1979 Baltimore Colts: 5-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-5-0 (165 points scored, 188 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (106 points scored, 163 allowed) Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda 271 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 351 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 313 550 3,172 (10) 5.27 18 19 515 1,674 (26) 3.3 12 4,846 (20) 40 Defense: 203 411 2,768 (15) 6.15 23 23 559 2,306 (19) 4.1 15 5,074 (15) 39
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Toni Linhart K 3 6'0 179 37 7 Austria Tech School 5 Steve Mike-Mayer K 13 6'0 180 32 5 Maryland 7 Bert Jones QB 4 6'3 201 28 7 Louisiana State 10 Bucky Dilts P 16 5'9 183 25 3 Georgia 11 Greg Landry QB 16 6'4 210 32 12 Massachusetts 15 Jerry Golsteyn QB 1 6'4 210 25 3 Northern Illinois 20 Joe Washington RB 15 5'10 182 26 3 Oklahoma 23 Don McCauley RB 15 6'1 208 30 9 North Carolina 25 Nesby Glasgow DB 16 5'10 182 22 R Washington 28 Dwight Harrison DB 7 6'1 186 31 9 Texas A&I 29 Ben Garry RB 11 6'0 209 23 1 Southern Mississippi 30 Doug Nettles DB 15 6'0 184 28 5 Vanderbilt 35 Glenn Doughty WR 15 6'1 204 32 8 Michigan 36 Don Hardeman RB 13 6'2 235 27 5 Texas A&I 37 Reggie Pinkney DB 16 5'11 186 24 3 East Carolina 40 Bruce Laird DB 15 6'0 197 29 8 American International 43 Norm Thompson DB 12 6'1 180 34 9 Utah 44 Lyle Blackwood DB 16 6'0 189 28 7 Texas Christian 45 Mike Siani WR 10 6'2 199 29 8 Villanova 47 Larry Braziel DB 16 6'0 192 25 R Southern California 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 7 5'10 226 26 5 Texas 51 Mike Ozdowski DE 11 6'5 236 24 2 Virginia 52 Lee Gross C 16 6'3 235 26 4 Auburn 53 Stan White LB 16 6'1 225 30 8 Ohio State 54 Sanders Shiver LB 16 6'2 228 25 4 Carson-Newman 55 Barry Krauss LB 15 6'3 238 22 R Alabama 56 Ed Simonini LB 13 6'0 214 25 4 Texas A&M 57 Ken Mendenhall C 16 6'3 248 31 9 Oklahoma 58 Steve Zabel LB 15 6'4 228 31 10 Oklahoma 59 Mike Woods LB 16 6'2 231 24 1 Cincinnati 60 Ron Baker OG 16 6'4 251 24 2 Oklahoma State 61 Bob Pratt OG 16 6'4 246 28 6 North Carolina 62 Ken Huff OG 14 6'4 252 26 5 North Carolina 63 Mike Barnes DT 14 6'6 256 28 7 Miami 64 David Taylor OT 3 6'4 263 30 6 Catawba 67 Bob Van Duyne OG 16 6'5 238 27 6 Idaho 68 Jeff Hart OT 16 6'5 263 26 3 Oregon State 69 Wade Griffin OT 16 6'5 231 25 3 Mississippi 72 Fred Cook DE 16 6'3 243 27 6 Southern Mississippi 73 Ron Fernandes DE 13 6'4 258 28 3 Eastern Michigan 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 15 6'5 259 30 7 Syracuse 79 Greg Fields DE 16 6'7 256 24 1 Grambling 81 Roger Carr WR 9 6'3 198 27 6 Louisiana Tech 83 Mack Alston TE 14 6'2 232 32 10 Maryland Eastern Shore 84 Randy Burke WR 16 6'2 186 24 2 Kentucky 86 Reese McCall TE 14 6'7 238 23 2 Auburn 87 Brian DeRoo WR 16 6'3 190 23 1 Redlands 88 Herb Orvis DT 16 6'5 245 33 8 Colorado 90 Jim Krahl DT 1 6'5 252 25 2 Texas Tech
