1977 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mack Alston | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Barnes | 63 | LDT | 6-6 | 255 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Tim Baylor | 47 | FS | 6-5 | 199 | 23 | Morgan State | 13 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 44 | FS | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Blinn JC; Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Forrest Blue | 50 | C | 6-5 | 249 | 32 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Carr | 81 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 0 |
| Raymond Chester | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| Elmer Collett | 66 | ROG | 6-4 | 231 | 33 | San Francisco State | 5 | 5 |
| Fred Cook | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Dickel | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| Glenn Doughty | 35 | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 30 | Michigan | 13 | 13 |
| John Dutton | 78 | RDE | 6-7 | 261 | 26 | Nebraska | 12 | 11 |
| Joe Ehrmann | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 28 | Syracuse | 9 | 8 |
| Ron Fernandes | 73 | RDT-RDE | 6-5 | 248 | 26 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 7 |
| Wade Griffin | 69 | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Perry Griggs | 28 | WR | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Troy | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Huff | 62 | ROG | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | North Carolina | 14 | 9 |
| Greg Johnson | 79 | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Florida State | 2 | 0 |
| Marshall Johnson | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | Houston | 3 | 0 |
| Bert Jones | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Jimmie Kennedy | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 231 | 25 | Hiram; Colorado State | 9 | 0 |
| George Kunz | 75 | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 30 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Bruce Laird | 40 | SS | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | American International | 14 | 14 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 48 | RB | 5-10 | 219 | 24 | Texas | 11 | 10 |
| David Lee | 49 | P | 6-4 | 223 | 34 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Lee | 34 | RB | 6-4 | 234 | 24 | West Virginia | 13 | 4 |
| Toni Linhart | 2 | K | 5-11 | 183 | 35 | Austria Technical | 14 | 0 |
| Derrel Luce | 58 | LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 25 | Baylor | 12 | 0 |
| Tom MacLeod | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Don McCauley | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | North Carolina | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 57 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 26 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 28 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 42 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 31 | Texas Southern | 2 | 0 |
| Nelson Munsey | 31 | RCB | 6-1 | 188 | 29 | Wyoming; Hiram Scott | 13 | 13 |
| Doug Nettles | 30 | RCB | 6-0 | 178 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 1 |
| Ken Novak | 74 | RDT-LDT | 6-7 | 268 | 23 | Purdue | 12 | 2 |
| Ray Oldham | 25 | SS | 5-11 | 192 | 26 | Middle Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Pratt | 61 | LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Howard Satterwhite | 28 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 175 | 25 | Amherst | 14 | 14 |
| Sanders Shiver | 54 | RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 22 | Carson-Newman | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Simonini | 56 | MLB | 6-0 | 206 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Howard Stevens | 27 | RB | 5-5 | 165 | 27 | Randolph-Macon; Louisville | 12 | 0 |
| David Taylor | 64 | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Catawba | 14 | 14 |
| Norm Thompson | 43 | LCB | 6-1 | 179 | 32 | Laney JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Ricky Thompson | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 176 | 23 | Baylor | 5 | 1 |
| Bill Troup | 12 | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 26 | Virginia; South Carolina | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Van Duyne | 67 | OG-OT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Idaho | 9 | 0 |
| Stan White | 53 | 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 66 | 85 | 85 | 59 | 295 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 74 | 33 | 73 | 221 |
| 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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Linhart | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 1 | 45 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 7/10 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 1 | 45 | 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 Mac Leod | 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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