1978 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 5-11-0 .313 |
| Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda |
| Maxie Baughan | Defensive Coordinator |
| Dick Bielski | Receivers |
| George Boutselis | Special Teams |
| Whitey Dovell | Offensive Line |
| Ralph Hawkins | Defensive Backs |
| Eddie Khayat | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1978 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-22 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 37437 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1978 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12-23 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 61112 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1978 | H | Washington Redskins | 16-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 42731 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1978 | A | Detroit Lions | 13-7 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 49718 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1978 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 0-38 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64224 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1978 | H | Miami Dolphins | 0-42 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 47730 | |
| Mon | 9/18/1978 | A | New England Patriots | 34-27 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 57284 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1978 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-24 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 55270 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1978 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50314 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1978 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 30-17 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47479 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1978 | H | New York Jets | 10-33 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45563 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1978 | H | Denver Broncos | 7-6 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54057 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1978 | A | Miami Dolphins | 8-26 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 53524 | |
| Mon | 11/6/1978 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57631 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1978 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 17-14 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61905 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1978 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-45 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 45341 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1978 | H | New England Patriots | 14-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 42828 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1978 | A | New York Jets | 16-24 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 50248 | |
| Sat | 12/9/1978 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-35 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 41957 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1978 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 25415 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 83 | Mack Alston | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 16 | 13 |
| 60 | Ron Baker | OG | 6-4 | 274 | 24 | Indian Hills JC; Oklahoma State | 16 | 0 |
| 63 | Mike Barnes | LDT | 6-6 | 255 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 10 |
| 47 | Tim Baylor | S | 6-5 | 199 | 24 | Morgan State | 16 | 0 |
| 44 | Lyle Blackwood | FS-SS | 6-1 | 189 | 27 | Blinn JC; Texas Christian | 16 | 16 |
| 50 | Forrest Blue | C | 6-5 | 249 | 33 | Auburn | 13 | 0 |
| 84 | Randy Burke | WR | 6-1 | 186 | 23 | Kentucky | 15 | 0 |
| 81 | Roger Carr | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 16 |
| 72 | Fred Cook | LDE | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
| 35 | Glenn Doughty | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 31 | Michigan | 15 | 15 |
| 78 | John Dutton | RDE | 6-7 | 261 | 27 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 76 | Joe Ehrmann | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 29 | Syracuse | 14 | 10 |
| 69 | Wade Griffin | LOT | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Mississippi | 16 | 16 |
| 36 | Don Hardeman | FB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 13 | 3 |
| 28 | Dwight Harrison | RCB-LCB | 6-1 | 183 | 30 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 15 | 6 |
| 62 | Ken Huff | ROG | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | North Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| 80 | Marshall Johnson | WR | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | Houston | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | Bert Jones | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Louisiana State | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Mike Kirkland | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Arkansas | 16 | 2 |
| 75 | George Kunz | ROT | 6-5 | 251 | 31 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Bruce Laird | SS | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | American International | 14 | 14 |
| 48 | Roosevelt Leaks | FB | 5-10 | 219 | 25 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 49 | David Lee | P | 6-4 | 223 | 35 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 0 |
| 34 | Ron Lee | HB-FB | 6-4 | 234 | 25 | West Virginia | 15 | 4 |
| 2 | Toni Linhart | K | 5-11 | 183 | 36 | Austria Technical | 16 | 0 |
| 58 | Derrel Luce | LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 26 | Baylor | 16 | 7 |
| 52 | Tom MacLeod | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Minnesota | 12 | 9 |
| 66 | Greg Marshall | DT | 6-3 | 257 | 22 | Oregon State | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | Reese McCall | TE | 6-6 | 238 | 22 | Auburn | 16 | 3 |
| 23 | Don McCauley | HB | 6-1 | 211 | 29 | North Carolina | 15 | 1 |
| 57 | Ken Mendenhall | C | 6-3 | 235 | 30 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| 79 | Don Morrison | ROT | 6-5 | 257 | 29 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 3 |
| 42 | Lloyd Mumphord | RCB-LCB-FS | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | Texas Southern | 16 | 5 |
| 30 | Doug Nettles | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 178 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 14 |
| 55 | Stu O'Dell | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Ray Oldham | CB-S | 5-11 | 192 | 27 | Middle Tennessee State | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | Calvin O'Neal | RILB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Michigan | 15 | 2 |
| 88 | Herb Orvis | DT | 6-5 | 248 | 32 | Colorado | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Mike Ozdowski | RDT-RDE | 6-5 | 243 | 23 | Virginia | 16 | 3 |
| 61 | Bob Pratt | LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | North Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| 74 | Dave Rowe | LDT-RDT | 6-6 | 274 | 33 | Penn State | 13 | 10 |
| 54 | Sanders Shiver | RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 23 | Carson-Newman | 16 | 4 |
| 45 | Mike Siani | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Villanova | 7 | 0 |
| 56 | Ed Simonini | MLB | 6-0 | 206 | 24 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| 43 | Norm Thompson | LCB | 6-1 | 179 | 33 | Laney JC; Utah | 13 | 9 |
| 12 | Bill Troup | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 27 | Virginia; South Carolina | 12 | 11 |
| 67 | Bob Van Duyne | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Idaho | 14 | 12 |
| 20 | Joe Washington | HB | 5-10 | 182 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | 12 |
| 53 | Stan White | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 25 | Reese McCall | TE | Auburn |
