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 StatisticsTeam 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 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.
Baltimore scored 271 points, while 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 was targeted regularly, too.
Joe Washington ran for a team-leading 884 yards for the Colts.
Larry Braziel, Sanders Shiver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Mack Alston | TE | April 27, 1947 | 6'2" | 230 | Md-Eastern Shore | Georgetown, SC USA | 14 | 4 |
| 60 | Ron Baker | G | November 19, 1954 | 6'4" | 260 | Oklahoma St. | Gary, IN USA | 16 | 3 |
| 63 | Mike Barnes | LDT | December 24, 1950 | 6'6" | 255 | Miami (FL) | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Lyle Blackwood | FS | May 24, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | TCU | San Antonio, TX USA | 16 | 12 |
| 47 | Larry Braziel | RCB | September 25, 1954 | 6'0" | 188 | USC | Fort Worth, TX USA | 16 | 9 |
| 84 | Randy Burke | WR | May 26, 1955 | 6'2" | 190 | Kentucky | Miami, FL USA | 16 | 2 |
| 81 | Roger Carr | WR | July 1, 1952 | 6'3" | 200 | Louisiana Tech | Seminole, OK USA | 9 | 9 |
| 72 | Fred Cook | LDE | April 15, 1952 | 6'4" | 244 | Southern Miss | Pascagoula, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 87 | Brian DeRoo | WR | April 25, 1956 | 6'3" | 193 | Redlands | Redlands, CA USA | 16 | 1 |
| 10 | Bucky Dilts | P | December 6, 1953 | 5'9" | 185 | Georgia | Corpus Christi, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
| 35 | Glenn Doughty | WR | January 30, 1947 | 6'2" | 204 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 15 | 15 |
| 76 | Joe Ehrmann | DT | March 29, 1949 | 6'5" | 260 | Syracuse | Buffalo, NY USA | 15 | 4 |
| 73 | Ron Fernandes | RDE | September 11, 1951 | 6'4" | 251 | East. Michigan | Ypsilanti, MI USA | 13 | 8 |
| 79 | Greg Fields | DE | January 23, 1955 | 6'7" | 260 | Grambling St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 16 | 4 |
| 29 | Ben Garry | RB | February 11, 1956 | 6'0" | 215 | Southern Miss | Hazelhurst, MS USA | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | Nesby Glasgow | KR | April 15, 1957 | 5'10" | 185 | Washington | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 4 |
| 12 | Jerry Golsteyn | QB | August 6, 1954 | 6'4" | 207 | Northern Illinois | West Allis, WI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Wade Griffin | LT | August 7, 1954 | 6'5" | 260 | Mississippi | Winona, MS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 52 | Lee Gross | C | July 29, 1953 | 6'3" | 237 | Auburn | Montgomery, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 36 | Don Hardeman | FB | August 13, 1952 | 6'2" | 235 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Killeen, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 28 | Dwight Harrison | DB-WR | October 12, 1948 | 6'1" | 187 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Beaumont, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 68 | Jeff Hart | RT | September 10, 1953 | 6'5" | 266 | Oregon St. | Portland, OR USA | 16 | 14 |
| 62 | Ken Huff | RG | February 21, 1953 | 6'4" | 260 | North Carolina | Hutchinson, KS USA | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | Bert Jones | QB | September 7, 1951 | 6'3" | 210 | LSU | Ruston, LA USA | 4 | 4 |
| 90 | Jim Krahl | DT | November 19, 1953 | 6'5" | 252 | Texas Tech | Houston, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Barry Krauss | MLB | March 17, 1957 | 6'3" | 245 | Alabama | Pompano Beach, FL USA | 15 | 6 |
| 40 | Bruce Laird | SS | May 23, 1950 | 6'0" | 193 | American Int. | Lowell, MA USA | 15 | 15 |
| 11 | Greg Landry | QB | December 18, 1946 | 6'4" | 210 | Massachusetts | Nashua, NH USA | 16 | 12 |
| 48 | Roosevelt Leaks | FB | January 31, 1953 | 5'10" | 225 | Texas | Brenham, TX USA | 7 | 5 |
| 2 | Toni Linhart | K | July 24, 1942 | 6'0" | 178 | Austria Technical | Donawitz, Austria | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | Reese McCall | TE | June 16, 1956 | 6'6" | 239 | Auburn | Bessemer, AL USA | 14 | 12 |
| 23 | Don McCauley | RB | May 12, 1949 | 6'1" | 211 | North Carolina | Worcester, MA USA | 15 | 1 |
| 57 | Ken Mendenhall | C | August 11, 1948 | 6'3" | 242 | Oklahoma | Enid, OK USA | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Steve Mike-Mayer | K | September 8, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Maryland | Budapest, Hungary | 13 | 0 |
| 30 | Doug Nettles | LCB | August 13, 1951 | 6'0" | 179 | Vanderbilt | Panama City, FL USA | 15 | 13 |
| 88 | Herb Orvis | RDT | October 17, 1946 | 6'5" | 248 | Colorado | Petoskey, MI USA | 16 | 13 |
| 51 | Mike Ozdowski | DE | September 24, 1955 | 6'5" | 243 | Virginia | Cleveland, OH USA | 11 | 4 |
| 37 | Reggie Pinkney | DB | May 27, 1955 | 5'11" | 190 | East Carolina | St. Louis, MO USA | 16 | 1 |
| 61 | Robert Pratt | LG | May 25, 1951 | 6'3" | 255 | North Carolina | Richmond, VA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 54 | Sanders Shiver | LLB | February 14, 1954 | 6'2" | 227 | Carson-Newman | Gadsden, SC USA | 16 | 16 |
| 45 | Mike Siani | WR | May 27, 1950 | 6'2" | 195 | Villanova | Staten Island, NY USA | 10 | 5 |
| 56 | Ed Simonini | MLB | February 2, 1954 | 6'0" | 210 | Texas A&M | Portsmouth, VA USA | 13 | 10 |
| 64 | Dave Taylor | T | October 17, 1949 | 6'4" | 260 | Catawba | Statesville, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | Norm Thompson | DB | March 5, 1945 | 6'1" | 180 | Utah | San Francisco, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 67 | Bob Van Duyne | G-T | May 15, 1952 | 6'5" | 243 | Idaho | San Bernardino, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 20 | Joe Washington | RB | September 24, 1953 | 5'10" | 179 | Oklahoma | Crockett, TX USA | 15 | 15 |
| 53 | Stan White | RLB | October 24, 1949 | 6'1" | 225 | Ohio St. | Dover, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 59 | Mike Woods | LB | November 1, 1954 | 6'2" | 233 | Tampa | Cleveland, OH USA | 16 | 0 |
| 58 | Steve Zabel | LB-TE | March 20, 1948 | 6'4" | 235 | Oklahoma | Minneapolis, MN USA | 15 | 0 |
