1979 Baltimore Colts Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Landry | 457 | 270 | 59.1 | 2932 | 6.4 | 15 | 3.3 | 15 | 3.3 | 67 | 42 | 326 | 75.3 |
| Bert Jones | 92 | 43 | 46.7 | 643 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 3 | 3.3 | 59 | 10 | 77 | 67.4 |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 550 | 313 | 56.9 | 3575 | 6.5 | 18 | 3.3 | 19 | 3.5 | 67 | 52 | 403 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 242 | 884 | 3.7 | 26 | 4 |
| Don Hardeman | 109 | 292 | 2.7 | 16 | 3 |
| Don McCauley | 59 | 168 | 2.8 | 13 | 3 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 49 | 145 | 3.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Greg Landry | 31 | 115 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Ben Garry | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Bert Jones | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Stan White | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bucky Dilts | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Totals | 515 | 1674 | 3.3 | 26 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Washington | 82 | 750 | 9.1 | 43 | 3 |
| Don McCauley | 55 | 575 | 10.5 | 35 | 3 |
| Reese McCall | 37 | 536 | 14.5 | 36 | 4 |
| Glenn Doughty | 35 | 510 | 14.6 | 54 | 2 |
| Roger Carr | 27 | 400 | 14.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Don Hardeman | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Mike Siani | 15 | 214 | 14.3 | 31 | 2 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 14 | 119 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Randy Burke | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 59 | 0 |
| Brian DeRoo | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 67 | 1 |
| Ben Garry | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 313 | 3575 | 11.4 | 67 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Mike-Mayer | 29 | 28 | 96.6 | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 61 |
| Toni Linhart | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 12 |
| Totals | 33 | 31 | 93.9 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 73 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Dilts | 99 | 3657 | 36.9 | 53 |
| Totals | 99 | 3657 | 36.9 | 53 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesby Glasgow | 44 | 352 | 8.0 | 75 | 1 |
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 4 | -1 | -0.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 391 | 8.0 | 75 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesby Glasgow | 50 | 1126 | 22.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Ben Garry | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Laird | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Jeff Hart | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Van Duyne | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wade Griffin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 70 | 1402 | 20.0 | 58 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders Shiver | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Larry Braziel | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Bruce Laird | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 68 | 0 |
| Norm Thompson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Nettles | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dwight Harrison | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Stan White | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Nesby Glasgow | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 382 | 16.6 | 68 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Landry | 8 | 3 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Cook | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Woods | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reese McCall | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reggie Pinkney | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Krauss | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Washington | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Nesby Glasgow | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sanders Shiver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Orvis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Braziel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Zabel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wade Griffin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Laird | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Hardeman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Garry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Mike-Mayer | 11 | 28 | 0 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Joe Washington | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Don McCauley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Don Hardeman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Reese McCall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Larry Braziel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Toni Linhart | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Siani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Glenn Doughty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bert Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Nesby Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Roger Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Brian DeRoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mack Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 |
