1977 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 10-4-0 .714 |
Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda |
Maxie Baughan | Defensive Coordinator |
Dick Bielski | Receivers |
George Boutselis | Special Teams |
Whitey Dovell | Offensive Line |
Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
Frank Lauterbur | Defensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Fri | 8/5/1977 | A | Denver Broncos | 8-14 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 40059 | |
Mon | 8/14/1977 | A | Houston Oilers | 14-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37189 | |
Fri | 8/19/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 29-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45529 | |
Sat | 8/27/1977 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 21-23 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 54835 | |
Fri | 9/2/1977 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40695 | |
Sat | 9/10/1977 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-14 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 47032 | |
Sun | 9/18/1977 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 29-14 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 58991 | |
Sun | 9/25/1977 | A | New York Jets | 20-12 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 43439 | |
Sun | 10/2/1977 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 47717 | |
Sun | 10/9/1977 | H | Miami Dolphins | 45-28 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57005 | |
Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-6 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 63076 | |
Sun | 10/23/1977 | A | New England Patriots | 3-17 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60958 | |
Sun | 10/30/1977 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60225 | |
Mon | 11/7/1977 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-3 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57740 | |
Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | Buffalo Bills | 31-13 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 39444 | |
Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | New York Jets | 33-12 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50957 | |
Sun | 11/27/1977 | A | Denver Broncos | 13-27 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74939 | |
Mon | 12/5/1977 | A | Miami Dolphins | 6-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 68977 | |
Sun | 12/11/1977 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-13 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45124 | |
Sun | 12/18/1977 | H | New England Patriots | 30-24 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 42250 | |
AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
Sat | 12/24/1977 | H | Oakland Raiders | 31-37 | L | 2OT | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 59925 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
83 | Mack Alston | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 0 |
63 | Mike Barnes | LDT | 6-6 | 255 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
47 | Tim Baylor | FS | 6-5 | 199 | 23 | Morgan State | 13 | 0 |
44 | Lyle Blackwood | FS | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Blinn JC; Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
50 | Forrest Blue | C | 6-5 | 249 | 32 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
81 | Roger Carr | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 0 |
87 | Raymond Chester | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
66 | Elmer Collett | ROG | 6-4 | 231 | 33 | San Francisco State | 5 | 5 |
72 | Fred Cook | LDE | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
55 | Dan Dickel | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
35 | Glenn Doughty | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 30 | Michigan | 13 | 13 |
78 | John Dutton | RDE | 6-7 | 261 | 26 | Nebraska | 12 | 11 |
76 | Joe Ehrmann | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 28 | Syracuse | 9 | 8 |
73 | Ron Fernandes | RDT-RDE | 6-5 | 248 | 26 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 7 |
69 | Wade Griffin | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
28 | Perry Griggs | WR | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Troy | 1 | 0 |
62 | Ken Huff | ROG | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | North Carolina | 14 | 9 |
79 | Greg Johnson | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Florida State | 2 | 0 |
80 | Marshall Johnson | WR | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Houston | 3 | 0 |
7 | Bert Jones | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
85 | Jimmie Kennedy | TE | 6-5 | 231 | 25 | Hiram; Colorado State | 9 | 0 |
75 | George Kunz | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 30 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
40 | Bruce Laird | SS | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | American International | 14 | 14 |
48 | Roosevelt Leaks | RB | 5-10 | 219 | 24 | Texas | 11 | 11 |
49 | David Lee | P | 6-4 | 223 | 34 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 0 |
34 | Ron Lee | RB | 6-4 | 234 | 24 | West Virginia | 13 | 4 |
2 | Toni Linhart | K | 5-11 | 183 | 35 | Austria Technical | 14 | 0 |
58 | Derrel Luce | LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 25 | Baylor | 12 | 0 |
52 | Tom MacLeod | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
23 | Don McCauley | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | North Carolina | 14 | 0 |
57 | Ken Mendenhall | C | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
26 | Lydell Mitchell | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 28 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
42 | Lloyd Mumphord | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 31 | Texas Southern | 2 | 0 |
31 | Nelson Munsey | RCB | 6-1 | 188 | 29 | Wyoming; Hiram Scott | 13 | 13 |
30 | Doug Nettles | RCB | 6-0 | 178 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 1 |
74 | Ken Novak | RDT-LDT | 6-7 | 268 | 23 | Purdue | 12 | 0 |
25 | Ray Oldham | SS | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Middle Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
61 | Bob Pratt | LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
28 | Howard Satterwhite | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 0 |
86 | Freddie Scott | WR | 6-2 | 175 | 25 | Amherst | 14 | 14 |
54 | Sanders Shiver | RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 22 | Carson-Newman | 14 | 0 |
56 | Ed Simonini | MLB | 6-0 | 206 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
27 | Howard Stevens | RB | 5-5 | 165 | 27 | Randolph-Macon; Louisville | 12 | 0 |
64 | David Taylor | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Catawba | 14 | 14 |
43 | Norm Thompson | LCB | 6-1 | 179 | 32 | Laney JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
88 | Ricky Thompson | WR | 6-0 | 176 | 23 | Baylor | 5 | 1 |
12 | Bill Troup | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 26 | Virginia; South Carolina | 14 | 0 |
67 | Bob Van Duyne | OG-OT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Idaho | 9 | 0 |
53 | Stan White | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 26 | Randy Burke | WR | Kentucky |
2 | 53 | Mike Ozdowski | DE | Virginia |
6 | 163 | Calvin O'Neal | LB | Michigan |
7 | 193 | Blanchard Carter | T | Nevada-Las Vegas |
