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1978 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 239 points (14.9/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 421 points (26.3/g), 28th.
 Differential of -182 points (-11.4/g), 28th.
 Expected W-L: 3.3-12.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 25th.

Coached by Ted Marchibroda (5-11-0)

1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 4 box L 0-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 0 38 9 181 82 99 3 25 583 305 278 3
2 Sun September 10 box L 0-2 Miami Dolphins 0 42 18 247 151 96 7 20 440 148 292 2
3 Mon September 18 box W 1-2 @ New England Patriots 34 27 15 361 265 96 4 23 429 223 206 4
4 Sun September 24 box L 1-3 @ Buffalo Bills 17 24 16 307 125 182 3 12 247 118 129 1
5 Sun October 1 box L 1-4 Philadelphia Eagles 14 17 13 234 145 89 1 21 362 117 245 2
6 Sun October 8 box W 2-4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 30 17 14 222 66 156 2 21 343 198 145 3
7 Sun October 15 box L 2-5 New York Jets 10 33 23 360 211 149 5 17 403 199 204
8 Sun October 22 box W 3-5 Denver Broncos 7 6 11 237 131 106 1 17 341 190 151 1
9 Sun October 29 box L 3-6 @ Miami Dolphins 8 26 13 231 39 192 6 14 309 189 120 2
10 Mon November 6 box W 4-6 Washington Redskins 21 17 16 305 160 145 1 13 255 116 139 4
11 Sun November 12 box W 5-6 @ Seattle Seahawks 17 14 14 248 115 133 1 18 263 95 168 3
12 Sun November 19 box L 5-7 Cleveland Browns 24 45 22 329 267 62 1 20 480 309 171 2
13 Sun November 26 box L 5-8 New England Patriots 14 35 18 300 155 145 3 15 460 232 228 2
14 Sun December 3 box L 5-9 @ New York Jets 16 24 17 244 75 169 2 19 377 175 202 4
15 Sat December 9 box L 5-10 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 13 35 12 129 43 86 5 20 373 234 139 3
16 Sun December 17 box L 5-11 Buffalo Bills 14 21 18 172 33 139 2 16 246 53 193 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 239 4107 964 4.3 249 202 383 2063 17 30 4.8 124 532 2044 9 3.8 95 47 17 30
Team Defense 421 5911 1049 5.6 429 191 357 2901 29 17 7.5 119 662 3010 21 4.5 291 37 20 19
Lg Rank Offense 27 24 25 20 24 10 23 26 24 23 28 17 23 10
Lg Rank Defense 28 28 10 3 25 28 24 28 27 27 24 26 20 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bill Troup 27 QB 12 11 154 296 52.0 1882 10 3.4 21 7.1 67 6.4 3.5 12.2 156.8 53.6 32 340 4.7 2.1 9.8
Bert Jones 27 3 3 27 42 64.3 370 4 9.5 1 2.4 78 8.8 8.7 13.7 123.3 114.2 6 62 6.4 6.3 12.5
Mike Kirkland 24 16 2 19 41 46.3 211 1 2.4 8 19.5 34 5.1 -3.4 11.1 13.2 30.7 11 78 2.6 -4.2 21.2
Joe Washington 25 RB 16 12 2 4 50.0 80 2 50.0 0 0.0 54 20.0 25.0 40.0 5.0 135.4 0 0 20.0 25.0 0.0
Team Total 27.4 16 202 383 52.7 2543 17 4.4 30 7.8 78 6.6 3.6 12.6 158.9 55.9 49 480 4.8 2.0 11.3
Opp Total 16 191 357 53.5 2901 29 8.1 17 4.8 8.1 6.8 15.2 181.3 87.8 30 224 7.5 5.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Joe Washington 25 RB 16 12 240 956 0 29 4.0 59.8 15.0 45 377 8.4 1 33 2.8 23.6 1333 1 12
Roosevelt Leaks 25 FB 12 12 83 266 2 11 3.2 22.2 6.9 9 111 12.3 2 27 0.8 9.3 377 4 3
Ron Lee 25 15 4 81 374 1 24 4.6 24.9 5.4 13 109 8.4 1 24 0.9 7.3 483 2 3
Don Hardeman 26 13 0 48 244 0 46 5.1 18.8 3.7 10 88 8.8 0 19 0.8 6.8 332 0 1
Don McCauley 29 15 1 44 107 5 10 2.4 7.1 2.9 34 296 8.7 0 21 2.3 19.7 403 5 2
Bill Troup 27 QB 12 11 18 25 1 10 1.4 2.1 1.5 25 1 7
Bert Jones 27 3 3 9 38 0 14 4.2 12.7 3.0 38 0 1
Mike Kirkland 24 16 2 8 35 0 18 4.4 2.2 0.5 35 0 0
Glenn Doughty 31 WR 15 15 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 25 390 15.6 3 46 1.7 26.0 389 3 1
Roger Carr 26 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 629 21.0 6 78 1.9 39.3 629 6 0
Mack Alston 31 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 210 11.7 2 23 1.1 13.1 210 2 0
Reese McCall 22 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 160 14.5 1 34 0.7 10.0 160 1 1
Mike Siani 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 151 25.2 1 49 0.9 21.6 151 1 0
Marshall Johnson 26 RET 15 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 22 22.0 0 22 0.1 1.5 22 0 5
Team Total 27.4 16 532 2044 9 46 3.8 127.8 33.3 202 2543 12.6 17 78 12.6 158.9 4587 26 38
Opp Total 16 662 3010 21 4.5 188.1 41.4 191 2901 15.2 29 11.9 181.3 5911 50 36