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Greg Landry 457 270 59.1 2,932 6.42 10.9 15 3.3 15 3.3 42 326 75.3 Bert Jones 92 43 46.7 643 6.99 15.0 3 3.3 3 3.3 10 77 67.4 Joe Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Joe Washington 82 750 9.1 3 Don McCauley 55 575 10.5 3 Reese McCall 37 536 14.5 4 Glenn Doughty 35 510 14.6 2 Roger Carr 27 400 14.8 1 Don Hardeman 25 115 4.6 1 Mike Siani 15 214 14.3 2 Roosevelt Leaks 14 119 8.5 0 Mack Alston 10 114 11.4 1 Randy Burke 6 151 25.2 0 Brian DeRoo 4 82 20.5 1 Ben Garry 3 9 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington 242 884 3.7 4 Don Hardeman 109 292 2.7 3 Don McCauley 59 168 2.8 3 Roosevelt Leaks 49 145 3.0 1 Greg Landry 31 115 3.7 0 Ben Garry 13 41 3.2 0 Bert Jones 10 40 4.0 1 Stan White 1 3 3.0 0 Bucky Dilts 1 -14 -14.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Nesby Glasgow 50 1,126 22.5 0 Ben Garry 8 135 16.9 0 Lyle Blackwood 3 41 13.7 0 Bruce Laird 3 34 11.3 0 Don McCauley 2 29 14.5 0 Jeff Hart 1 16 16.0 0 Bob Van Duyne 1 12 12.0 0 Wade Griffin 1 8 8.0 0 Joe Washington 1 1 1.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Nesby Glasgow 44 352 8.0 11 1 Lyle Blackwood 4 -1 -0.2 1 0 Norm Thompson 1 40 40.0 0 0 |
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 LB Barry Krauss 152 Alabama 3 69 DB Kim Anderson 56 Arizona State [pick acquired from WAS via HOU] 5 115 DB Larry Braziel 95 USC 6 150 OT Jimmy Moore 4 Ohio State [pick acquired from WAS] 8 197 LB Steve Heimkreiter 15 Notre Dame 8 207 DB Nesby Glasgow 205 Washington [pick acquired from MIN] 9 224 P Russ Henderson Virginia 10 254 TE Steve Stephens 16 Oklahoma State 11 280 LB John Priestner Western Ontario 12 306 WR Charlie Green Kansas State
Traded draft picks: #2 to TB via OAK (Greg Roberts), #3 to TB (Jerry Eckwood), #4 to DET (Ulysses Norris), #6 to BUF (Mike Burrow), #7 to HOU (Tim Ries)
Transactions:
| 04-30-1979 | traded Baltimore's #4 pick and San Diego's #5 pick in the 1979 draft and Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1980 draft to Lions for Greg Landry |
| 05-03-1979 | traded Oakland's #3 pick and Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1979 draft to Oilers for Washington's #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 05-31-1979 | traded Calvin O'Neal to Buccaneers for a #12 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 07-31-1979 | claimed Lee Gross on waivers from Broncos |
| 08-14-1979 | placed John Priestner on injured reserve |
| 08-14-1979 | placed Stu O'Dell on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | traded Baltimore's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Broncos for Bucky Dilts |
| 08-27-1979 | placed Kim Anderson on injured reserve |
| 08-27-1979 | placed Steve Heimkreiter on injured reserve |
| 10-09-1979 | traded John Dutton to Cowboys for Dallas' #1 and #2 picks in the 1980 draft |
1979 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at Kansas City Chiefs L 0-14 0-1-0 09/09/79 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 26-29 (OT) 0-2-0 09/16/79 at Cleveland Browns L 10-13 0-3-0 09/23/79 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-17 0-4-0 09/30/79 vs Buffalo Bills L 13-31 0-5-0 10/07/79 vs New York Jets W 10-8 1-5-0 10/14/79 vs Houston Oilers L 16-28 1-6-0 10/21/79 at Buffalo Bills W 14-13 2-6-0 10/28/79 vs New England Patriots W 31-26 3-6-0 11/04/79 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 38-28 4-6-0 11/11/79 at Miami Dolphins L 0-19 4-7-0 11/18/79 at New England Patriots L 21-50 4-8-0 11/25/79 vs Miami Dolphins L 24-28 4-9-0 12/02/79 at New York Jets L 17-30 4-10-0 12/09/79 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 7-10 4-11-0 12/16/79 at New York Giants W 31-7 5-11-0