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1978 Baltimore Colts Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 5th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ted Marchibroda (5-11-0)

Points For: 239 (14.9/g) 27th of 28

Points Against: 421 (26.3/g) 28th of 28

Expected W-L: 3.3-12.7

SRS: -8.76 (27th of 28), SOS: 2.62

Defensive Coordinator: Maxie Baughan

Other Notable Asst.: Ralph Hawkins (Defensive Backs) and Ed Khayat (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Principal Owner: Robert Irsay

General Manager: Dick Szymanski

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1200

Training Camp: Goucher College (Towson, Maryland)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	239	4107	964	4.3	47	17	249	202	383	2063	17	30	4.8	124	532	2044	9	3.8	95	90	771	30
Opp. Stats	421	5911	1049	5.6	37	20	291	191	357	2901	29	17	7.5	119	662	3010	21	4.5	153	114	1006	19
Lg Rank Offense	27	24			23	10	25		20	24	10	23	24		24	23	28	17
Lg Rank Defense	28	28			20	7	18		3	25	28	24	28		27	27	24	26

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	0	38	9	181	82	99	3	25	583	305	278	3
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Miami Dolphins	0	42	18	247	151	96	7	20	440	148	292	2
3	Mon	September 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	New England Patriots	34	27	15	361	265	96	4	23	429	223	206	4
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Buffalo Bills	17	24	16	307	125	182	3	12	247	118	129	1
5	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4		Philadelphia Eagles	14	17	13	234	145	89	1	21	362	117	245	2
6	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4	@	St. Louis Cardinals	30	17	14	222	66	156	2	21	343	198	145	3
7	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		New York Jets	10	33	23	360	211	149	5	17	403	199	204
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-5		Denver Broncos	7	6	11	237	131	106	1	17	341	190	151	1
9	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6	@	Miami Dolphins	8	26	13	231	39	192	6	14	309	189	120	2
10	Mon	November 6	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-6		Washington Redskins	21	17	16	305	160	145	1	13	255	116	139	4
11	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6	@	Seattle Seahawks	17	14	14	248	115	133	1	18	263	95	168	3
12	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7		Cleveland Browns	24	45	22	329	267	62	1	20	480	309	171	2
13	Sun	November 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8		New England Patriots	14	35	18	300	155	145	3	15	460	232	228	2
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9	@	New York Jets	16	24	17	244	75	169	2	19	377	175	202	4
15	Sat	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-10	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	35	12	129	43	86	5	20	373	234	139	3
16	Sun	December 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-11		Buffalo Bills	14	21	18	172	33	139	2	16	246	53	193	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bill Troup	27	QB	12	11	3-8-0	154	296	52.0	1882	10	3.4	21	7.1	67	6.4	3.84	12.2	156.8	53.6	32	340	9.76	4.70	2.43	1	0
2	Bert Jones	27	QB	3	3	2-1-0	27	42	64.3	370	4	9.5	1	2.4	78	8.8	9.64	13.7	123.3	114.2	6	62	12.50	6.42	7.15	1	1
3	Mike Kirkland	24	QB	16	2	0-2-0	19	41	46.3	211	1	2.4	8	19.5	34	5.1	-3.15	11.1	13.2	30.7	11	78	21.15	2.56	-3.98	0	0
4	Joe Washington	25	RB	16	12		2	4	50.0	80	2	50.0	0	0.0	54	20.0	30.00	40.0	5.0	135.4	0	0	0.00	20.00	30.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	5-11-0	202	383	52.7	2063	17	4.4	30	7.8	78	6.6	4.00	12.6	128.9	55.9	49	480	11.34	4.78	2.44	2	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Joe Washington	25	RB	16	12	240	956	0	29	4.0	59.8	15.0	45	377	8.4	1	33	2.8	23.6	285	4.7	1333	1	12
2	Roger Carr	26	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	629	21.0	6	78	1.9	39.3	30	21.0	629	6	0
3	Ron Lee	25	RB	15	4	81	374	1	24	4.6	24.9	5.4	13	109	8.4	1	24	0.9	7.3	94	5.1	483	2	3
4	Don McCauley	29	RB	15	1	44	107	5	10	2.4	7.1	2.9	34	296	8.7	0	21	2.3	19.7	78	5.2	403	5	2
5	Glenn Doughty	27	WR	15	15	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	25	390	15.6	3	46	1.7	26.0	26	15.0	389	3	1
6	Roosevelt Leaks	25	FB	12	12	83	266	2	11	3.2	22.2	6.9	9	111	12.3	2	27	0.8	9.3	92	4.1	377	4	3
7	Don Hardeman	25	RB	13	3	48	244	0	46	5.1	18.8	3.7	10	88	8.8	0	19	0.8	6.8	58	5.7	332	0	1
8	Mack Alston	31	TE	16	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	210	11.7	2	23	1.1	13.1	18	11.7	210	2	0
9	Reese McCall	22	TE	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	160	14.5	1	34	0.7	10.0	11	14.5	160	1	1
10	Mike Siani	28	WR	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	151	25.2	1	49	0.9	21.6	6	25.2	151	1	0
11	Bert Jones	27	QB	3	3	9	38	0	14	4.2	12.7	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	4.2	38	0	1
12	Mike Kirkland	24	QB	16	2	8	35	0	18	4.4	2.2	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	4.4	35	0	0
13	Bill Troup	27	QB	12	11	18	25	1	10	1.4	2.1	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	1.4	25	1	7
14	Marshall Johnson	26	WR	15	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	22	22.0	0	22	0.1	1.5	1	22.0	22	0	5
	Team Totals			16	16	532	2044	9	46	3.8	127.8	33.3	202	2543	12.6	17	78	12.6	158.9	734	6.2	4587	26	36

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Fred Cook	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	0
2	Wade Griffin	24	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ken Mendenhall	30	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Ed Simonini	24	MLB	16	16	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Lyle Blackwood	27	FS	16	15	4	146	2	79	0	3	7	0	0.0	0
6	Glenn Doughty	27	WR	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0.0	0
7	John Dutton	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0	6.0	0
8	Bruce Laird	28	SS	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Doug Nettles	27	RCB	16	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
10	Roosevelt Leaks	25	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Bob Van Duyne	26	RT	14	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	0
12	Joe Washington	25	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Stan White	29	RLB	12	12	1	12	0	12	0	1	9	0	1.0	0
14	Bill Troup	27	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	7	3	-12	0	0.0	0
15	Mike Barnes	28	LDT	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
16	Joe Ehrmann	29	RDT	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
17	Dave Rowe	33	LDT/RDT	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.5	0
18	Norm Thompson	33	LCB	13	9	6	52	0	31	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
19	Derrel Luce	26	LLB	16	7	1	15	0	15	0	2	49	1	3.0	0
20	Lloyd Mumphord	32	LCB	16	5	2	20	0	19	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Ron Lee	25	RB	15	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Sanders Shiver	24	LB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
23	Don Hardeman	25	RB	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bert Jones	27	QB	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Reese McCall	22	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mike Ozdowski	23	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
27	Marshall Johnson	26	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Don McCauley	29	RB	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0.0	0
29	Tim Baylor	24	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Randy Burke	23	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
31	Stu O'Dell	27	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	17	249	2	79	38	40	77	1	31.5	1

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