1974 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 2-12-0 .143 |
| Head Coach: Howard Schnellenberger (0-3-0); Joe Thomas (2-9-0) |
| Don Doll | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Frank Lauterbur | Linebackers |
| Pete McCulley | Receivers |
| George Sefcik | Offensive Backs |
| Jerry Smith | Defensive Line |
| George Young | Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/9/1974 | H | Detroit Lions | 3-6 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 6792 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1974 | N | Cleveland Browns | 37-3 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 25116 | |
| Mon | 8/26/1974 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-20 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 29982 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1974 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 7-23 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 50085 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1974 | A | Washington Redskins | 6-7 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 29704 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1974 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48890 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | H | Green Bay Packers | 13-20 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 35873 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-30 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 64205 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | A | New England Patriots | 3-42 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 55820 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36314 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | A | New York Jets | 35-20 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 51745 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | A | Miami Dolphins | 7-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 65868 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 14-24 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 35110 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | H | Denver Broncos | 6-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 32244 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 17-7 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 41278 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | H | New England Patriots | 17-27 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 33782 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | A | Buffalo Bills | 0-6 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 75325 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1974 | H | Miami Dolphins | 16-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 33320 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | H | New York Jets | 38-45 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 31651 | |
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 |
| John Andrews | 36 | RB-TE | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 1 |
| Jim Bailey | 79 | LDT-LLB | 6-4 | 253 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | 7 |
| Mike Barnes | 63 | LDT-LDE | 6-6 | 255 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 1 |
| Tim Berra | 84 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Massachusetts | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Bertuca | 51 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Montana; Wenatchee Valley JC; Chico State | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Carr | 81 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 8 |
| Raymond Chester | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| Elmer Collett | 66 | ROG | 6-4 | 231 | 30 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Cook | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 244 | 22 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Curtis | 32 | MLB | 6-2 | 232 | 31 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Dickel | 55 | LDT-LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Iowa | 14 | 1 |
| Marty Domres | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 219 | 27 | Columbia | 14 | 6 |
| Glenn Doughty | 35 | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | Michigan | 13 | 12 |
| John Dutton | 78 | RDE | 6-7 | 261 | 23 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Ehrmann | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 12 |
| Randy Hall | 33 | RCB | 6-3 | 194 | 22 | Idaho | 14 | 0 |
| Bert Jones | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Louisiana State | 11 | 8 |
| Bruce Laird | 40 | LS | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | American International | 14 | 14 |
| David Lee | 49 | P | 6-4 | 223 | 31 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Toni Linhart | 2 | K | 5-11 | 183 | 32 | Austria Technical | 14 | 0 |
| Tom MacLeod | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Minnesota | 14 | 13 |
| Ron Mayo | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 223 | 24 | Morgan State | 9 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | North Carolina | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 57 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 26 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Nelson Munsey | 31 | RCB | 6-1 | 188 | 26 | Wyoming; Hiram Scott | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Neal | 50 | C | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Dennis Nelson | 68 | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 28 | Illinois State | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Nettles | 30 | CB | 6-0 | 178 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 4 |
| Ray Oldham | 25 | LCB | 5-11 | 192 | 23 | Middle Tennessee State | 14 | 10 |
| Bill Olds | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 224 | 23 | Nebraska | 13 | 13 |
| Joe Orduna | 37 | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Pratt | 61 | LOG | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | North Carolina | 13 | 0 |
| Glenn Ressler | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 31 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Danny Rhodes | 56 | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 0 |
| Tim Rudnick | 43 | LS | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 175 | 22 | Amherst | 14 | 2 |
| Dave Simonson | 60 | LOT | 6-6 | 248 | 22 | Minnesota | 13 | 0 |
| Ollie Smith | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Tennessee State | 1 | 0 |
| Cotton Speyrer | 28 | WR | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | Texas | 13 | 6 |
| David Taylor | 64 | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Catawba | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Troup | 12 | QB | 6-5 | 220 | 23 | Virginia; South Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Van Duyne | 67 | ROG | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Idaho | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 21 | RS | 6-3 | 195 | 29 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Stan White | 53 | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Williams | 74 | RDT-LDT | 6-6 | 260 | 23 | Western Carolina | 12 | 3 |
| Bill Windauer | 63 | LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Iowa | 9 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | John Dutton | DE | Nebraska |
| 1 | 24 | Roger Carr | WR | Louisiana Tech |
| 2 | 32 | Fred Cook | DE | Southern Mississippi |
