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1983 Baltimore Colts
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 264 points (16.5/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 354 points (22.1/g), 19th.
Differential of -90 points (-5.6/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 5.3-10.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.
Coached by Frank Kush (7-9-0)
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1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Mike Pagel | 23 | 1 | 15 | 163 for 328, 2,353 yards, 12 td, 17 int, & 54 rushes for 441 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 84th pick / 1982 |
| RB | Curtis Dickey | 27 | 3 | 16 | 254 rushes for 1,122 yards, 4 td, & 24 catches for 483 yards and 3 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1980 |
| FB | Randy McMillan | 25 | 2 | 16 | 198 rushes for 802 yards, 5 td, & 24 catches for 195 yards and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 12th pick / 1981 |
| WR | Matt Bouza | 25 | 2 | 11 | 25 catches for 385 yards, 0 td | |
| WR | Ray Butler | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 catches for 207 yards, 3 td | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 88th pick / 1980 |
| WR | Bernard Henry | 23 | 1 | 7 | 30 catches for 416 yards, 4 td | |
| WR | Tracy Porter | 24 | 2 | 7 | 28 catches for 384 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 4th / 99th pick / 1981 |
| TE | Tim Sherwin | 25 | 2 | 14 | 25 catches for 358 yards, 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 94th pick / 1981 |
| LT | Karl Baldischwiler | 27 | 5 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 178th pick / 1978 |
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| LG | Chris Hinton* | 22 | Rook | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1983 |
| C | Ray Donaldson | 25 | 3 | 16 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1980 |
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| RG | Steve Wright | 24 | 2 | 10 | ||
| RG | Ben Utt | 24 | 1 | 8 | ||
| RT | Jeff Hart | 30 | 8 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1975 |
| RT | Jim Mills | 22 | Rook | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 9th / 225th pick / 1983 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Donnell Thompson | 25 | 2 | 13 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1981 |
| NT | Leo Wisniewski | 24 | 1 | 14 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 28th pick / 1982 |
| RDE | Steve R. Parker | 24 | Rook | 15 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LOLB | Greg Bracelin | 26 | 3 | 16 | 5.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 9th / 243rd pick / 1980 |
| LILB | Johnie Cooks | 25 | 1 | 11 | 5.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1982 |
| LILB | Cliff Odom | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1980 |
| RILB | Barry Krauss | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| ROLB | Vernon Maxwell | 22 | Rook | 16 | 11.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1983 |
| LCB | Jim Burroughs | 25 | 1 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 57th pick / 1982 |
| RCB | Derrick Hatchett | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1980 |
| RCB | Tate Randle | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 220th pick / 1982 |
| SS | Larry Anderson | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 101st pick / 1978 |
| SS | Jeff Delaney | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 190th pick / 1979 |
| SS | Nesby Glasgow | 26 | 4 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| FS | Nesby Glasgow | 26 | 4 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| FS | Kim Anderson | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 69th pick / 1979 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Raul Allegre | 24 | Rook | 0 | 30 of 35 field goals & 22 of 24 extra points | |
| P | Rohn Stark+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 91 punts for a 45.3 average, 0 blocked | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 34th pick / 1982 |
| PR | Larry Anderson | 27 | 5 | 6 | 20 punt returns for a 6.9 average and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 101st pick / 1978 |
| KR | Kendall Williams | 24 | Rook | 4 | 20 kick returns for a 24.5 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Sid Abramowitz | 23 | T | 14 | 1 | 280 | 6-6 | Air Force,Tulsa | 5/21/1960 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 113th pick / 1983 |
| 2 | Raul Allegre | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 165 | 5-9 | Montana,Texas | 6/15/1959 | Rook | |
| 26 | Kim Anderson | 26 | DB | 16 | 5 | 183 | 5-11 | Arizona State,Pasadena Community College | 7/19/1957 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 69th pick / 1979 |
| 30 | Larry Anderson | 27 | DB | 9 | 6 | 183 | 5-11 | Louisiana Tech | 9/25/1956 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 101st pick / 1978 |
| 72 | Karl Baldischwiler | 27 | T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-5 | Oklahoma | 1/19/1956 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 178th pick / 1978 |
| 97 | Quinton Ballard | 23 | DT | 15 | 4 | 289 | 6-3 | Elon | 11/18/1960 | Rook | |
| 95 | Earnest Barnes | 22 | DE | 7 | 1 | 262 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 2/10/1961 | Rook | |
| 81 | Pat Beach | 24 | TE | 16 | 2 | 247 | 6-4 | Washington State | 12/28/1959 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 140th pick / 1982 |
| 90 | Mark E. Bell | 26 | DE | 7 | 0 | 241 | 6-5 | Colorado State | 8/30/1957 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 102nd pick / 1979 |
| 85 | Matt Bouza | 25 | WR | 11 | 11 | 211 | 6-3 | California | 4/8/1958 | 2 | |
| 52 | Greg Bracelin | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 214 | 6-1 | California | 4/16/1957 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 243rd pick / 1980 |
| 45 | Jim Burroughs | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 1/21/1958 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 57th pick / 1982 |
| 80 | Ray Butler | 27 | WR | 11 | 7 | 200 | 6-3 | USC | 6/28/1956 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 88th pick / 1980 |
| 98 | Johnie Cooks | 25 | LB | 16 | 11 | 247 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 11/23/1958 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1982 |
| 34 | Jeff Delaney | 27 | DB | 11 | 5 | 195 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 10/25/1956 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 190th pick / 1979 |
