1978 Baltimore Colts Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ted Marchibroda (5-11)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1978 Baltimore Colts RosterTeam Record: 5-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ted Marchibroda (5-11)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1978 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Colts labored to change the scoreboard with just 239 points, and the shaky defensive squad allowed 421, most in the league. Joe Washington ran for a team-leading 956 yards for Baltimore.
Bill Troup passed for 1,882 yards. Joe Washington hauled in 45 balls, while Roger Carr added 629 receiving yards, while Don McCauley contributed to the receiving game, too.
Norm Thompson intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Ted Marchibroda coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Troup | 296 | 154 | 52.0 | 1882 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.4 | 21 | 7.1 | 67 | 32 | 340 | 53.6 |
| Bert Jones | 42 | 27 | 64.3 | 370 | 8.8 | 4 | 9.5 | 1 | 2.4 | 78 | 6 | 62 | 114.2 |
| Mike Kirkland | 41 | 19 | 46.3 | 211 | 5.1 | 1 | 2.4 | 8 | 19.5 | 34 | 11 | 78 | 30.7 |
| Joe Washington | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 80 | 20.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
| Totals | 383 | 202 | 52.7 | 2543 | 6.6 | 17 | 4.4 | 30 | 7.8 | 78 | 49 | 480 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 532 | 2044 | 3.8 | 46 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 45 | 377 | 8.4 | 33 | 1 |
| Don McCauley | 34 | 296 | 8.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Roger Carr | 30 | 629 | 21.0 | 78 | 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 |
| Totals | 202 | 2543 | 12.6 | 78 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Johnson | 25 | 143 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Reese McCall | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Randy Burke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 219 | 6.3 | 37 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Johnson | 41 | 927 | 22.6 | 57 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 19 | 499 | 26.3 | 90 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 74 | 1638 | 22.1 | 90 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Thompson | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 79 | 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 |
| Totals | 17 | 249 | 14.6 | 79 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dutton | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don McCauley | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Bill Troup | 7 | 3 | -12 | 0 | |||
| Doug Nettles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Griffin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stu O'Dell | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Cook | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Rowe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Washington | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrel Luce | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marshall Johnson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Van Duyne | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reese McCall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sanders Shiver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Doughty | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Laird | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Thompson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Lee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Mendenhall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Baylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 40 | 77 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Toni Linhart | 8 | 27 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Roger Carr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Don McCauley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Glenn Doughty | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Joe Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Reese McCall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ron Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mack Alston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Derrel Luce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mike Siani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Troup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Burke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 239 |
