1977 Baltimore Colts: 10-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (176 points scored, 115 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (119 points scored, 106 allowed) Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda
295 points scored (6th of 28 teams), 221 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 224 395 2,465 ( 3) 5.86 17 12 566 2,123 ( 9) 3.8 17 4,588 ( 6) 26
Defense: 181 382 2,190 (21) 5.10 10 30 423 1,798 ( 9) 4.3 11 3,988 (17) 47
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Toni Linhart K 14 6'0 179 35 5 Austria Tech School 7 Bert Jones QB 14 6'3 212 26 5 Louisiana State 12 Bill Troup QB 14 6'5 215 26 3 South Carolina 23 Don McCauley RB 14 6'1 215 28 7 North Carolina 25 Ray Oldham DB 14 6'0 192 26 5 Middle Tennessee State 26 Lydell Mitchell RB 14 5'11 198 28 6 Penn State 27 Howard Stevens RB 12 5'5 165 27 5 Louisville 28 Perry Griggs WR 1 5'10 182 23 R Troy State 28 Howard Satterwhite WR 1 5'11 185 24 2 Sam Houston State 30 Doug Nettles DB 14 6'0 178 26 3 Vanderbilt 31 Nelson Munsey DB 13 6'1 186 29 6 Wyoming 34 Ron Lee RB 13 6'4 228 24 2 West Virginia 35 Glenn Doughty WR 13 6'1 205 30 6 Michigan 40 Bruce Laird DB 14 6'0 198 27 6 American International 42 Lloyd Mumphord DB 2 5'11 178 30 9 Texas Southern 43 Norm Thompson DB 14 6'1 180 32 7 Utah 44 Lyle Blackwood DB 14 6'0 190 26 5 Texas Christian 47 Tim Baylor DB 13 6'6 191 23 2 Morgan State 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 11 5'10 225 24 3 Texas 49 David Lee P 14 6'4 216 33 12 Louisiana Tech 50 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 32 10 Auburn 52 Tom MacLeod LB 14 6'3 224 26 4 Minnesota 53 Stan White LB 14 6'1 223 28 6 Ohio State 54 Sanders Shiver LB 14 6'2 222 23 2 Carson-Newman 55 Dan Dickel LB 14 6'3 230 25 4 Iowa 56 Ed Simonini LB 14 6'0 210 23 2 Texas A&M 57 Ken Mendenhall C 14 6'3 250 29 7 Oklahoma 58 Derrel Luce LB 12 6'3 227 25 3 Baylor 61 Bob Pratt OG 14 6'4 248 26 4 North Carolina 62 Ken Huff OG 14 6'4 262 24 3 North Carolina 63 Mike Barnes DT 14 6'6 256 26 5 Miami 64 David Taylor OT 14 6'4 264 28 5 Catawba 66 Elmer Collett OG 5 6'4 241 32 11 San Francisco State 67 Bob Van Duyne OG 9 6'5 244 25 4 Idaho 69 Wade Griffin OT 14 6'5 231 23 R Mississippi 72 Fred Cook DE 14 6'3 243 25 4 Southern Mississippi 73 Ron Fernandes DE 14 6'4 255 26 2 Eastern Michigan 74 Ken Novak DT 12 6'7 264 23 2 Purdue 75 George Kunz OT 14 6'5 262 30 9 Notre Dame 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 9 6'5 264 28 5 Syracuse 78 John Dutton DE 12 6'7 266 26 4 Nebraska 79 Greg Johnson DT 2 6'4 240 23 1 Florida State 80 Marshall Johnson WR 3 6'1 190 24 2 Houston 81 Roger Carr WR 7 6'3 196 25 4 Louisiana Tech 83 Mack Alston TE 14 6'2 230 30 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 85 Jimmie Kennedy TE 9 6'3 230 25 3 Colorado State 86 Freddie Scott WR 14 6'2 175 25 4 Amherst 87 Raymond Chester TE 14 6'3 236 29 8 Morgan State 88 Ricky Thompson WR 5 6'0 176 23 2 Baylor
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bert Jones 393 224 57.0 2,686 6.83 12.0 17 4.3 11 2.8 26 221 80.8
Bill Troup 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Lydell Mitchell 71 620 8.7 4 Don McCauley 51 495 9.7 2 Raymond Chester 31 556 17.9 3 Glenn Doughty 28 435 15.5 4 Freddie Scott 18 267 14.8 2 Roger Carr 11 199 18.1 1 Ron Lee 10 60 6.0 0 Roosevelt Leaks 3 39 13.0 1 Ricky Thompson 1 15 15.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Lydell Mitchell 301 1,159 3.9 3 Ron Lee 84 346 4.1 3 Roosevelt Leaks 59 237 4.0 3 Don McCauley 83 234 2.8 6 Bert Jones 28 146 5.2 2 Glenn Doughty 2 11 5.5 0 David Lee 2 -2 -1.0 0 Bill Troup 7 -8 -1.1 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bruce Laird 24 541 22.5 0 Howard Stevens 11 216 19.6 0 Don McCauley 5 67 13.4 0 Lyle Blackwood 1 24 24.0 0 Ken Huff 1 15 15.0 0 Marshall Johnson 1 15 15.0 0 Perry Griggs 1 12 12.0 0 Jimmie Kennedy 1 9 9.0 0 Sanders Shiver 1 7 7.0 0 Wade Griffin 1 6 6.0 0 Glenn Doughty 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Howard Stevens 34 301 8.9 6 0 Lyle Blackwood 7 22 3.1 5 0 Ray Oldham 1 0 0.0 3 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 26 WR Randy Burke 57 Kentucky 2 53 DE Mike Ozdowski 54 Virginia 6 163 LB Calvin O'Neal 15 Michigan 7 193 OT Blanchard Carter 13 Nevada-Las Vegas 8 220 OT Ken Helms Georgia 9 247 RB Glen Capriola Boston College 10 277 OG Ron Baker 155 Oklahoma State 11 304 LB Brian Ruff The Citadel 12 331 RB Bill Deutsch North Dakota
Traded draft picks: #3 to STL (Terdell Middleton), #4 to CLE via WAS, MIA, CHI (Mickey Sims), #5 to NO (Dave Hubbard)
Transactions:
| 07-01-1977 | placed Ron Baker on injured reserve |
| 09-06-1977 | traded a #7 pick in the 1978 draft to Packers for Alden Roche |
| 09-06-1977 | traded Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Cardinals for Norm Thompson |
| 10-18-1977 | placed Lloyd Mumphord on injured reserve |
| 11-1977 | placed Elmer Collett on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/24/77 vs Oakland Raiders L 31-37 (OT)
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 at Seattle Seahawks W 29-14 1-0-0 09/25/77 at New York Jets W 20-12 2-0-0 10/02/77 vs Buffalo Bills W 17-14 3-0-0 10/09/77 vs Miami Dolphins W 45-28 4-0-0 10/16/77 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17-6 5-0-0 10/23/77 at New England Patriots L 3-17 5-1-0 10/30/77 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 31-21 6-1-0 11/07/77 vs Washington Redskins W 10-3 7-1-0 11/13/77 at Buffalo Bills W 31-13 8-1-0 11/20/77 vs New York Jets W 33-12 9-1-0 11/27/77 at Denver Broncos L 13-27 9-2-0 12/05/77 at Miami Dolphins L 6-17 9-3-0 12/11/77 vs Detroit Lions L 10-13 9-4-0 12/18/77 vs New England Patriots W 30-24 10-4-0
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