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1977 Baltimore Colts
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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 295 points (21.1/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 221 points (15.8/g), 11th.
Differential of 74 points (5.3/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-4.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +21 (1.5/g), 2nd.
Coached by Ted Marchibroda (10-4-0)
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1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bert Jones | 26 | 4 | 14 | 224 for 393, 2,686 yards, 17 td, 11 int, & 28 rushes for 146 yards and 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1973 |
| RB | Lydell Mitchell* | 28 | 5 | 14 | 301 rushes for 1,159 yards, 3 td, & 71 catches for 620 yards and 4 td | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1972 |
| FB | Roosevelt Leaks | 24 | 2 | 11 | 59 rushes for 237 yards, 3 td, & 3 catches for 39 yards and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 105th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Glenn Doughty | 30 | 5 | 13 | 28 catches for 435 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 47th pick / 1972 |
| WR | Freddie Scott | 25 | 3 | 14 | 18 catches for 267 yards, 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 174th pick / 1974 |
| TE | Raymond Chester | 29 | 7 | 14 | 31 catches for 556 yards, 3 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1970 |
| LT | Dave Taylor | 28 | 4 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 114th pick / 1973 |
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| LG | Robert Pratt | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| C | Ken Mendenhall | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 116th pick / 1970 |
| RG | Ken Huff | 24 | 2 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
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| RT | George Kunz* | 30 | 8 | 14 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 2nd pick / 1969 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Fred Cook | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1974 |
| LDT | Mike Barnes* | 27 | 4 | 14 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1973 |
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| RDT | Joe Ehrmann | 28 | 4 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1973 |
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| RDT | Ron Fernandes | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 260th pick / 1973 |
| RDE | John Dutton* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| LLB | Tom MacLeod | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 74th pick / 1973 |
| MLB | Ed Simonini | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 81st pick / 1976 |
| RLB | Stan White | 28 | 5 | 14 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 438th pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Norm Thompson | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Nelson Munsey | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Bruce Laird | 27 | 5 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| FS | Lyle Blackwood | 26 | 4 | 14 | 10 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Toni Linhart* | 35 | 5 | 0 | 17 of 26 field goals & 32 of 35 extra points | |
| P | David Lee | 34 | 11 | 0 | 82 punts for a 38.3 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Howard Stevens | 27 | 4 | 0 | 34 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 16th / 392nd pick / 1973 |
| KR | Bruce Laird | 27 | 5 | 14 | 24 kick returns for a 22.5 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Mack Alston | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/27/1947 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 |
| Mike Barnes* | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-6 | Miami (FL) | 12/24/1950 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1973 |
| Tim Baylor | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-6 | Morgan State | 5/23/1954 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 283rd pick / 1976 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-1 | TCU | 5/24/1951 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| Forrest Blue | 33 | C | 14 | 0 | 261 | 6-6 | Auburn | 9/7/1944 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 15th pick / 1968 |
| Roger Carr | 25 | WR | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 7/1/1952 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1974 |
| Raymond Chester | 29 | TE | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 6/28/1948 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1970 |
| Elmer Collett | 33 | G | 5 | 0 | 244 | 6-6 | San Francisco State | 11/7/1944 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 208th pick / 1966 |
| Fred Cook | 25 | DE | 14 | 14 | 244 | 6-4 | Southern Miss | 4/15/1952 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1974 |
| Dan Dickel | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Iowa | 8/24/1952 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 170th pick / 1974 |
| Glenn Doughty | 30 | WR | 13 | 13 | 204 | 6-2 | Michigan | 1/30/1947 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 47th pick / 1972 |
| John Dutton* | 26 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 266 | 6-6 | Nebraska | 2/6/1951 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| Joe Ehrmann | 28 | DT | 9 | 8 | 260 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 3/29/1949 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Fernandes | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 7 | 251 | 6-4 | Eastern Michigan | 9/11/1951 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 260th pick / 1973 |
| Wade Griffin | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 8/7/1954 | Rook | |
| Perry Griggs | 23 | WR | 1 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Troy State | 9/17/1954 | Rook | New York Jets / 5th / 116th pick / 1977 |
| Ken Huff | 24 | G | 14 | 9 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 2/21/1953 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
| Greg Johnson | 24 | DT-NT-DE | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Florida State | 12/3/1953 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 135th pick / 1976 |
| Marshall Johnson | 25 | WR-DB | 3 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Houston | 11/1/1952 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 80th pick / 1975 |
| Bert Jones | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 210 | 6-3 | LSU | 9/7/1951 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1973 |
| Jimmie Kennedy | 25 | TE | 9 | 0 | 231 | 6-3 | Colorado State,Hiram | 7/30/1952 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 233rd pick / 1974 |
| George Kunz* | 30 | T | 14 | 14 | 257 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 7/5/1947 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 2nd pick / 1969 |
| Bruce Laird | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-0 | American International College | 5/23/1950 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 24 | RB | 11 | 11 | 225 | 5-10 | Texas | 1/31/1953 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 105th pick / 1975 |
| David Lee | 34 | P | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Louisiana Tech | 11/8/1943 | 11 | |
| Ron Lee | 24 | RB | 13 | 4 | 226 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 9/17/1953 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 90th pick / 1976 |
| Toni Linhart* | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Austria Technical | 7/24/1942 | 5 | |
| Derrel Luce | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Baylor | 9/29/1952 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 168th pick / 1975 |
| Tom MacLeod | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/10/1951 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 74th pick / 1973 |
| Don McCauley | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 5/12/1949 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1971 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 8/11/1948 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 116th pick / 1970 |
| Lydell Mitchell* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 204 | 5-11 | Penn State | 5/30/1949 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1972 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 31 | DB | 2 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 12/20/1946 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 16th / 401st pick / 1969 |
| Nelson Munsey | 29 | DB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 7/2/1948 | 5 | |
| Doug Nettles | 26 | DB | 14 | 1 | 179 | 6-0 | Vanderbilt | 8/13/1951 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 129th pick / 1974 |
| Ken Novak | 23 | DT | 12 | 0 | 268 | 6-7 | Purdue | 7/3/1954 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 20th pick / 1976 |
| Ray Oldham | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Middle Tenn. State | 2/23/1951 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 189th pick / 1973 |
| Robert Pratt | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 5/25/1951 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| Howard Satterwhite | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Sam Houston State | 5/24/1953 | 1 | |
| Freddie Scott | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 180 | 6-2 | Amherst | 8/5/1952 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 174th pick / 1974 |
| Sanders Shiver | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Carson-Newman | 2/14/1954 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 |
| Ed Simonini | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 210 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 2/2/1954 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 81st pick / 1976 |
| Howard Stevens | 27 | RB | 12 | 0 | 165 | 5-5 | Louisville,Randolph-Macon | 2/9/1950 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 16th / 392nd pick / 1973 |
| Dave Taylor | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Catawba | 10/17/1949 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 114th pick / 1973 |
| Norm Thompson | 32 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| Ricky Thompson | 23 | WR | 5 | 0 | 176 | 6-0 | Baylor | 5/15/1954 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 228th pick / 1976 |
| Bill Troup | 26 | QB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | South Carolina,Virginia | 4/2/1951 | 3 | |
| Bob Van Duyne | 25 | G-T | 9 | 0 | 243 | 6-5 | Idaho | 5/15/1952 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 240th pick / 1974 |
| Stan White | 28 | LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/24/1949 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 438th pick / 1972 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 220.1 | 6-2.4 | 3.8 |