1979 Baltimore Colts Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ted Marchibroda (5-11)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1979 Baltimore Colts Statistics
1979 Baltimore Colts Results

The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Colts scored 271 points, but the defense allowed 351. Greg Landry passed for 2,932 yards. Joe Washington topped pass catchers, hauling in 82 balls for 750 yards, while Don McCauley contributed to the receiving game, too.

Joe Washington ran for a team-leading 884 yards for Baltimore.

Sanders Shiver, Larry Braziel and Lyle Blackwood each seized 4 opponent throws.

Ted Marchibroda coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
83Mack AlstonTEApril 27, 19476'2"230Md-Eastern ShoreGeorgetown, SC USA144
60Ron BakerGNovember 19, 19546'4"260Oklahoma St.Gary, IN USA163
63Mike BarnesLDTDecember 24, 19506'6"255Miami (FL)Pittsburgh, PA USA1414
44Lyle BlackwoodFSMay 24, 19516'1"190TCUSan Antonio, TX USA1612
47Larry BrazielRCBSeptember 25, 19546'0"188USCFort Worth, TX USA169
84Randy BurkeWRMay 26, 19556'2"190KentuckyMiami, FL USA162
81Roger CarrWRJuly 1, 19526'3"200Louisiana TechSeminole, OK USA99
72Fred CookLDEApril 15, 19526'4"244Southern MissPascagoula, MS USA1616
87Brian DeRooWRApril 25, 19566'3"193RedlandsRedlands, CA USA161
10Bucky DiltsPDecember 6, 19535'9"185GeorgiaCorpus Christi, TX USA160
35Glenn DoughtyWRJanuary 30, 19476'2"204MichiganDetroit, MI USA1515
76Joe EhrmannDTMarch 29, 19496'5"260SyracuseBuffalo, NY USA154
73Ron FernandesRDESeptember 11, 19516'4"251East. MichiganYpsilanti, MI USA138
79Greg FieldsDEJanuary 23, 19556'7"260Grambling St.San Francisco, CA USA164
29Ben GarryRBFebruary 11, 19566'0"215Southern MissHazelhurst, MS USA110
25Nesby GlasgowKRApril 15, 19575'10"185WashingtonLos Angeles, CA USA164
12Jerry GolsteynQBAugust 6, 19546'4"207Northern IllinoisWest Allis, WI USA10
69Wade GriffinLTAugust 7, 19546'5"260MississippiWinona, MS USA1616
52Lee GrossCJuly 29, 19536'3"237AuburnMontgomery, AL USA160
36Don HardemanFBAugust 13, 19526'2"235Texas A&M-KingsvilleKilleen, TX USA130
28Dwight HarrisonDB-WROctober 12, 19486'1"187Texas A&M-KingsvilleBeaumont, TX USA70
68Jeff HartRTSeptember 10, 19536'5"266Oregon St.Portland, OR USA1614
62Ken HuffRGFebruary 21, 19536'4"260North CarolinaHutchinson, KS USA1414
7Bert JonesQBSeptember 7, 19516'3"210LSURuston, LA USA44
90Jim KrahlDTNovember 19, 19536'5"252Texas TechHouston, TX USA10
55Barry KraussMLBMarch 17, 19576'3"245AlabamaPompano Beach, FL USA156
40Bruce LairdSSMay 23, 19506'0"193American Int.Lowell, MA USA1515
11Greg LandryQBDecember 18, 19466'4"210MassachusettsNashua, NH USA1612
48Roosevelt LeaksFBJanuary 31, 19535'10"225TexasBrenham, TX USA75
2Toni LinhartKJuly 24, 19426'0"178Austria TechnicalDonawitz, Austria30
86Reese McCallTEJune 16, 19566'6"239AuburnBessemer, AL USA1412
23Don McCauleyRBMay 12, 19496'1"211North CarolinaWorcester, MA USA151
57Ken MendenhallCAugust 11, 19486'3"242OklahomaEnid, OK USA1616
5Steve Mike-MayerKSeptember 8, 19476'0"180MarylandBudapest, Hungary130
30Doug NettlesLCBAugust 13, 19516'0"179VanderbiltPanama City, FL USA1513
88Herb OrvisRDTOctober 17, 19466'5"248ColoradoPetoskey, MI USA1613
51Mike OzdowskiDESeptember 24, 19556'5"243VirginiaCleveland, OH USA114
37Reggie PinkneyDBMay 27, 19555'11"190East CarolinaSt. Louis, MO USA161
61Robert PrattLGMay 25, 19516'3"255North CarolinaRichmond, VA USA1616
54Sanders ShiverLLBFebruary 14, 19546'2"227Carson-NewmanGadsden, SC USA1616
45Mike SianiWRMay 27, 19506'2"195VillanovaStaten Island, NY USA105
56Ed SimoniniMLBFebruary 2, 19546'0"210Texas A&MPortsmouth, VA USA1310
64Dave TaylorTOctober 17, 19496'4"260CatawbaStatesville, NC USA30
43Norm ThompsonDBMarch 5, 19456'1"180UtahSan Francisco, CA USA120
67Bob Van DuyneG-TMay 15, 19526'5"243IdahoSan Bernardino, CA USA160
20Joe WashingtonRBSeptember 24, 19535'10"179OklahomaCrockett, TX USA1515
53Stan WhiteRLBOctober 24, 19496'1"225Ohio St.Dover, OH USA1616
59Mike WoodsLBNovember 1, 19546'2"233TampaCleveland, OH USA160
58Steve ZabelLB-TEMarch 20, 19486'4"235OklahomaMinneapolis, MN USA150



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