1979 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 5-11-0 .313 |
| Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda |
| Maxie Baughan | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| Dick Bielski | Receivers |
| George Boutselis | Special Teams |
| Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
| John Symank | Defensive Backs |
| Ernie Zwahlen | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/3/1979 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36733 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1979 | A | Cleveland Browns | 3-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 43056 | |
| Fri | 8/17/1979 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-31 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 44251 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1979 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 28138 | |
| Sun | 9/2/1979 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-14 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 50442 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1979 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 26-29 | L | OT | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36374 |
| Sun | 9/16/1979 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-13 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 72070 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1979 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 49483 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1979 | H | Buffalo Bills | 13-31 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 31904 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1979 | H | New York Jets | 10-8 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 32142 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1979 | H | Houston Oilers | 16-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45021 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1979 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-13 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 50581 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1979 | H | New England Patriots | 31-26 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 41029 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1979 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 38-28 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 37740 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1979 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-19 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 50193 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1979 | A | New England Patriots | 21-50 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60879 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1979 | H | Miami Dolphins | 24-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 38016 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1979 | A | New York Jets | 17-30 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 47744 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1979 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-10 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 37226 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1979 | A | New York Giants | 31-7 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 58711 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mack Alston | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 32 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 4 |
| Ron Baker | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-4 | 274 | 25 | Indian Hills JC; Oklahoma State | 16 | 3 |
| Mike Barnes | 63 | LDT | 6-6 | 255 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 44 | FS | 6-1 | 189 | 28 | Blinn JC; Texas Christian | 16 | 12 |
| Larry Braziel | 47 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Compton JC; Southern California | 16 | 9 |
| Randy Burke | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 186 | 24 | Kentucky | 16 | 2 |
| Roger Carr | 81 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 9 |
| Fred Cook | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
| Brian DeRoo | 87 | WR | 6-3 | 190 | 23 | Redlands | 16 | 1 |
| Bucky Dilts | 10 | P | 5-9 | 183 | 26 | Georgia | 16 | 0 |
| Glenn Doughty | 35 | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 32 | Michigan | 15 | 15 |
| Joe Ehrmann | 76 | RDT-LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 30 | Syracuse | 16 | 5 |
| Ron Fernandes | 73 | RDE | 6-5 | 248 | 28 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 7 |
| Greg Fields | 79 | RDE | 6-6 | 260 | 24 | Hartnell JC; Grambling State | 16 | 4 |
| Ben Garry | 29 | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 11 | 0 |
| Nesby Glasgow | 25 | FS | 5-10 | 188 | 22 | Washington | 16 | 4 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 12 | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 25 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| Wade Griffin | 89 | LOT | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
| Lee Gross | 52 | C | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Auburn | 16 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 36 | FB | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 13 | 11 |
| Dwight Harrison | 28 | RCB | 6-1 | 183 | 31 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | 6 |
| Jeff Hart | 68 | ROT | 6-5 | 252 | 26 | Oregon State | 16 | 14 |
| Ken Huff | 62 | ROG | 6-4 | 252 | 26 | North Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Bert Jones | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | Louisiana State | 4 | 4 |
| Jimmy Krahl | 90 | DT | 6-5 | 252 | 24 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Krauss | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 257 | 22 | Alabama | 15 | 6 |
| Bruce Laird | 40 | SS | 6-0 | 193 | 29 | American International | 15 | 15 |
| Greg Landry | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 33 | Massachusetts | 16 | 12 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 48 | FB | 5-10 | 219 | 26 | Texas | 7 | 5 |
| Toni Linhart | 2 | K | 5-11 | 183 | 37 | Austria Technical | 3 | 0 |
| Reese McCall | 86 | TE | 6-6 | 238 | 23 | Auburn | 14 | 12 |
| Don McCauley | 23 | HB | 6-1 | 211 | 30 | North Carolina | 15 | 1 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 57 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 31 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Mike-Mayer | 5 | K | 6-0 | 180 | 32 | Maryland | 13 | 0 |
| Doug Nettles | 30 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 178 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 15 | 13 |
| Herb Orvis | 88 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 248 | 33 | Colorado | 16 | 13 |
| Mike Ozdowski | 61 | RDE | 6-5 | 243 | 24 | Virginia | 11 | 5 |
| Reggie Pinkney | 37 | SS | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | East Carolina | 16 | 1 |
| Bob Pratt | 61 | LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | North Carolina | 16 | 15 |
| Sanders Shiver | 54 | LLB | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Carson-Newman | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Siani | 45 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Villanova | 10 | 5 |
| Ed Simonini | 56 | MLB | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Texas A&M | 13 | 10 |
| David Taylor | 64 | ROT | 6-4 | 260 | 30 | Catawba | 3 | 2 |
| Norm Thompson | 43 | LCB | 6-1 | 179 | 34 | Laney JC; Utah | 12 | 4 |
| Bob Van Duyne | 67 | OG | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Idaho | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 20 | HB | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Oklahoma | 15 | 15 |
| Stan White | 53 | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 30 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Woods | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 237 | 25 | Ellsworth CC; Tampa; Cincinnati | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Zabel | 58 | LB | 6-4 | 228 | 31 | Oklahoma | 15 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Barry Krauss | LB | Alabama |
