1978 Baltimore Colts (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 5-11-0 .313

Maxie Baughan	Defensive Coordinator
Dick Bielski	Receivers
George Boutselis	Special Teams
Whitey Dovell	Offensive Line
Ralph Hawkins	Defensive Backs
Eddie Khayat	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1978	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-22	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	37437
Sat	8/12/1978	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	12-23	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	61112
Fri	8/18/1978	H	Washington Redskins	16-17	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	42731
Sat	8/26/1978	A	Detroit Lions	13-7	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	49718
Mon	9/4/1978	A	Dallas Cowboys	0-38	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64224
Sun	9/10/1978	H	Miami Dolphins	0-42	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	47730
Mon	9/18/1978	A	New England Patriots	34-27	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57284
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Buffalo Bills	17-24	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	55270
Sun	10/1/1978	H	Philadelphia Eagles	14-17	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	50314
Sun	10/8/1978	A	St. Louis Cardinals	30-17	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	47479
Sun	10/15/1978	H	New York Jets	10-33	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	45563
Sun	10/22/1978	H	Denver Broncos	7-6	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	54057
Sun	10/29/1978	A	Miami Dolphins	8-26	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	53524
Mon	11/6/1978	H	Washington Redskins	21-17	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	57631
Sun	11/12/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	17-14	W	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61905
Sun	11/19/1978	H	Cleveland Browns	24-45	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	45341
Sun	11/26/1978	H	New England Patriots	14-35	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	42828
Sun	12/3/1978	A	New York Jets	16-24	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	50248
Sat	12/9/1978	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-35	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	41957
Sun	12/17/1978	H	Buffalo Bills	14-21	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	25415

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
83	Mack Alston	TE	6-2	230	31	Maryland-Eastern Shore	16	13
60	Ron Baker	OG	6-4	274	24	Indian Hills JC; Oklahoma State	16	0
63	Mike Barnes	LDT	6-6	255	28	Miami (Florida)	10	10
