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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 5.0, Offense: 3.6, Defense: 1.5, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Ted Marchibroda
Training Camp: Goucher College (Towson, Maryland)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| RT | George Kunz* | 30 | 8 | 14 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 2nd pick / 1969 | |
| 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 | |
| RDT | Joe Ehrmann | 28 | 4 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th 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 | |
| KR | Bruce Laird | 27 | 5 | 14 | 24 kick returns for a 22.5 average and 0 td | 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 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Mack Alston | 30 | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/27/1947 | 7 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 | |
| 63 | Mike Barnes* | 27 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-6 | Miami (FL) | 12/24/1950 | 4 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1973 |
| 47 | Tim Baylor | 23 | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-6 | Morgan St. | 5/23/1954 | 1 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 283rd pick / 1976 | |
| 44 | Lyle Blackwood | 26 | FS | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-1 | TCU | 5/24/1951 | 4 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| 50 | Forrest Blue | 33 | 14 | 0 | 261 | 6-6 | Auburn | 9/7/1944 | 9 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 15th pick / 1968 | |
| 81 | Roger Carr | 25 | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 7/1/1952 | 3 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1974 | |
| 87 | Raymond Chester | 29 | TE | 14 | 14 | 232 | 6-3 | Morgan St. | 6/28/1948 | 7 | 10 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 24th pick / 1970 |
| 66 | Elmer Collett | 33 | 5 | 0 | 244 | 6-6 | San Francisco St. | 11/7/1944 | 10 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 208th pick / 1966 | |
| 72 | Fred Cook | 25 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 244 | 6-4 | Southern Miss | 4/15/1952 | 3 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1974 |
| 55 | Dan Dickel | 25 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Iowa | 8/24/1952 | 3 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 170th pick / 1974 | |
| 35 | Glenn Doughty | 30 | WR | 13 | 13 | 204 | 6-2 | Michigan | 1/30/1947 | 5 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 47th pick / 1972 |
| 78 | John Dutton* | 26 | RDE | 12 | 0 | 266 | 6-6 | Nebraska | 2/6/1951 | 3 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| 76 | Joe Ehrmann | 28 | RDT | 9 | 8 | 260 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 3/29/1949 | 4 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1973 |
| 73 | Ron Fernandes | 26 | rdt | 14 | 7 | 251 | 6-4 | East. Michigan | 9/11/1951 | 1 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 260th pick / 1973 |
| 69 | Wade Griffin | 23 | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 8/7/1954 | Rook | 3 | ||
| 28 | Perry Griggs | 23 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Troy | 9/17/1954 | Rook | 0 | New York Jets / 5th / 116th pick / 1977 | |
| 62 | Ken Huff | 24 | RG | 14 | 9 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 2/21/1953 | 2 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
| 79 | Greg Johnson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 12/3/1953 | Rook | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 135th pick / 1976 | |
| 80 | Marshall Johnson | 25 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Houston | 11/1/1952 | 2 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 80th pick / 1975 | |
| 7 | Bert Jones | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 210 | 6-3 | LSU | 9/7/1951 | 4 | 15 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1973 |
| 85 | Jimmie Kennedy | 25 | 9 | 0 | 231 | 6-3 | Hiram,Colorado St. | 7/30/1952 | 2 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 233rd pick / 1974 | |
| 75 | George Kunz* | 30 | RT | 14 | 14 | 257 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 7/5/1947 | 8 | 11 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 2nd pick / 1969 |
| 40 | Bruce Laird | 27 | KR | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-0 | American Int. | 5/23/1950 | 5 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| 48 | Roosevelt Leaks | 24 | FB | 11 | 11 | 225 | 5-10 | Texas | 1/31/1953 | 2 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 105th pick / 1975 |
| 49 | David Lee | 34 | P | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Louisiana Tech | 11/8/1943 | 11 | 2 | |
| 34 | Ron Lee | 24 | rb | 13 | 4 | 226 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 9/17/1953 | 1 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 90th pick / 1976 |
| 2 | Toni Linhart* | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Austria Technical | 7/24/1942 | 5 | 4 | |
| 58 | Derrel Luce | 25 | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Baylor | 9/29/1952 | 2 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 168th pick / 1975 | |
| 52 | Tom MacLeod | 26 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/10/1951 | 4 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 74th pick / 1973 |
| 23 | Don McCauley | 28 | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 5/12/1949 | 6 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1971 | |
| 57 | Ken Mendenhall | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 8/11/1948 | 6 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 116th pick / 1970 |
| 26 | Lydell Mitchell* | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 204 | 5-11 | Penn St. | 5/30/1949 | 5 | 20 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1972 |
| 42 | Lloyd Mumphord | 31 | 2 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 12/20/1946 | 8 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 16th / 401st pick / 1969 | |
| 31 | Nelson Munsey | 29 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 7/2/1948 | 5 | 7 | |
| 30 | Doug Nettles | 26 | db | 14 | 1 | 179 | 6-0 | Vanderbilt | 8/13/1951 | 3 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 129th pick / 1974 |
| 74 | Ken Novak | 23 | 12 | 0 | 268 | 6-7 | Purdue | 7/3/1954 | 1 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 20th pick / 1976 | |
| 25 | Ray Oldham | 26 | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Middle Tenn. St. | 2/23/1951 | 4 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 189th pick / 1973 | |
| 61 | Robert Pratt | 26 | LG | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 5/25/1951 | 3 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| 28 | Howard Satterwhite | 24 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Sam Houston St. | 5/24/1953 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 86 | Freddie Scott | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 180 | 6-2 | Amherst | 8/5/1952 | 3 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 174th pick / 1974 |
| 54 | Sanders Shiver | 23 | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Carson-Newman | 2/14/1954 | 1 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 | |
| 56 | Ed Simonini | 23 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 210 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 2/2/1954 | 1 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 81st pick / 1976 |
| 27 | Howard Stevens | 27 | PR | 12 | 0 | 165 | 5-5 | Randolph-Macon,Louisville | 2/9/1950 | 4 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 16th / 392nd pick / 1973 |
| 64 | Dave Taylor | 28 | LT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Catawba | 10/17/1949 | 4 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 114th pick / 1973 |
| 43 | Norm Thompson | 32 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | 6 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| 88 | Ricky Thompson | 23 | 5 | 0 | 176 | 6-0 | Baylor | 5/15/1954 | 1 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 228th pick / 1976 | |
| 12 | Bill Troup | 26 | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | Virginia,South Carolina | 4/2/1951 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 67 | Bob Van Duyne | 25 | 9 | 0 | 243 | 6-5 | Idaho | 5/15/1952 | 3 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 240th pick / 1974 | |
| 53 | Stan White | 28 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-1 | Ohio St. | 10/24/1949 | 5 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 438th pick / 1972 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 220.1 | 6-2.4 | 3.8 |
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