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Marshall Johnson 26 RET 15 1 25 143 0 17 5.7 41 927 0 57 22.6 1092
Joe Washington 25 RB 16 12 7 37 0 17 5.3 19 499 1 90 26.3 1869
Don McCauley 29 15 1 7 150 0 31 21.4 553
Don Hardeman 26 13 0 3 36 0 15 12.0 368
Lyle Blackwood 27 FS 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 18 0 18 18.0 20
Randy Burke 23 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Reese McCall 22 16 3 1 37 0 37 37.0 197
Don Morrison 29 14 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Bob Van Duyne 26 RT 14 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 35 219 0 37 6.3 74 1648 1 90 22.3 6454
Opp Total 16 53 0 52 1271 1 24.4

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
David Lee 35 P 16 0 92 3513 67 2 38.2
Toni Linhart 36 K 16 0 5 5 6 2 6 1 17 8 47.1% 31 27 87.1%
Team Total 27.4 16 5 5 6 2 6 1 17 8 47.1% 31 27 87.1% 92 3513 67 2 38.2
Opp Total 16 24 14 58.3% 54 53 98.1% 80 2856 35.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tim Baylor 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
Lyle Blackwood 27 FS 16 16 4 146 2 79 0 3 7 0
Fred Cook 26 LDE 16 16 0 2 0 0
Glenn Doughty 31 WR 15 15 1 1 4 0
John Dutton 27 RDE 14 14 0 3 10 0
Wade Griffin 24 LT 16 16 0 3 0 0
Don Hardeman 26 13 0 1 0 0 0
Marshall Johnson 26 RET 15 1 5 1 0 0
Bert Jones 27 3 3 1 1 0 0
Bruce Laird 28 SS 14 14 0 1 0 0
Roosevelt Leaks 25 FB 12 12 3 0 0 0
Ron Lee 25 15 4 3 1 0 0
Derrel Luce 26 llb 16 7 1 15 0 15 0 2 49 1
Reese McCall 22 16 3 1 1 0 0
Don McCauley 29 15 1 2 3 5 0
Ken Mendenhall 30 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Lloyd Mumphord 32 lcb 16 5 2 20 0 19
Doug Nettles 27 RCB 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Stu O'Dell 27 14 0 1 2 0 0
Dave Rowe 33 ldt/rdt 13 10 0 2 0 0
Sanders Shiver 24 16 4 0 1 0 0
Ed Simonini 24 MLB 16 16 2 4 0 3
Norm Thompson 33 LCB 13 9 6 52 0 31 0 1 3 0
Bill Troup 27 QB 12 11 7 3 -12 0
Bob Van Duyne 26 RT 14 12 1 1 2 0
Joe Washington 25 RB 16 12 12 2 0 0
Stan White 29 RLB 12 12 1 12 0 12 0 1 9 0
Team Total 27.4 16 17 249 2 79 38 40 77 1 1
Opp Total 16 49 36 16 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Toni Linhart 36 K 16 0 27 8 51
Roger Carr 26 WR 16 16 6 36
Don McCauley 29 15 1 5 30
Roosevelt Leaks 25 FB 12 12 2 2 24
Glenn Doughty 31 WR 15 15 3 18
Mack Alston 31 TE 16 13 2 12
Lyle Blackwood 27 FS 16 16 2 12
Ron Lee 25 15 4 1 1 12
Reese McCall 22 16 3 1 1 12
Joe Washington 25 RB 16 12 1 1 12
Derrel Luce 26 llb 16 7 1 6
Mike Siani 28 7 0 1 6
Bill Troup 27 QB 12 11 1 6
Randy Burke 23 15 0 1 2
Team Total 27.4 16 9 17 1 1 2 1 27 8 1 239
Opp Total 16 21 29 1 53 14 1 421