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1977 Baltimore Colts (NFL) 1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 10-4-0 .714

Maxie Baughan	Defensive Coordinator
Dick Bielski	Receivers
George Boutselis	Special Teams
Whitey Dovell	Offensive Line
Eddie Khayat	Defensive Line
Frank Lauterbur	Defensive Backs

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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
Sat	12/24/1977	H	Oakland Raiders	31-37	L	2OT	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	59925	AFC Divisional Playoff

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

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	LOG	6-4	250	25	Idaho	9	0
53	Stan White	RLB	6-1	224	28	Ohio State	14	14

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Randy Burke	1	26	WR	Kentucky
Mike Ozdowski	2	53	DE	Virginia
Calvin O'Neal	6	163	LB	Michigan
Blanchard Carter	7	193	T	Nevada-Las Vegas
Ken Helms	8	220	OT-C	Georgia
Glenn Capriola	9	247	RB	Boston College
Ron Baker	10	277	G	Oklahoma State
Brian Ruff	11	304	LB	The Citadel
Bill Deutsch	12	331	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	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
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	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

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