8 | 220 | Ken Helms | OT-C | Georgia |
9 | 247 | Glenn Capriola | RB | Boston College |
10 | 277 | Ron Baker | G | Oklahoma State |
11 | 304 | Brian Ruff | LB | The Citadel |
12 | 331 | Bill Deutsch | RB | North Dakota |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 66 | 85 | 85 | 59 | |
Opponents Totals | 41 | 74 | 33 | 73 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 269 | 111 | 136 | 22 | 104/221 47.1% | / % | 77 | 620 | |
Opponents Totals | 210 | 78 | 116 | 16 | 72/190 37.9% | / % | 78 | 618 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toni Linhart | 0 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0 | 83 |
Don McCauley | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Lydell Mitchell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Glenn Doughty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Roosevelt Leaks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Raymond Chester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Ron Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Bert Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Freddie Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Roger Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bob Pratt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Doug Nettles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 35 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 1 | 295 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 1 | 221 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toni Linhart | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 7/10 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 7/10 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 1/2 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 2/7 | 0/1 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lydell Mitchell | 301 | 1159 | 3.9 | 64t | 3 |
Ron Lee | 84 | 346 | 4.1 | 30 | 3 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 59 | 237 | 4.0 | 39 | 3 |
Don McCauley | 83 | 234 | 2.8 | 16 | 6 |
Bert Jones | 28 | 146 | 5.2 | 22 | 2 |
Glenn Doughty | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 |
David Lee | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Troup | 7 | -8 | -1.1 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 566 | 2123 | 3.8 | 64t | 17 |
Opponents Totals | 423 | 1798 | 4.3 | 77t | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bert Jones | 393 | 224 | 57.0 | 158 | 2686 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 78t | 17 | 4.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 26 | 221 | 2465 | 80.8 |
Bill Troup | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 395 | 224 | 56.7 | 159 | 2686 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 78t | 17 | 4.3 | 12 | 3.0 | 26 | 221 | 2465 | 79.4 |
Opponents Totals | 382 | 181 | 47.4 | 171 | 2549 | 6.7 | 14.1 | 68 | 10 | 2.6 | 30 | 7.9 | 47 | 359 | 2190 | 45.4 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lydell Mitchell | 71 | 620 | 8.7 | 38 | 4 |
Don McCauley | 51 | 495 | 9.7 | 34t | 2 |
Raymond Chester | 31 | 556 | 17.9 | 78t | 3 |
Glenn Doughty | 28 | 435 | 15.5 | 57 | 4 |
Freddie Scott | 18 | 267 | 14.8 | 33 | 2 |
Roger Carr | 11 | 199 | 18.1 | 45 | 1 |
Ron Lee | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 26t | 1 |
Ricky Thompson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Team Totals | 224 | 2686 | 12.0 | 78t | 17 |
Opponents Totals | 181 | 2549 | 14.1 | 68 | 10 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lyle Blackwood | 10 | 163 | 16.3 | 37 | 0 |
Stan White | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
Bruce Laird | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 22 | 0 |
Norm Thompson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
Nelson Munsey | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
Tom MacLeod | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 33 | 0 |
Doug Nettles | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Ed Simonini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 30 | 434 | 14.5 | 37 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 12 | 298 | 24.8 | 73t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Lee | 82 | 3142 | 38.3 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 481 | 2481 | 29.5 |
Team Totals | 84 | 3142 | 37.4 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 481 | 2481 | 29.5 |
Opponents Totals | 81 | 2933 | 36.2 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 323 | 2550 | 31.5 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Howard Stevens | 34 | 6 | 301 | 8.9 | 24 | 0 |
Lyle Blackwood | 7 | 5 | 22 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
Ray Oldham | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 42 | 14 | 323 | 7.7 | 24 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 5 | 481 | 10.9 | 73t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Laird | 24 | 541 | 22.5 | 35 | 0 | |
Howard Stevens | 11 | 216 | 19.6 | 37 | 0 | |
Don McCauley | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 20 | 0 | |
Lyle Blackwood | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
Ken Huff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Marshall Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Perry Griggs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
Jimmie Kennedy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
Sanders Shiver | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
Wade Griffin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
Glenn Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 48 | 912 | 19.0 | 37 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 60 | 1514 | 25.2 | 101t | 2 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Fred Cook | 9.0 | |
Mike Barnes | 8.5 | |
Stan White | 8.0 | |
Joe Ehrmann | 7.0 | |
John Dutton | 6.0 | |
Ron Fernandes | 3.5 | |
Tom MacLeod | 3.0 | |
Norm Thompson | 2.0 | |
Team Totals | 47.0 | 359.0 |
Opponents Totals | 26.0 | 221.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Baylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lyle Blackwood | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Raymond Chester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
John Dutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Fernandes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wade Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Perry Griggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bert Jones | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
David Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 0 | |
Ron Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom MacLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Don McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Mendenhall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lydell Mitchell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Nelson Munsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Pratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
Freddie Scott | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sanders Shiver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Simonini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Howard Stevens | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 29 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0 |
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