1974 Baltimore Colts Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Joe Thomas (2-9)
Coach: Howard Schnellenberger (0-3)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1974 Baltimore Colts StatisticsTeam Record: 2-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Joe Thomas (2-9)
Coach: Howard Schnellenberger (0-3)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1974 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Colts stumbled, scoring only 190 points, and the leaky defense gave up 329. Lydell Mitchell ran for a team-leading 757 yards for Baltimore.
Bert Jones tossed for 1,610 yards. Lydell Mitchell topped the receiving corps, hauling in 72 balls for 544 yards, while Raymond Chester contributed to the receiving game also.
Mike Curtis picked off 3 opponent throws.
Joe Thomas and Howard Schnellenberger coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | John Andrews | TE-RB | November 2, 1948 | 6'3" | 227 | Indiana | Indianapolis, IN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 79 | Jim Bailey | LDT | June 9, 1948 | 6'4" | 253 | Kansas | Kansas City, MO USA | 14 | 0 |
| 63 | Mike Barnes | DT | December 24, 1950 | 6'6" | 255 | Miami (FL) | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 11 | 1 |
| 84 | Tim Berra | PR | September 23, 1951 | 5'11" | 185 | Massachusetts | Montclair, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 51 | Tony Bertuca | LB | January 4, 1950 | 6'2" | 225 | Cal State-Chico | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Roger Carr | WR | July 1, 1952 | 6'3" | 200 | Louisiana Tech | Seminole, OK USA | 11 | 8 |
| 87 | Raymond Chester | TE | June 28, 1948 | 6'3" | 232 | Morgan St. | Cambridge, MD USA | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Elmer Collett | RG | November 7, 1944 | 6'6" | 244 | San Francisco St. | Oakland, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | Fred Cook | LDE | April 15, 1952 | 6'4" | 244 | Southern Miss | Pascagoula, MS USA | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Mike Curtis | MLB | March 27, 1943 | 6'3" | 232 | Duke | Washington, DC USA | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Dan Dickel | LB | August 24, 1952 | 6'3" | 225 | Iowa | Fort Riley, KS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Marty Domres | QB | April 17, 1947 | 6'4" | 220 | Columbia | Ithaca, NY USA | 14 | 6 |
| 35 | Glenn Doughty | WR | January 30, 1947 | 6'2" | 204 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 13 | 12 |
| 78 | John Dutton | RDE | February 6, 1951 | 6'6" | 266 | Nebraska | Rapid City, SD USA | 14 | 0 |
| 76 | Joe Ehrmann | RDT | March 29, 1949 | 6'5" | 260 | Syracuse | Buffalo, NY USA | 14 | 12 |
| 33 | Randy Hall | DB | February 8, 1952 | 6'3" | 190 | Idaho | East Wenatchee, WA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | Bert Jones | QB | September 7, 1951 | 6'3" | 210 | LSU | Ruston, LA USA | 11 | 8 |
| 40 | Bruce Laird | SS | May 23, 1950 | 6'0" | 193 | American Int. | Lowell, MA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 49 | David Lee | P | November 8, 1943 | 6'4" | 230 | Louisiana Tech | Shreveport, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Toni Linhart | K | July 24, 1942 | 6'0" | 178 | Austria Technical | Donawitz, Austria | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | Tom MacLeod | LLB | January 10, 1951 | 6'3" | 225 | Minnesota | Proctor, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Ron Mayo | TE | October 11, 1950 | 6'2" | 222 | Morgan St. | Washington, DC USA | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | Don McCauley | RB | May 12, 1949 | 6'1" | 211 | North Carolina | Worcester, MA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 57 | Ken Mendenhall | C | August 11, 1948 | 6'3" | 242 | Oklahoma | Enid, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Lydell Mitchell | RB | May 30, 1949 | 5'11" | 204 | Penn St. | Salem, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 31 | Nelson Munsey | RCB | July 2, 1948 | 6'1" | 188 | Wyoming | Uniontown, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 50 | Dan Neal | C-G | August 30, 1949 | 6'4" | 250 | Kentucky | Corbin, KY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 68 | Dennis Nelson | RT | February 2, 1946 | 6'5" | 260 | Illinois St. | Kewanee, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Doug Nettles | DB | August 13, 1951 | 6'0" | 179 | Vanderbilt | Panama City, FL USA | 13 | 4 |
| 25 | Ray Oldham | LCB | February 23, 1951 | 6'0" | 200 | Middle Tenn. St. | Gallatin, TN USA | 14 | 10 |
| 38 | Bill Olds | FB | February 21, 1951 | 6'1" | 224 | Nebraska | Kansas City, KS USA | 13 | 0 |
| 37 | Joe Orduna | RB | November 6, 1948 | 6'0" | 195 | Nebraska | Omaha, NE USA | 14 | 0 |
| 61 | Robert Pratt | G | May 25, 1951 | 6'3" | 255 | North Carolina | Richmond, VA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 62 | Glenn Ressler | LG | May 21, 1943 | 6'3" | 250 | Penn St. | Dornsife, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Danny Rhodes | LB | March 18, 1951 | 6'2" | 220 | Arkansas | Lake Jackson, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Tim Rudnick | DB | March 6, 1952 | 5'10" | 185 | Notre Dame | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Freddie Scott | WR | August 5, 1952 | 6'2" | 180 | Amherst | Grady, AR USA | 14 | 2 |
| 60 | Dave Simonson | T | May 2, 1952 | 6'6" | 246 | Minnesota | Austin, MN USA | 13 | 0 |
| 80 | Ollie Smith | WR | March 8, 1949 | 6'3" | 203 | Tennessee St. | Jackson, MS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Cotton Speyrer | KR | April 29, 1949 | 6'0" | 175 | Texas | Port Arthur, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 64 | Dave Taylor | LT | October 17, 1949 | 6'4" | 260 | Catawba | Statesville, NC USA | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Bill Troup | QB | April 2, 1951 | 6'5" | 220 | Virginia | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Bob Van Duyne | G-T | May 15, 1952 | 6'5" | 243 | Idaho | San Bernardino, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Rick Volk | FS | March 15, 1945 | 6'3" | 195 | Michigan | Toledo, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Stan White | RLB | October 24, 1949 | 6'1" | 225 | Ohio St. | Dover, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Steve Williams | DE | January 12, 1951 | 6'6" | 260 | West. Carolina | Columbia, SC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 65 | Bill Windauer | RDT | November 22, 1949 | 6'4" | 250 | Iowa | Chicago, IL USA | 9 | 5 |