47	Tim Baylor	S	6-5	199	24	Morgan State	16	0
44	Lyle Blackwood	FS-SS	6-1	189	27	Blinn JC; Texas Christian	16	16
50	Forrest Blue	C	6-5	249	33	Auburn	13	0
84	Randy Burke	WR	6-1	186	23	Kentucky	15	0
81	Roger Carr	WR	6-2	195	26	Louisiana Tech	16	16
72	Fred Cook	LDE	6-3	244	26	Southern Mississippi	16	16
35	Glenn Doughty	WR	6-1	204	31	Michigan	15	15
78	John Dutton	RDE	6-7	261	27	Nebraska	14	14
76	Joe Ehrmann	RDT	6-4	256	29	Syracuse	14	10
69	Wade Griffin	LOT	6-5	270	24	Mississippi	16	16
36	Don Hardeman	FB	6-2	235	25	Texas A&M-Kingsville	13	3
28	Dwight Harrison	RCB-LCB	6-1	183	30	Texas A&M-Kingsville	15	6
62	Ken Huff	ROG	6-4	252	25	North Carolina	16	16
80	Marshall Johnson	WR	6-1	196	26	Houston	15	1
7	Bert Jones	QB	6-3	210	27	Louisiana State	3	3
15	Mike Kirkland	QB	6-1	195	24	Arkansas	16	2
75	George Kunz	ROT	6-5	251	31	Notre Dame	1	1
40	Bruce Laird	SS	6-0	193	28	American International	14	14
48	Roosevelt Leaks	FB	5-10	219	25	Texas	12	12
49	David Lee	P	6-4	223	35	Louisiana Tech	16	0
34	Ron Lee	HB-FB	6-4	234	25	West Virginia	15	4
2	Toni Linhart	K	5-11	183	36	Austria Technical	16	0
58	Derrel Luce	LLB	6-3	224	26	Baylor	16	7
52	Tom MacLeod	LLB	6-3	225	27	Minnesota	12	9
66	Greg Marshall	DT	6-3	257	22	Oregon State	2	0
86	Reese McCall	TE	6-6	238	22	Auburn	16	3
23	Don McCauley	HB	6-1	211	29	North Carolina	15	1
57	Ken Mendenhall	C	6-3	235	30	Oklahoma	16	16
79	Don Morrison	ROT	6-5	257	29	Texas-Arlington	14	3
42	Lloyd Mumphord	RCB-LCB-FS	5-11	180	32	Texas Southern	16	5
30	Doug Nettles	RCB-LCB	6-0	178	27	Vanderbilt	16	14
55	Stu O'Dell	LB	6-1	220	27	Indiana	14	0
25	Ray Oldham	CB-S	5-11	192	27	Middle Tennessee State	2	0
51	Calvin O'Neal	RILB	6-1	235	24	Michigan	15	2
88	Herb Orvis	DT	6-5	248	32	Colorado	2	0
71	Mike Ozdowski	RDT-RDE	6-5	243	23	Virginia	16	3
61	Bob Pratt	LOG	6-4	250	27	North Carolina	16	16
74	Dave Rowe	LDT-RDT	6-6	274	33	Penn State	13	10
54	Sanders Shiver	RLB	6-2	227	23	Carson-Newman	16	4
45	Mike Siani	WR	6-2	195	28	Villanova	7	0
56	Ed Simonini	MLB	6-0	206	24	Texas A&M	16	16
43	Norm Thompson	LCB	6-1	179	33	Laney JC; Utah	13	9
12	Bill Troup	QB	6-5	220	27	Virginia; South Carolina	12	11
67	Bob Van Duyne	ROT	6-4	250	26	Idaho	14	12
20	Joe Washington	HB	5-10	182	25	Oklahoma	16	12
53	Stan White	RLB	6-1	224	29	Ohio State	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	25	Reese McCall	TE	Auburn
2	52	Mike Woods	LB	Cincinnati
5	117	Frank Myers	T	Texas A&M
6	161	Ben Garry	RB	Southern Mississippi
7	191	Jeff Logan	RB	Ohio State
8	218	Monte Anthony	RB	Nebraska
9	245	Dave Studdard	T	Texas
10	275	Dallas Owens	DB	Kentucky
11	302	Henry Mason	WR	Central Missouri
12	329	Bruce Allen	P	Richmond

