1978 Baltimore Colts: 5-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-6-0 (104 points scored, 216 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (135 points scored, 205 allowed) Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda 239 points scored (27th of 28 teams), 421 points allowed (28th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 202 383 2,063 (24) 4.78 17 30 532 2,044 (23) 3.8 9 4,107 (25) 47 Defense: 191 357 2,901 (25) 7.50 29 17 662 3,010 (27) 4.5 21 5,911 (28) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Toni Linhart K 16 5'11 179 36 6 Austria Tech School 7 Bert Jones QB 3 6'3 212 27 6 Louisiana State 12 Bill Troup QB 12 6'5 215 27 4 South Carolina 15 Mike Kirkland QB 16 6'1 195 24 1 Arkansas 20 Joe Washington RB 16 5'10 182 25 2 Oklahoma 23 Don McCauley RB 15 6'1 215 29 8 North Carolina 25 Ray Oldham DB 2 6'0 192 27 6 Middle Tennessee State 28 Dwight Harrison DB 15 6'1 185 30 8 Texas A&I 30 Doug Nettles DB 16 6'0 178 27 4 Vanderbilt 34 Ron Lee RB 15 6'4 228 25 3 West Virginia 35 Glenn Doughty WR 15 6'1 205 31 7 Michigan 36 Don Hardeman RB 13 6'2 235 26 4 Texas A&I 40 Bruce Laird DB 14 6'0 198 28 7 American International 42 Lloyd Mumphord DB 16 5'11 178 31 10 Texas Southern 43 Norm Thompson DB 13 6'1 180 33 8 Utah 44 Lyle Blackwood DB 16 6'0 190 27 6 Texas Christian 45 Mike Siani WR 7 6'2 195 28 7 Villanova 47 Tim Baylor DB 16 6'6 201 24 3 Morgan State 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 12 5'10 225 25 4 Texas 49 David Lee P 16 6'4 216 34 13 Louisiana Tech 50 Forrest Blue C 13 6'5 260 33 11 Auburn 51 Calvin O'Neal LB 15 6'1 235 24 1 Michigan 52 Tom MacLeod LB 12 6'3 224 27 5 Minnesota 53 Stan White LB 12 6'1 223 29 7 Ohio State 54 Sanders Shiver LB 16 6'2 222 24 3 Carson-Newman 55 Stu O'Dell LB 14 6'1 220 26 4 Indiana 56 Ed Simonini LB 16 6'0 210 24 3 Texas A&M 57 Ken Mendenhall C 16 6'3 250 30 8 Oklahoma 58 Derrel Luce LB 16 6'3 227 26 4 Baylor 60 Ron Baker OG 16 6'4 247 23 1 Oklahoma State 61 Bob Pratt OG 16 6'4 248 27 5 North Carolina 62 Ken Huff OG 16 6'4 262 25 4 North Carolina 63 Mike Barnes DT 10 6'6 256 27 6 Miami 66 Greg Marshall DT 2 6'3 257 22 R Oregon State 67 Bob Van Duyne OG 14 6'5 244 26 5 Idaho 69 Wade Griffin OT 16 6'5 231 24 2 Mississippi 71 Mike Ozdowski DE 16 6'5 243 23 1 Virginia 72 Fred Cook DE 16 6'3 243 26 5 Southern Mississippi 74 Dave Rowe DT 13 6'7 270 33 12 Penn State 75 George Kunz OT 1 6'5 262 31 10 Notre Dame 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 14 6'5 254 29 6 Syracuse 78 John Dutton DE 14 6'7 266 27 5 Nebraska 79 Don Morrison OT 14 6'5 250 28 8 Texas-Arlington 80 Marshall Johnson WR 15 6'1 196 25 3 Houston 81 Roger Carr WR 16 6'3 200 26 5 Louisiana Tech 83 Mack Alston TE 16 6'2 238 31 9 Maryland Eastern Shore 84 Randy Burke WR 15 6'1 186 23 1 Kentucky 86 Reese McCall TE 16 6'7 232 22 R Auburn 88 Herb Orvis DT 2 6'5 255 32 7 Colorado
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bill Troup 296 154 52.0 1,882 6.36 12.2 10 3.4 21 7.1 32 340 53.6 Bert Jones 42 27 64.3 370 8.81 13.7 4 9.5 1 2.4 6 62 114.2 Mike Kirkland 41 19 46.3 211 5.15 11.1 1 2.4 8 19.5 11 78 30.7 Joe Washington 4 2 50.0 80 20.00 40.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 135.4
