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1979 Baltimore Colts
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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 271 points (16.9/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 351 points (21.9/g), 19th.
Differential of -80 points (-5.0/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 14th.
Coached by Ted Marchibroda (5-11-0)
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1979 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 | Greg Landry | 33 | 11 | 12 | 270 for 457, 2,932 yards, 15 td, 15 int, & 31 rushes for 115 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| RB | Joe Washington* | 26 | 2 | 15 | 242 rushes for 884 yards, 4 td, & 82 catches for 750 yards and 3 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1976 |
| FB | Don Hardeman | 27 | 4 | 0 | 109 rushes for 292 yards, 3 td, & 25 catches for 115 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1975 |
| FB | Roosevelt Leaks | 26 | 4 | 5 | 49 rushes for 145 yards, 1 td, & 14 catches for 119 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 105th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Roger Carr | 27 | 5 | 9 | 27 catches for 400 yards, 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Glenn Doughty | 32 | 7 | 15 | 35 catches for 510 yards, 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 47th pick / 1972 |
| WR | Mike Siani | 29 | 7 | 5 | 15 catches for 214 yards, 2 td | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 21st pick / 1972 |
| TE | Reese McCall | 23 | 1 | 12 | 37 catches for 536 yards, 4 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1978 |
| LT | Wade Griffin | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Robert Pratt | 28 | 5 | 16 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
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| C | Ken Mendenhall | 31 | 8 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 116th pick / 1970 |
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| RG | Ken Huff | 26 | 4 | 14 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
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| RT | Jeff Hart | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1975 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Fred Cook | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1974 |
| LDT | Mike Barnes | 29 | 6 | 14 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1973 |
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| RDT | Herb Orvis | 33 | 7 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
| RDE | Ron Fernandes | 28 | 3 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 260th pick / 1973 |
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| LLB | Sanders Shiver | 25 | 3 | 16 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 |
| MLB | Ed Simonini | 25 | 3 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 81st pick / 1976 |
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| MLB | Barry Krauss | 22 | Rook | 6 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| RLB | Stan White | 30 | 7 | 16 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 438th pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Doug Nettles | 28 | 5 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 129th pick / 1974 |
| RCB | Larry Braziel | 25 | Rook | 9 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 115th pick / 1979 |
| SS | Bruce Laird | 29 | 7 | 15 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| FS | Lyle Blackwood | 28 | 6 | 12 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Steve Mike-Mayer | 32 | 4 | 0 | 11 of 20 field goals & 28 of 29 extra points | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1975 |
| P | Bucky Dilts | 26 | 2 | 0 | 99 punts for a 36.9 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Nesby Glasgow | 22 | Rook | 4 | 44 punt returns for a 8.0 average and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| KR | Nesby Glasgow | 22 | Rook | 4 | 50 kick returns for a 22.5 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Mack Alston | 32 | TE | 14 | 4 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/27/1947 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 |
| Ron Baker | 25 | G | 16 | 3 | 260 | 6-4 | Oklahoma State | 11/19/1954 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 277th pick / 1977 |
| Mike Barnes | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-6 | Miami (FL) | 12/24/1950 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1973 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 28 | DB | 16 | 12 | 190 | 6-1 | TCU | 5/24/1951 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| Larry Braziel | 25 | DB | 16 | 9 | 188 | 6-0 | USC | 9/25/1954 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 115th pick / 1979 |
| Randy Burke | 24 | WR | 16 | 2 | 190 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 5/26/1955 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1977 |
| Roger Carr | 27 | WR | 9 | 9 | 200 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 7/1/1952 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1974 |
| Fred Cook | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 244 | 6-4 | Southern Miss | 4/15/1952 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1974 |
| Brian DeRoo | 23 | WR | 16 | 1 | 193 | 6-3 | Redlands | 4/25/1956 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 137th pick / 1978 |
| Bucky Dilts | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Georgia | 12/6/1953 | 2 | |
| Glenn Doughty | 32 | WR | 15 | 15 | 204 | 6-2 | Michigan | 1/30/1947 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 47th pick / 1972 |