| 33 | Curtis Dickey | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 213 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 11/27/1956 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1980 |
| 31 | Zachary Dixon | 27 | RB | 2 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Temple | 3/5/1956 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 297th pick / 1979 |
| 53 | Ray Donaldson | 25 | C | 16 | 16 | 311 | 6-3 | Georgia | 5/18/1958 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1980 |
| 50 | Grant Feasel | 23 | C | 11 | 0 | 278 | 6-7 | Abilene Christian | 6/28/1960 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 161st pick / 1983 |
| 25 | Nesby Glasgow | 26 | DB | 16 | 15 | 185 | 5-10 | Washington | 4/15/1957 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 207th pick / 1979 |
| 68 | Jeff Hart | 30 | T | 14 | 8 | 266 | 6-5 | Oregon State | 9/10/1953 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1975 |
| 42 | Derrick Hatchett | 25 | DB | 7 | 6 | 182 | 5-11 | Texas | 8/14/1958 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 24th pick / 1980 |
| 88 | Bernard Henry | 23 | WR | 15 | 7 | 180 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 4/9/1960 | 1 | |
| 9 | Mark Herrmann | 24 | QB | 2 | 1 | 200 | 6-4 | Purdue | 1/8/1959 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 98th pick / 1981 |
| 75 | Chris Hinton* | 22 | T-G | 16 | 15 | 300 | 6-4 | Northwestern | 7/31/1961 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1983 |
| 51 | Ricky Jones | 28 | LB-DB | 16 | 0 | 211 | 6-1 | Tuskegee | 3/9/1955 | 6 | |
| 29 | Mark Kafentzis | 25 | DB | 15 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | Hawaii | 6/30/1958 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 199th pick / 1982 |
| 55 | Barry Krauss | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-3 | Alabama | 3/17/1957 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 6th pick / 1979 |
| 79 | Lindsey Mason | 28 | T | 5 | 1 | 265 | 6-5 | Kansas | 8/1/1955 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1978 |
| 56 | Vernon Maxwell | 22 | LB | 16 | 16 | 233 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 10/25/1961 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1983 |
| 32 | Randy McMillan | 25 | RB | 16 | 16 | 219 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 12/17/1958 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 12th pick / 1981 |
| 76 | Jim Mills | 22 | T | 7 | 7 | 276 | 6-9 | Hawaii | 9/23/1961 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 9th / 225th pick / 1983 |
| 23 | Alvin Moore | 24 | RB | 15 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 5/3/1959 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 169th pick / 1983 |
| 84 | Victor Oatis | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 177 | 6-0 | Northwest State (LA) | 1/6/1959 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 147th pick / 1983 |
| 49 | Cliff Odom | 25 | LB | 15 | 5 | 237 | 6-2 | Texas-Arlington | 8/15/1958 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1980 |
| 60 | Gary Padjen | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 7/2/1958 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 300th pick / 1980 |
| 18 | Mike Pagel | 23 | QB | 15 | 15 | 206 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 9/13/1960 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 84th pick / 1982 |
| 78 | Steve R. Parker | 24 | DE | 16 | 15 | 256 | 6-4 | East Tennessee State | 9/21/1959 | Rook | |
| 20 | Ricky Porter | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 5-10 | Slippery Rock | 1/14/1960 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 12th / 319th pick / 1982 |
| 87 | Tracy Porter | 24 | WR | 16 | 7 | 196 | 6-2 | LSU | 6/1/1959 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 99th pick / 1981 |
| 35 | Tate Randle | 24 | DB | 10 | 6 | 202 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 8/15/1959 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 220th pick / 1982 |
| 8 | Mark Reed | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 201 | 6-3 | Moorhead State (MN) | 2/21/1959 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 207th pick / 1981 |
| 83 | Tim Sherwin | 25 | TE | 15 | 14 | 243 | 6-6 | Boston College | 5/4/1958 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 94th pick / 1981 |
| 54 | Sanders Shiver | 29 | LB | 16 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Carson-Newman | 2/14/1954 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 |
| 86 | Phil Smith | 23 | WR | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | San Diego State | 4/28/1960 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 85th pick / 1983 |
| 3 | Rohn Stark+ | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 203 | 6-3 | Florida State | 5/4/1959 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 34th pick / 1982 |
| 90 | Hosea Taylor | 25 | DE | 4 | 1 | 255 | 6-5 | Houston | 12/3/1958 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 220th pick / 1981 |
| 12 | Jim Bob Taylor | 24 | QB | 8 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech,SMU | 9/9/1959 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 280th pick / 1983 |
| 99 | Donnell Thompson | 25 | DE | 14 | 13 | 270 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 10/27/1958 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1981 |
| 46 | Marco Tongue | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 177 | 5-9 | Bowie State | 4/6/1960 | Rook | |
| 64 | Ben Utt | 24 | G-T | 16 | 8 | 275 | 6-5 | Georgia Tech | 6/13/1959 | 1 | |
| 71 | Henry Waechter | 24 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 2/13/1959 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 173rd pick / 1982 |
| 44 | Kendall Williams | 24 | DB | 16 | 4 | 180 | 5-9 | Arizona State | 2/7/1959 | Rook | |
| 39 | Newton Williams | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | Arizona State | 5/10/1959 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 139th pick / 1982 |
| 69 | Leo Wisniewski | 24 | NT | 15 | 14 | 263 | 6-1 | Penn State | 11/6/1959 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 28th pick / 1982 |
| 73 | Steve Wright | 24 | T-G-TE | 13 | 10 | 271 | 6-6 | Northern Iowa | 4/8/1959 | 2 | |
| 86 | Dave Young | 24 | TE | 1 | 0 | 242 | 6-5 | Purdue | 2/9/1959 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 24.8 | 16 | 226.6 | 6-2.2 | 1.9 |