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Joe Washington 45 377 8.4 1 Don McCauley 34 296 8.7 0 Roger Carr 30 629 21.0 6 Glenn Doughty 25 390 15.6 3 Mack Alston 18 210 11.7 2 Ron Lee 13 109 8.4 1 Reese McCall 11 160 14.5 1 Don Hardeman 10 88 8.8 0 Roosevelt Leaks 9 111 12.3 2 Mike Siani 6 151 25.2 1 Marshall Johnson 1 22 22.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington 240 956 4.0 0 Ron Lee 81 374 4.6 1 Roosevelt Leaks 83 266 3.2 2 Don Hardeman 48 244 5.1 0 Don McCauley 44 107 2.4 5 Bert Jones 9 38 4.2 0 Mike Kirkland 8 35 4.4 0 Bill Troup 18 25 1.4 1 Glenn Doughty 1 -1 -1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Marshall Johnson 41 927 22.6 0 Joe Washington 19 499 26.3 1 Don McCauley 7 150 21.4 0 Don Hardeman 3 36 12.0 0 Lyle Blackwood 1 18 18.0 0 Don Morrison 1 6 6.0 0 Randy Burke 1 2 2.0 0 Bob Van Duyne 1 0 0.0 0 Stu O'Dell 0 10 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Marshall Johnson 25 143 5.7 10 0 Joe Washington 7 37 5.3 6 0 Reese McCall 1 37 37.0 0 0 Lyle Blackwood 1 2 2.0 2 0 Randy Burke 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 TE Reese McCall 117 Auburn 2 52 LB Mike Woods 36 Cincinnati 5 117 OT Frank Myers 26 Texas A&M [pick acquired from SF] 6 161 RB Ben Garry 14 Southern Mississippi 7 191 RB Jeff Logan Ohio State 8 218 RB Monte Anthony Nebraska 9 245 OT Dave Studdard 145 Texas 10 275 DB Dallas Owens Kentucky 11 302 WR Henry Mason Central Missouri 12 329 P Bruce Allen Richmond
Traded draft picks: #3 to SF (Ernie Hughes), #4 to DET (Homer Elias), #5 to KC (Robert Woods)
Transactions:
| 04-24-1978 | traded Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Chiefs for Willie Lanier |
| 05-01-1978 | traded Freddie Scott and Baltimore's #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Lions for Herb Orvis |
| 07-06-1978 | Jets claimed Ben Lazaro on waivers |
| 07-08-1978 | Elmer Collett retired |
| 07-20-1978 | Tom MacLeod retired |
| 07-20-1978 | Willie Lanier retired |
| 07-22-1978 | traded Raymond Chester and Baltimore's #2 pick in the 1979 draft to Raiders for Mike Siani and Oakland's #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-13-1978 | traded Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Buccaneers for Don Hardeman |
| 08-16-1978 | traded Frank Myers to Vikings for Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-22-1978 | traded Ricky Thompson to Redskins for Washington's #6 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-23-1978 | traded Lydell Mitchell to Chargers for Joe Washington and San Diego's #5 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-25-1978 | placed Frank Dark on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1978 | placed Jimmie Kennedy on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1978 | placed Monte Anthony on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1978 | placed Dave Taylor on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1978 | placed Ron Fernandez on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1978 | traded Baltimore's #6 pick in the 1979 draft and cash to Bills for Dwight Harrison |
| 09-07-1978 | placed George Kunz on injured reserve |
| 09-17-1978 | placed Herb Orvis on injured reserve |
| 09-17-1978 | placed Mike Woods on injured reserve |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/04/78 at Dallas Cowboys L 0-38 0-1-0 09/10/78 vs Miami Dolphins L 0-42 0-2-0 09/18/78 at New England Patriots W 34-27 1-2-0 09/24/78 at Buffalo Bills L 17-24 1-3-0 10/01/78 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 14-17 1-4-0 10/08/78 at St. Louis Cardinals W 30-17 2-4-0 10/15/78 vs New York Jets L 10-33 2-5-0 10/22/78 vs Denver Broncos W 7-6 3-5-0 10/29/78 at Miami Dolphins L 8-26 3-6-0 11/06/78 vs Washington Redskins W 21-17 4-6-0 11/12/78 at Seattle Seahawks W 17-14 5-6-0 11/19/78 vs Cleveland Browns L 24-45 5-7-0 11/26/78 vs New England Patriots L 14-35 5-8-0 12/03/78 at New York Jets L 16-24 5-9-0 12/09/78 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-35 5-10-0 12/17/78 vs Buffalo Bills L 14-21 5-11-0