| 2 | 52 | Mike Woods | LB | Cincinnati |
| 5 | 117 | Frank Myers | T | Texas A&M |
| 6 | 161 | Ben Garry | RB | Southern Mississippi |
| 7 | 191 | Jeff Logan | RB | Ohio State |
| 8 | 218 | Monte Anthony | RB | Nebraska |
| 9 | 245 | Dave Studdard | T | Texas |
| 10 | 275 | Dallas Owens | DB | Kentucky |
| 11 | 302 | Henry Mason | WR | Central Missouri |
| 12 | 329 | Bruce Allen | P | Richmond |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 96 | 42 | 70 | |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 155 | 70 | 106 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 249 | 95 | 124 | 30 | 74/203 36.5% | / % | 90 | 771 | |
| Opponents Totals | 291 | 153 | 119 | 19 | 119/241 49.4% | / % | 114 | 1006 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Linhart | 0 | 27 | 31 | 87.1 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 0 | 51 |
| Roger Carr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Don McCauley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Glenn Doughty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mack Alston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lyle Blackwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ron Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Reese McCall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Derrel Luce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Siani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Troup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Burke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 27 | 31 | 87.1 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 1 | 239 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 53 | 54 | 98.1 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 1 | 421 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Linhart | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 1 | 41 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 2/6 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 1 | 41 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 2/6 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 1/2 | 7/8 | 3/5 | 3/7 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 240 | 956 | 4.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ron Lee | 81 | 374 | 4.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 83 | 266 | 3.2 | 11 | 2 |
| Don Hardeman | 48 | 244 | 5.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 44 | 107 | 2.4 | 10 | 5 |
| Bert Jones | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Kirkland | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Troup | 18 | 25 | 1.4 | 10 | 1 |
| Glenn Doughty | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 532 | 2044 | 3.8 | 46 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 662 | 3010 | 4.5 | 63 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Troup | 296 | 154 | 154 | 121 | 1882 | 6.4 | 12.2 | 67t | 10 | 3.4 | 21 | 7.1 | 32 | 340 | 1542 | 53.6 |
| Bert Jones | 42 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 370 | 8.8 | 13.7 | 78t | 4 | 9.5 | 1 | 2.4 | 6 | 62 | 308 | 114.2 |
| Mike Kirkland | 41 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 211 | 5.1 | 11.1 | 34 | 1 | 2.4 | 8 | 19.5 | 11 | 78 | 133 | 30.7 |
| Joe Washington | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 54t | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 135.4 |
| Team Totals | 383 | 202 | 202 | 151 | 2543 | 6.6 | 12.6 | 78t | 17 | 4.4 | 30 | 7.8 | 49 | 480 | 2063 | 55.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 357 | 191 | 191 | 149 | 3125 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 91t | 29 | 8.1 | 17 | 4.8 | 30 | 224 | 2901 | 90.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 45 | 377 | 8.4 | 33 | 1 |
| Don McCauley | 34 | 296 | 8.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Roger Carr | 30 | 629 | 21.0 | 78t | 6 |
| Glenn Doughty | 25 | 390 | 15.6 | 46 | 3 |
| Mack Alston | 18 | 210 | 11.7 | 23 | 2 |
| Ron Lee | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Reese McCall | 11 | 160 | 14.5 | 34 | 1 |
| Don Hardeman | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 9 | 111 | 12.3 | 27 | 2 |
| Mike Siani | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 49 | 1 |
| Marshall Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 2543 | 12.6 | 78t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 191 | 3125 | 16.4 | 91t | 29 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Thompson | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 79t | 2 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Simonini | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Derrel Luce | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Stan White | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Doug Nettles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 249 | 14.6 | 79t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 529 | 17.6 | 53t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lee | 92 | 3513 | 38.2 | 67 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 460 | 2873 | 30.6 |
| Team Totals | 94 | 3513 | 37.4 | 67 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 460 | 2873 | 30.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 80 | 2859 | 35.7 | 79 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 219 | 2500 | 31.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Johnson | 25 | 10 | 143 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 7 | 6 | 37 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Reese McCall | 1 | 0 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Randy Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 18 | 219 | 6.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 10 | 460 | 8.7 | 37 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 19 | 499 | 26.3 | 90t | 1 | |
| Marshall Johnson | 41 | 927 | 22.6 | 57 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| Don Hardeman | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Lyle Blackwood | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Don Morrison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Randy Burke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Van Duyne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stu O'Dell | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 74 | 1648 | 22.3 | 90t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1271 | 24.4 | 102t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| John Dutton | 6.0 | |
| Mike Barnes | 5.0 | |
| Fred Cook | 5.0 | |
| Joe Ehrmann | 4.0 | |
| Derrel Luce | 3.0 | |
| Mike Ozdowski | 3.0 | |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 1.0 | |
| Sanders Shiver | 1.0 | |
| Stan White | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 224.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 49.0 | 480.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Baylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Doughty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Dutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Wade Griffin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marshall Johnson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Laird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Lee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrel Luce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 1 |
| Reese McCall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ken Mendenhall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Nettles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Stu O'Dell | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanders Shiver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Troup | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -12 | 0 | |
| Bob Van Duyne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe Washington | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 77 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 0 |
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