| 3 | 69 | Kim Anderson | DB | Arizona State |
| 5 | 115 | Larry Braziel | DB | Southern California |
| 6 | 150 | Jimmy Moore | T | Ohio State |
| 8 | 197 | Steve Heimkreiter | LB | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 207 | Nesby Glasgow | DB | Washington |
| 9 | 224 | Russ Henderson | P | Virginia |
| 10 | 254 | Steve Stephens | TE | Oklahoma State |
| 11 | 280 | John Priestner | LB | Western Ontario |
| 12 | 306 | Charlie Green | WR | Kansas State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 111 | 30 | 55 | 75 | 0 | 271 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 128 | 88 | 75 | 3 | 351 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 291 | 97 | 158 | 36 | 106/257 41.2% | / % | 137 | 1239 | |
| Opponents Totals | 265 | 106 | 130 | 29 | 84/217 38.7% | / % | 112 | 1014 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Mike-Mayer | 0 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0 | 61 |
| Joe Washington | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Don McCauley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Don Hardeman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Reese McCall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Larry Braziel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Glenn Doughty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Toni Linhart | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Mike Siani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mack Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brian DeRoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nesby Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bert Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 31 | 33 | 93.9 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 0 | 271 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 37 | 42 | 88.1 | 20 | 28 | 71.4 | 1 | 351 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Mike-Mayer | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0 | 41 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 4/5 | 2/8 | 0/0 |
| Toni Linhart | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 38 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 0 | 41 | 0/1 | 7/10 | 5/8 | 2/9 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 28 | 71.4 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 6/8 | 6/10 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 242 | 884 | 3.7 | 26 | 4 |
| Don Hardeman | 109 | 292 | 2.7 | 16 | 3 |
| Don McCauley | 59 | 168 | 2.8 | 13 | 3 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 49 | 145 | 3.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Greg Landry | 31 | 115 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Ben Garry | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Bert Jones | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Stan White | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bucky Dilts | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 515 | 1674 | 3.3 | 26 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 559 | 2306 | 4.1 | 75 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Landry | 457 | 270 | 59.1 | 172 | 2932 | 6.4 | 10.9 | 67t | 15 | 3.3 | 15 | 3.3 | 42 | 326 | 2606 | 75.3 |
| Bert Jones | 92 | 43 | 46.7 | 46 | 643 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 59 | 3 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.3 | 10 | 77 | 566 | 67.4 |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 550 | 313 | 56.9 | 218 | 3575 | 6.5 | 11.4 | 67t | 18 | 3.3 | 19 | 3.5 | 52 | 403 | 3172 | 73.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 411 | 203 | 49.4 | 185 | 3080 | 7.5 | 15.2 | 74 | 23 | 5.6 | 23 | 5.6 | 39 | 312 | 2768 | 69.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 82 | 750 | 9.1 | 43t | 3 |
| Don McCauley | 55 | 575 | 10.5 | 35 | 3 |
| Reese McCall | 37 | 536 | 14.5 | 36 | 4 |
| Glenn Doughty | 35 | 510 | 14.6 | 54 | 2 |
| Roger Carr | 27 | 400 | 14.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Don Hardeman | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Mike Siani | 15 | 214 | 14.3 | 31t | 2 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 14 | 119 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Randy Burke | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 59 | 0 |
| Brian DeRoo | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 67t | 1 |
| Ben Garry | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 313 | 3575 | 11.4 | 67t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 203 | 3080 | 15.2 | 74 | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders Shiver | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Larry Braziel | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 31t | 1 |
| Bruce Laird | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 68 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Nettles | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dwight Harrison | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Stan White | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Nesby Glasgow | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 382 | 16.6 | 68 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 321 | 16.9 | 57 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Dilts | 99 | 3657 | 36.9 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 296 | 3261 | 32.3 |
| Team Totals | 101 | 3657 | 36.2 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 296 | 3261 | 32.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 3798 | 40.0 | 62 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 391 | 3187 | 33.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesby Glasgow | 44 | 11 | 352 | 8.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 4 | 1 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 12 | 391 | 8.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 24 | 296 | 6.9 | 80t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesby Glasgow | 50 | 1126 | 22.5 | 58 | 0 | |
| Ben Garry | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lyle Blackwood | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bruce Laird | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hart | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Van Duyne | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Wade Griffin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 70 | 1402 | 20.0 | 58 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1065 | 18.7 | 43 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Cook | 10.0 | |
| Mike Ozdowski | 5.5 | |
| Greg Fields | 4.0 | |
| Herb Orvis | 3.5 | |
| Joe Ehrmann | 3.0 | |
| Mike Barnes | 2.0 | |
| Ron Fernandes | 2.0 | |
| Sanders Shiver | 2.0 | |
| Bruce Laird | 1.0 | |
| Stan White | 1.0 | |
| Mike Woods | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 39.0 | 312.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 52.0 | 403.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Braziel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Garry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nesby Glasgow | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Krauss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Laird | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -13 | 0 | |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reese McCall | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Orvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Pinkney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Sanders Shiver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stan White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Zabel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 1 |
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