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1981 Baltimore Colts
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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 259 points (16.2/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 533 points (33.3/g), 28th.
Differential of -274 points (-17.1/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 2.4-13.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 21st.
Coached by Mike McCormack (2-14-0)
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1981 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 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 244 for 426, 3,094 yards, 21 td, 20 int, & 20 rushes for 85 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1973 |
| RB | Curtis Dickey | 25 | 1 | 15 | 164 rushes for 779 yards, 7 td, & 37 catches for 419 yards and 3 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1980 |
| FB | Randy McMillan | 23 | Rook | 16 | 149 rushes for 597 yards, 3 td, & 50 catches for 466 yards and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 12th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Ray Butler | 25 | 1 | 16 | 46 catches for 832 yards, 9 td | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 88th pick / 1980 |
| WR | Roger Carr | 29 | 7 | 15 | 38 catches for 584 yards, 3 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1974 |
| TE | Reese McCall | 25 | 3 | 14 | 21 catches for 314 yards, 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1978 |
| LT | Wade Griffin | 27 | 4 | 15 | ||
| LG | Robert Pratt | 30 | 7 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| C | Ray Donaldson | 23 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1980 |
| RG | Ken Huff | 28 | 6 | 16 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
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| RT | Jeff Hart | 28 | 6 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1975 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Donnell Thompson | 23 | Rook | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1981 |
| LDT | Herb Orvis | 35 | 9 | 15 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
| RDT | Bubba Green | 24 | Rook | 10 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 149th pick / 1981 |
| RDT | Mike Fultz | 27 | 4 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 34th pick / 1977 |
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| RDE | Mike Ozdowski | 26 | 3 | 12 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1977 |
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| RDE | Hosea Taylor | 23 | Rook | 6 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 220th pick / 1981 |
| LLB | Sanders Shiver | 27 | 5 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 |
| LLB | Barry Krauss | 24 | 2 | 13 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| MLB | Joe Federspiel | 31 | 9 | 10 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
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| MLB | Ed Smith | 24 | 1 | 8 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 12th / 322nd pick / 1979 |
| RLB | Barry Krauss | 24 | 2 | 13 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| RLB | Mike Woods | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1978 |
| LCB | Derrick Hatchett | 23 | 1 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1980 |
| RCB | Larry Braziel | 27 | 2 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 115th pick / 1979 |
| SS | Bruce Laird | 31 | 9 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| FS | Nesby Glasgow | 24 | 2 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| FS | Kim Anderson | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 69th pick / 1979 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mike Wood | 27 | 3 | 0 | 10 of 18 field goals & 29 of 33 extra points | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 204th pick / 1978 |
| P | Mike Garrett | 24 | Rook | 0 | 78 punts for a 39.4 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | David Shula | 22 | Rook | 0 | 10 punt returns for a 5.0 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Zachary Dixon | 25 | 2 | 1 | 36 kick returns for a 20.5 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 11th / 297th pick / 1979 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Kim Anderson | 24 | DB | 14 | 5 | 183 | 5-11 | Arizona State,Pasadena Community College | 7/19/1957 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 69th pick / 1979 |
| Mike Barnes | 31 | DT-DE | 6 | 2 | 255 | 6-6 | Miami (FL) | 12/24/1950 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 35th pick / 1973 |
| Larry Braziel | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 188 | 6-0 | USC | 9/25/1954 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 115th pick / 1979 |
| Randy Burke | 26 | WR | 16 | 1 | 190 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 5/26/1955 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 26th pick / 1977 |
| Ray Butler | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-3 | USC | 6/28/1956 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 88th pick / 1980 |
| Roger Carr | 29 | WR | 15 | 15 | 200 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 7/1/1952 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1974 |
| Brian DeRoo | 25 | WR | 16 | 0 | 193 | 6-3 | Redlands | 4/25/1956 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 137th pick / 1978 |
| Curtis Dickey | 25 | RB | 15 | 15 | 213 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 11/27/1956 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1980 |
| Zachary Dixon | 25 | RB | 16 | 1 | 203 | 6-0 | Temple | 3/5/1956 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 297th pick / 1979 |
| Ray Donaldson | 23 | C | 16 | 16 | 311 | 6-3 | Georgia | 5/18/1958 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1980 |
| Joe Federspiel | 31 | LB | 11 | 10 | 230 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/6/1950 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 99th pick / 1972 |