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	31	96	42	70
Opponents Totals	90	155	70	106

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		249	95	124	30	74/203 36.5%	/ %	90	771
Opponents Totals		291	153	119	19	119/241 49.4%	/ %	114	1006

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Toni Linhart	0	27	31	87.1	8	17	47.1	0	51
Roger Carr	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Don McCauley	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Roosevelt Leaks	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Glenn Doughty	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mack Alston	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Lyle Blackwood	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ron Lee	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Reese McCall	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Joe Washington	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Derrel Luce	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Siani	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Troup	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Randy Burke	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	27	31	87.1	8	17	47.1	1	239
Opponents Totals	54	53	54	98.1	14	24	58.3	1	421

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Toni Linhart	8	17	47.1	0/0	5/5	2/6	1/6	0/0
Team Totals	8	17	47.1	0/0	5/5	2/6	1/6	0/0
Opponents Totals	14	24	58.3	1/2	7/8	3/5	3/7	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Washington	240	956	4.0	29	0
Ron Lee	81	374	4.6	24	1
Roosevelt Leaks	83	266	3.2	11	2
Don Hardeman	48	244	5.1	46	0
Don McCauley	44	107	2.4	10	5
Bert Jones	9	38	4.2	14	0
Mike Kirkland	8	35	4.4	18	0
Bill Troup	18	25	1.4	10	1
Glenn Doughty	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	532	2044	3.8	46	9
Opponents Totals	662	3010	4.5	63	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bill Troup	296	154	52.0	121	1882	6.4	12.2	67t	10	3.4	21	7.1	32	340	1542	53.6
Bert Jones	42	27	64.3	14	370	8.8	13.7	78t	4	9.5	1	2.4	6	62	308	114.2
Mike Kirkland	41	19	46.3	14	211	5.1	11.1	34	1	2.4	8	19.5	11	78	133	30.7
Joe Washington	4	2	50.0	2	80	20.0	40.0	54t	2	50.0	0	0.0	0	0	80	135.4
Team Totals	383	202	52.7	151	2543	6.6	12.6	78t	17	4.4	30	7.8	49	480	2063	55.9
Opponents Totals	357	191	53.5	149	3125	8.8	16.4	91t	29	8.1	17	4.8	30	224	2901	90.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Washington	45	377	8.4	33	1
Don McCauley	34	296	8.7	21	0
Roger Carr	30	629	21.0	78t	6
Glenn Doughty	25	390	15.6	46	3
Mack Alston	18	210	11.7	23	2
Ron Lee	13	109	8.4	24	1
Reese McCall	11	160	14.5	34	1
Don Hardeman	10	88	8.8	19	0
Roosevelt Leaks	9	111	12.3	27	2
Mike Siani	6	151	25.2	49	1
Marshall Johnson	1	22	22.0	22	0
Team Totals	202	2543	12.6	78t	17
Opponents Totals	191	3125	16.4	91t	29

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Norm Thompson	6	52	8.7	31	0
Lyle Blackwood	4	146	36.5	79t	2
Lloyd Mumphord	2	20	10.0	19	0
Ed Simonini	2	4	2.0	3	0
Derrel Luce	1	15	15.0	15	0
Stan White	1	12	12.0	12	0
Doug Nettles	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	17	249	14.6	79t	2
Opponents Totals	30	529	17.6	53t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
David Lee	92	3513	38.2	67	2	9	17	460	2873	30.6
Team Totals	94	3513	37.4	67	2	9	17	460	2873	30.6
Opponents Totals	80	2859	35.7	79	2	7	16	219	2500	31.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Marshall Johnson	25	10	143	5.7	17
Joe Washington	7	6	37	5.3	17
Reese McCall	1	0	37	37.0	37
Lyle Blackwood	1	2	2	2.0	2
Randy Burke	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	35	18	219	6.3	37
Opponents Totals	53	10	460	8.7	37

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Washington	19	499	26.3	90t	1
Marshall Johnson	41	927	22.6	57	0
Don McCauley	7	150	21.4	31	0
Don Hardeman	3	36	12.0	15	0
Lyle Blackwood	1	18	18.0	18	0
Don Morrison	1	6	6.0	6	0
Randy Burke	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bob Van Duyne	1	0	0.0	0	0
Stu O'Dell	0	10		10L	0
Team Totals	74	1648	22.3	90t	1
Opponents Totals	52	1271	24.4	102t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
John Dutton	6.0
Mike Barnes	5.0
Fred Cook	5.0
Joe Ehrmann	4.0
Derrel Luce	3.0
Mike Ozdowski	3.0
Lloyd Mumphord	1.0
Sanders Shiver	1.0
Stan White	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	224.0
Opponents Totals	49.0	480.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Tim Baylor	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lyle Blackwood	0	0	1	2	3	7	0
Fred Cook	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Glenn Doughty	1		1	0	1	4	0
John Dutton	0	0	0	3	3	10	0
Wade Griffin	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Don Hardeman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Johnson	5		1	0	1	0	0
Bert Jones	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bruce Laird	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roosevelt Leaks	3		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Lee	3		1	0	1	0	0
Derrel Luce	0	0	0	2	2	49	1
Reese McCall	1		0	1	1	0	0
Don McCauley	2		3	0	3	5	0
Ken Mendenhall	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Doug Nettles	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Stu O'Dell	1		0	2	2	0	0
Dave Rowe	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Sanders Shiver	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Norm Thompson	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Bill Troup	7		3	0	3	-12	0
Bob Van Duyne	1		1	0	1	2	0
Joe Washington	12		2	0	2	0	0
Stan White	0	0	0	1	1	9	0
Team Totals	38	18	20	20	40	77	1
Opponents Totals	36	20	15	17	32		0