | 2 |
Glenn Doughty | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
Bill Troup | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 6t | 1 |
David Lee | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
Team Totals | 565 | 2303 | 4.1 | 69t | 26 |
Opponents Totals | 438 | 1844 | 4.2 | 54 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bert Jones | 343 | 207 | 60.3 | 127 | 3104 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 79t | 24 | 7.0 | 9 | 2.6 | 29 | 284 | 2820 | 102.5 |
Bill Troup | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 9 | 117 | 6.5 | 14.6 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 4 | 113 | 43.1 |
Team Totals | 361 | 215 | 59.6 | 136 | 3221 | 8.9 | 15.0 | 79t | 24 | 6.6 | 10 | 2.8 | 30 | 288 | 2933 | 99.5 |
Opponents Totals | 372 | 192 | 51.6 | 165 | 2804 | 7.5 | 14.6 | 67t | 16 | 4.3 | 15 | 4.0 | 56 | 461 | 2343 | 74.0 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lydell Mitchell | 60 | 555 | 9.3 | 40t | 3 |
Roger Carr | 43 | 1112 | 25.9 | 79t | 11 |
Glenn Doughty | 40 | 628 | 15.7 | 41 | 5 |
Don McCauley | 34 | 347 | 10.2 | 44 | 2 |
Raymond Chester | 24 | 467 | 19.5 | 40 | 3 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
Freddie Scott | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
Jimmie Kennedy | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Ricky Thompson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Ron Lee | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 215 | 3221 | 15.0 | 79t | 24 |
Opponents Totals | 192 | 2804 | 14.6 | 67t | 16 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Wallace | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 41 | 0 |
Stan White | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
Ray Oldham | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 33 | 0 |
Derrel Luce | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Lloyd Mumphord | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Nelson Munsey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Fred Cook | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 15 | 211 | 14.1 | 41 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 10 | 146 | 14.6 | 31t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Lee | 59 | 2342 | 39.7 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 231 | 2051 | 34.8 |
Team Totals | 59 | 2342 | 39.7 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 231 | 2051 | 34.8 |
Opponents Totals | 79 | 2914 | 36.9 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 315 | 2459 | 31.1 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Stevens | 39 | 9 | 315 | 8.1 | 44 | 0 |
Ron Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jackie Wallace | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Oldham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 40 | 13 | 315 | 7.9 | 44 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 5 | 231 | 7.0 | 49 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Stevens | 30 | 710 | 23.7 | 83 | 0 | |
Bruce Laird | 7 | 143 | 20.4 | 25 | 0 | |
Jimmie Kennedy | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Jackie Wallace | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 23 | 0 | |
Ron Lee | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | |
Bob Pratt | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
Freddie Scott | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
Don McCauley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
Ken Novak | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
Ken Huff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 52 | 1072 | 20.6 | 83 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 77 | 1716 | 22.3 | 47 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
John Dutton | 13.0 | |
Fred Cook | 11.0 | |
Joe Ehrmann | 11.0 | |
Mike Barnes | 7.5 | |
Ron Fernandes | 5.0 | |
Stan White | 4.0 | |
Derrel Luce | 2.0 | |
Ken Novak | 1.0 | |
Bruce Laird | 1.0 | |
Lloyd Mumphord | 1.0 | |
Ray Oldham | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 56.0 | 461.0 |
Opponents Totals | 30.0 | 288.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Raymond Chester | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Cheyunski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
Fred Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Glenn Doughty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Ehrmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bert Jones | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Laird | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Derrel Luce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
Don McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lydell Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lloyd Mumphord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
Nelson Munsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Oldham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bryant Salter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Freddie Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Troup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | |
Jackie Wallace | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Stan White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 88 | 0 |
Team Totals | 25 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 170 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 1 |
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