1976 Baltimore Colts: 11-3-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (241 points scored, 129 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (176 points scored, 117 allowed) Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda
417 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 246 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 215 361 2,933 ( 1) 7.50 24 10 565 2,303 ( 7) 4.1 26 5,236 ( 1) 28
Defense: 192 372 2,343 (22) 5.47 16 15 438 1,844 ( 7) 4.2 11 4,187 (15) 36
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Toni Linhart K 14 6'0 179 34 4 Austria Tech School 7 Bert Jones QB 14 6'3 212 25 4 Louisiana State 12 Bill Troup QB 14 6'5 215 25 2 South Carolina 20 Jackie Wallace DB 14 6'3 198 25 3 Arizona 23 Don McCauley RB 13 6'1 215 27 6 North Carolina 25 Ray Oldham DB 14 6'0 192 25 4 Middle Tennessee State 26 Lydell Mitchell RB 14 5'11 195 27 5 Penn State 27 Howard Stevens RB 14 5'5 165 26 4 Louisville 31 Nelson Munsey DB 8 6'1 191 28 5 Wyoming 33 Randy Hall DB 13 6'3 194 24 2 Idaho 34 Ron Lee RB 14 6'4 222 23 R West Virginia 35 Glenn Doughty WR 14 6'2 202 29 5 Michigan 40 Bruce Laird DB 14 6'0 198 26 5 American International 42 Lloyd Mumphord DB 13 5'11 178 29 8 Texas Southern 46 Bryant Salter DB 1 6'4 196 26 6 Pittsburgh 46 Spencer Thomas DB 2 6'2 185 25 2 Washburn 47 Tim Baylor DB 14 6'6 191 22 R Morgan State 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 13 5'10 225 23 2 Texas 49 David Lee P 14 6'4 224 32 11 Louisiana Tech 50 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 31 9 Auburn 53 Stan White LB 14 6'1 223 27 5 Ohio State 54 Sanders Shiver LB 14 6'2 222 22 R Carson-Newman 55 Dan Dickel LB 14 6'3 230 24 3 Iowa 56 Ed Simonini LB 14 6'0 220 22 R Texas A&M 57 Ken Mendenhall C 14 6'3 250 28 6 Oklahoma 58 Derrel Luce LB 14 6'3 227 24 2 Baylor 59 Jim Cheyunski LB 14 6'2 220 30 9 Syracuse 61 Bob Pratt OG 14 6'4 248 25 3 North Carolina 62 Ken Huff OG 8 6'4 257 23 2 North Carolina 63 Mike Barnes DT 14 6'6 256 25 4 Miami 64 David Taylor OT 14 6'4 264 27 4 Catawba 66 Elmer Collett OG 14 6'4 246 31 10 San Francisco State 67 Bob Van Duyne OG 14 6'5 249 24 3 Idaho 72 Fred Cook DE 14 6'3 246 24 3 Southern Mississippi 73 Ron Fernandes DE 13 6'4 239 25 1 Eastern Michigan 74 Ken Novak DT 11 6'7 275 22 R Purdue 75 George Kunz OT 14 6'5 261 29 8 Notre Dame 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 14 6'5 254 27 4 Syracuse 78 John Dutton DE 14 6'7 266 25 3 Nebraska 81 Roger Carr WR 14 6'3 196 24 3 Louisiana Tech 85 Jimmie Kennedy TE 14 6'3 230 24 2 Colorado State 86 Freddie Scott WR 10 6'2 170 24 3 Amherst 87 Raymond Chester TE 14 6'3 236 28 7 Morgan State 88 Ricky Thompson WR 9 6'0 170 22 R Baylor
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bert Jones 343 207 60.3 3,104 9.05 15.0 24 7.0 9 2.6 29 284 102.5
Bill Troup 18 8 44.4 117 6.50 14.6 0 0.0 1 5.6 1 4 43.1