| 2 | 37 | Ed Shuttlesworth | RB | Michigan |
| 3 | 57 | Glenn Robinson | LB-DE | Oklahoma State |
| 3 | 67 | Bob Pratt | G | North Carolina |
| 4 | 84 | Tony Bell | DB | Bowling Green State |
| 5 | 129 | Doug Nettles | DB | Vanderbilt |
| 6 | 140 | Danny Rhodes | LB | Arkansas |
| 7 | 161 | Noah Jackson | G | Tampa |
| 7 | 170 | Dan Dickel | LB | Iowa |
| 7 | 174 | Freddie Scott | WR | Amherst |
| 8 | 188 | Greg Latta | TE | Morgan State |
| 8 | 198 | Paul Miles | RB | Bowling Green State |
| 10 | 240 | Bob Van Duyne | G | Idaho |
| 10 | 257 | Glenn Ellis | DT | Elon |
| 11 | 265 | Tim Rudnick | DB | Notre Dame |
| 12 | 292 | Dave Simonson | T | Minnesota |
| 12 | 307 | Bob Bobrowski | QB | Purdue |
| 13 | 317 | Randy Hall | DB | Idaho |
| 14 | 344 | Eddie Collins | WR | Rice |
| 15 | 369 | Pat Kelly | LB | Richmond |
| 16 | 396 | Dave Margavage | T | Kentucky |
| 17 | 421 | Tim Berra | WR | Massachusetts |
| 17 | 436 | Buzzy Lewis | DB | Florida State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 56 | 48 | 73 | 190 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 142 | 62 | 74 | 329 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 244 | 110 | 109 | 25 | 98/222 44.1% | / % | 66 | 587 | |
| Opponents Totals | 237 | 120 | 101 | 16 | 87/198 43.9% | / % | 75 | 737 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Linhart | 0 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 58 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bert Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Olds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Marty Domres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Glenn Doughty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Raymond Chester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don McCauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cotton Speyrer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 190 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 329 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toni Linhart | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 1 | 45 | 0/0 | 8/8 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 1 | 45 | 0/0 | 8/8 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 1/1 | 7/8 | 7/12 | 1/5 | 1/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydell Mitchell | 214 | 757 | 3.5 | 31t | 5 |
| Bill Olds | 129 | 475 | 3.7 | 34 | 1 |
| Bert Jones | 39 | 279 | 7.2 | 39 | 4 |
| Marty Domres | 22 | 145 | 6.6 | 21 | 2 |
| Don McCauley | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Glenn Doughty | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Andrews | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Orduna | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 450 | 1818 | 4.0 | 39 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 516 | 1961 | 3.8 | 37 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Jones | 270 | 143 | 53.0 | 115 | 1610 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 57 | 8 | 3.0 | 12 | 4.4 | 36 | 328 | 1282 | 62.4 |
| Marty Domres | 153 | 77 | 50.3 | 64 | 803 | 5.2 | 10.4 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 7.8 | 13 | 71 | 732 | 33.2 |
| Don McCauley | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 106.3 |
| Team Totals | 425 | 221 | 52.0 | 180 | 2424 | 5.7 | 11.0 | 57 | 9 | 2.1 | 24 | 5.6 | 49 | 399 | 2025 | 52.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 312 | 180 | 57.7 | 122 | 2348 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 77 | 16 | 5.1 | 10 | 3.2 | 21 | 183 | 2165 | 85.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydell Mitchell | 72 | 544 | 7.6 | 24 | 2 |
| Raymond Chester | 37 | 461 | 12.5 | 45 | 1 |
| Glenn Doughty | 24 | 300 | 12.5 | 27 | 2 |
| Roger Carr | 21 | 405 | 19.3 | 57 | 0 |
| Bill Olds | 21 | 153 | 7.3 | 18 | 2 |
| Freddie Scott | 18 | 317 | 17.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 17 | 112 | 6.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Cotton Speyrer | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 27 | 1 |
| Ollie Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 221 | 2424 | 11.0 | 57 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 180 | 2348 | 13.0 | 77 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Curtis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan White | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bruce Laird | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Dickel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Oldham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Nettles | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 384 | 16.0 | 55 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lee | 71 | 2634 | 37.1 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 413 | 2141 | 30.2 | |
| Team Totals | 71 | 2634 | 37.1 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 413 | 2141 | 30.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2575 | 38.4 | 59 | 0 | 253 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Berra | 16 | 2 | 114 | 7.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Bruce Laird | 11 | 0 | 30 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Cotton Speyrer | 8 | 2 | 54 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Tim Rudnick | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Bertuca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 5 | 253 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 6 | 413 | 9.0 | 66 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Laird | 19 | 499 | 26.3 | 55 | 0 | |
| Cotton Speyrer | 22 | 539 | 24.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Tim Berra | 13 | 259 | 19.9 | 54 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ron Mayo | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| John Andrews | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tim Rudnick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ray Oldham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1489 | 22.6 | 55 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 903 | 20.1 | 38 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| John Dutton | 4.5 | |
| Joe Ehrmann | 3.5 | |
| Stan White | 3.0 | |
| Fred Cook | 2.5 | |
| Mike Curtis | 2.0 | |
| Mike Barnes | 1.5 | |
| Jim Bailey | 1.0 | |
| Dan Dickel | 1.0 | |
| Tom MacLeod | 1.0 | |
| Bill Windauer | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 21.0 | 183.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 49.0 | 399.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Berra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raymond Chester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Cook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Curtis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Dickel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Marty Domres | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Dutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Laird | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mac Leod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Oldham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Olds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Ressler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Rudnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Simonson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cotton Speyrer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 0 |
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