| Joe Ehrmann | 30 | DT | 15 | 4 | 260 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 3/29/1949 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 10th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Fernandes | 28 | DE-DT | 13 | 8 | 251 | 6-4 | Eastern Michigan | 9/11/1951 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 260th pick / 1973 |
| Greg Fields | 24 | DE | 16 | 4 | 260 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 1/23/1955 | Rook | |
| Ben Garry | 23 | RB | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 2/11/1956 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 161st pick / 1978 |
| Nesby Glasgow | 22 | DB | 16 | 4 | 185 | 5-10 | Washington | 4/15/1957 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| Jerry Golsteyn | 25 | QB | 1 | 0 | 207 | 6-4 | Northern Illinois | 8/6/1954 | 2 | New York Giants / 12th / 333rd pick / 1976 |
| Wade Griffin | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 8/7/1954 | 2 | |
| Lee Gross | 26 | C | 16 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Auburn | 7/29/1953 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1975 |
| Don Hardeman | 27 | RB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/13/1952 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1975 |
| Dwight Harrison | 31 | DB-WR | 7 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10/12/1948 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 35th pick / 1971 |
| Jeff Hart | 26 | T | 16 | 14 | 266 | 6-5 | Oregon State | 9/10/1953 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1975 |
| Ken Huff | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 2/21/1953 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
| Bert Jones | 28 | QB | 4 | 4 | 210 | 6-3 | LSU | 9/7/1951 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1973 |
| Jim Krahl | 26 | DT | 1 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Texas Tech | 11/19/1953 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 132nd pick / 1978 |
| Barry Krauss | 22 | LB | 15 | 6 | 245 | 6-3 | Alabama | 3/17/1957 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| Bruce Laird | 29 | DB | 15 | 15 | 193 | 6-0 | American International College | 5/23/1950 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| Greg Landry | 33 | QB | 16 | 12 | 210 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 12/18/1946 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 26 | RB | 7 | 5 | 225 | 5-10 | Texas | 1/31/1953 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 105th pick / 1975 |
| Toni Linhart | 37 | K | 3 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Austria Technical | 7/24/1942 | 7 | |
| Reese McCall | 23 | TE | 14 | 12 | 239 | 6-6 | Auburn | 6/16/1956 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1978 |
| Don McCauley | 30 | RB | 15 | 1 | 211 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 5/12/1949 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1971 |
| Ken Mendenhall | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 242 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 8/11/1948 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 116th pick / 1970 |
| Steve Mike-Mayer | 32 | K | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Maryland | 9/8/1947 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1975 |
| Doug Nettles | 28 | DB | 15 | 13 | 179 | 6-0 | Vanderbilt | 8/13/1951 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 129th pick / 1974 |
| Herb Orvis | 33 | DT-DE | 16 | 13 | 248 | 6-5 | Colorado | 10/17/1946 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
| Mike Ozdowski | 24 | DE | 11 | 4 | 243 | 6-5 | Virginia | 9/24/1955 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1977 |
| Reggie Pinkney | 24 | DB | 16 | 1 | 190 | 5-11 | East Carolina | 5/27/1955 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 166th pick / 1977 |
| Robert Pratt | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 5/25/1951 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| Sanders Shiver | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-2 | Carson-Newman | 2/14/1954 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 |
| Mike Siani | 29 | WR | 10 | 5 | 195 | 6-2 | Villanova | 5/27/1950 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 21st pick / 1972 |
| Ed Simonini | 25 | LB | 13 | 10 | 210 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 2/2/1954 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 81st pick / 1976 |
| Dave Taylor | 30 | T | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Catawba | 10/17/1949 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 114th pick / 1973 |
| Norm Thompson | 34 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Utah | 3/5/1945 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 17th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Van Duyne | 27 | G-T | 16 | 0 | 243 | 6-5 | Idaho | 5/15/1952 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 10th / 240th pick / 1974 |
| Joe Washington* | 26 | RB | 15 | 15 | 179 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 9/24/1953 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 4th pick / 1976 |
| Stan White | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/24/1949 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 438th pick / 1972 |
| Mike Woods | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Cincinnati,Tampa | 11/1/1954 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1978 |
| Steve Zabel | 31 | LB-TE | 15 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 3/20/1948 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 221.4 | 6-2.4 | 4.2 |