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Lydell Mitchell 60 555 9.2 3 Roger Carr 43 1,112 25.9 11 Glenn Doughty 40 628 15.7 5 Don McCauley 34 347 10.2 2 Raymond Chester 24 467 19.5 3 Roosevelt Leaks 8 43 5.4 0 Freddie Scott 3 35 11.7 0 Jimmie Kennedy 1 32 32.0 0 Ricky Thompson 1 11 11.0 0 Ron Lee 1 -9 -9.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Lydell Mitchell 289 1,200 4.2 5 Roosevelt Leaks 118 445 3.8 7 Don McCauley 69 227 3.3 9 Ron Lee 41 220 5.4 1 Bert Jones 38 214 5.6 2 Glenn Doughty 3 7 2.3 0 Howard Stevens 1 3 3.0 1 Bill Troup 5 -1 -0.2 1 David Lee 1 -12 -12.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Howard Stevens 30 710 23.7 0 Bruce Laird 7 143 20.4 0 Jimmie Kennedy 4 64 16.0 0 Jackie Wallace 3 61 20.3 0 Ron Lee 3 24 8.0 0 Bob Pratt 1 21 21.0 0 Freddie Scott 1 20 20.0 0 Don McCauley 1 17 17.0 0 Ken Novak 1 12 12.0 0 Ken Huff 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Howard Stevens 39 315 8.1 9 0 Ron Lee 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ray Oldham 0 0 ? 1 0 Jackie Wallace 0 0 ? 3 0 |
1976 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 20 DT Ken Novak 23 Purdue 3 81 LB Ed Simonini 83 Texas A&M 3 90 RB Ron Lee 42 West Virginia [pick acquired from TB] 5 134 LB Sanders Shiver 132 Carson-Newman [pick acquired from CHI via MIA] 5 143 QB Mike Kirkland 16 Arkansas 8 228 WR Ricky Thompson 80 Baylor 9 258 OT Stu Levenick Illinois 10 283 DB Tim Baylor 59 Morgan State 11 310 DT Rick Gibney Georgia Tech 12 340 K Frank Stavroff Indiana 14 394 DE Jeremiah Cummings Albany State (Ga.) 15 424 OT Gary Alexander Clemson 16 449 TE Mike Fuhrman Memphis [pick acquired from WAS via BAL, SF] 16 451 C Steve Ludwig Miami
Traded draft picks: #2 to PIT (Mike Kruczek), #4 to PIT (Wonder Monds), #6 to BUF (Darnell Powell), #7 to NO via CHI, OAK (Ed Bauer), #13 to OAK (Craig Crnick), #17 to OAK (Buddy Tate)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Dave Pear in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Bill Olds in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Mike Curtis in expansion draft |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Mike Washington to Buccaneers for Tampa's #3 pick in the 1976 draft and cash |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Dennis Nelson to Eagles for Bill Troup |
| 06-25-1976 | traded Ed George to Eagles for cash |
| 07-02-1976 | traded Rod Garcia to Buccaneers for cash |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Stu Levenick on injured reserve |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Walt Hartfield on injured reserve |
| 08-30-1976 | traded Marty Domres to 49ers for San Francisco's #5 pick in the 1978 draft and cash |
| 12-08-1976 | claimed Bryant Salter on waivers from Seahawks |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/19/76 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 14-40
1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at New England Patriots W 27-13 1-0-0 09/19/76 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 28-27 2-0-0 09/26/76 at Dallas Cowboys L 27-30 2-1-0 10/03/76 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 42-17 3-1-0 10/10/76 vs Miami Dolphins W 28-14 4-1-0 10/17/76 at Buffalo Bills W 31-13 5-1-0 10/24/76 at New York Jets W 20-0 6-1-0 11/01/76 vs Houston Oilers W 38-14 7-1-0 11/07/76 at San Diego Chargers W 37-21 8-1-0 11/14/76 vs New England Patriots L 14-21 8-2-0 11/22/76 at Miami Dolphins W 17-16 9-2-0 11/28/76 vs New York Jets W 33-16 10-2-0 12/04/76 at St. Louis Cardinals L 17-24 10-3-0 12/12/76 vs Buffalo Bills W 58-20 11-3-0
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