| Tim J. Foley | 23 | T | 6 | 0 | 275 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 5/30/1958 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 51st pick / 1980 |
| Chris Foote | 25 | C-G | 16 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | USC | 12/2/1956 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 144th pick / 1980 |
| Cleveland Franklin | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Baylor | 4/24/1955 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 202nd pick / 1977 |
| Mike Fultz | 27 | DT | 5 | 5 | 278 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 1/28/1954 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 34th pick / 1977 |
| Mike Garrett | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Georgia | 6/13/1957 | Rook | |
| Nesby Glasgow | 24 | DB | 14 | 13 | 185 | 5-10 | Washington | 4/15/1957 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| Bubba Green | 24 | DT | 15 | 10 | 278 | 6-4 | North Carolina State | 9/30/1957 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 149th pick / 1981 |
| Wade Griffin | 27 | T | 15 | 15 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 8/7/1954 | 4 | |
| Jeff Hart | 28 | T | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-5 | Oregon State | 9/10/1953 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1975 |
| Derrick Hatchett | 23 | DB | 16 | 13 | 182 | 5-11 | Texas | 8/14/1958 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1980 |
| Steve Henry | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Emporia State | 3/5/1957 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 118th pick / 1979 |
| Dallas Hickman | 29 | DE-LB | 5 | 0 | 238 | 6-6 | California | 2/16/1952 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 228th pick / 1975 |
| Ken Huff | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 2/21/1953 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1975 |
| David Humm | 29 | QB | 1 | 1 | 188 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/2/1952 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 128th pick / 1975 |
| Bert Jones | 30 | QB | 15 | 15 | 210 | 6-3 | LSU | 9/7/1951 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1973 |
| Ricky Jones | 26 | LB-DB | 16 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Tuskegee | 3/9/1955 | 4 | |
| Barry Krauss | 24 | LB | 16 | 13 | 245 | 6-3 | Alabama | 3/17/1957 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| Bruce Laird | 31 | DB | 15 | 14 | 193 | 6-0 | American International College | 5/23/1950 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 152nd pick / 1972 |
| Greg Landry | 35 | QB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Massachusetts | 12/18/1946 | 13 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1968 |
| Reese McCall | 25 | TE | 16 | 14 | 239 | 6-6 | Auburn | 6/16/1956 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 25th pick / 1978 |
| Don McCauley | 32 | RB | 16 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 5/12/1949 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1971 |
| Randy McMillan | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 219 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 12/17/1958 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 12th pick / 1981 |
| Jimmy Moore | 24 | G | 4 | 1 | 268 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 1/28/1957 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 150th pick / 1979 |
| Herb Orvis | 35 | DT-DE | 16 | 15 | 248 | 6-5 | Colorado | 10/17/1946 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 16th pick / 1972 |
| Mike Ozdowski | 26 | DE | 12 | 12 | 243 | 6-5 | Virginia | 9/24/1955 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1977 |
| Reggie Pinkney | 26 | DB | 16 | 3 | 190 | 5-11 | East Carolina | 5/27/1955 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 166th pick / 1977 |
| Robert Pratt | 30 | G | 15 | 15 | 255 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 5/25/1951 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| Tim Sherwin | 23 | TE | 16 | 2 | 243 | 6-6 | Boston College | 5/4/1958 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 94th pick / 1981 |
| Sanders Shiver | 27 | LB | 14 | 11 | 227 | 6-2 | Carson-Newman | 2/14/1954 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 |
| David Shula | 22 | WR | 16 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Dartmouth | 5/28/1959 | Rook | |
| Ed Simonini | 27 | LB | 1 | 1 | 210 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 2/2/1954 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 81st pick / 1976 |
| Marvin Sims | 24 | FB | 16 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | Clemson | 6/8/1957 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 324th pick / 1980 |
| Ed Smith | 24 | LB | 16 | 8 | 216 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 5/18/1957 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 12th / 322nd pick / 1979 |
| Hosea Taylor | 23 | DE | 16 | 6 | 255 | 6-5 | Houston | 12/3/1958 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 220th pick / 1981 |
| Donnell Thompson | 23 | DE | 13 | 12 | 270 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 10/27/1958 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1981 |
| Randy Van Divier | 23 | T-G | 16 | 1 | 274 | 6-5 | Washington | 6/5/1958 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 68th pick / 1981 |
| Daryl Wilkerson | 23 | DE | 5 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Houston | 9/25/1958 | Rook | |
| Kevin Williams | 23 | WR | 11 | 0 | 164 | 5-8 | USC | 1/7/1958 | Rook | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 167th pick / 1981 |
| Mike Wood | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 199 | 5-11 | Southeast Missouri State | 9/3/1954 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 204th pick / 1978 |
| Mike Woods | 27 | LB | 7 | 7 | 233 | 6-2 | Cincinnati,Tampa | 11/1/1954 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1978 |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 16 | 226.0 | 6-2.5 | 3.3 |