1977 Baltimore Colts Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Ted Marchibroda (10-4)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1977 Baltimore Colts StatisticsTeam Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Ted Marchibroda (10-4)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1977 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Baltimore piled up points with 295 points, while the defense allowed 221. Lydell Mitchell ran for a team-leading 1,159 yards for the Colts.
Bert Jones threw for 2,686 yards. Lydell Mitchell hauled in 71 balls for 620 yards. Raymond Chester and Don McCauley provided receiving help, too.
The sticky-fingered defense manufactured 47 turnovers. Lyle Blackwood intercepted 10 opponent throws.
Ted Marchibroda coached the team. The 1977 Baltimore Colts lost in the Division Playoff.
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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 | 0 |
| 63 | Mike Barnes | LDT | December 24, 1950 | 6'6" | 255 | Miami (FL) | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | Tim Baylor | FS | May 23, 1954 | 6'6" | 195 | Morgan St. | Washington, DC USA | 13 | 0 |
| 44 | Lyle Blackwood | FS | May 24, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | TCU | San Antonio, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Forrest Blue | C | September 7, 1944 | 6'6" | 261 | Auburn | Marfa, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 81 | Roger Carr | WR | July 1, 1952 | 6'3" | 200 | Louisiana Tech | Seminole, OK USA | 7 | 0 |
| 87 | Raymond Chester | TE | June 28, 1948 | 6'3" | 232 | Morgan St. | Cambridge, MD USA | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Elmer Collett | ROG | November 7, 1944 | 6'6" | 244 | San Francisco St. | Oakland, CA USA | 5 | 5 |
| 72 | Fred Cook | LDE | April 15, 1952 | 6'4" | 244 | Southern Miss | Pascagoula, MS USA | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Dan Dickel | MLB | August 24, 1952 | 6'3" | 225 | Iowa | Fort Riley, KS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | Glenn Doughty | WR | January 30, 1947 | 6'2" | 204 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 13 | 13 |
| 78 | John Dutton | RDE | February 6, 1951 | 6'6" | 266 | Nebraska | Rapid City, SD USA | 12 | 11 |
| 76 | Joe Ehrmann | RDT | March 29, 1949 | 6'5" | 260 | Syracuse | Buffalo, NY USA | 9 | 8 |
| 73 | Ron Fernandes | RDT | September 11, 1951 | 6'4" | 251 | East. Michigan | Ypsilanti, MI USA | 14 | 7 |
| 69 | Wade Griffin | LOT-ROT | August 7, 1954 | 6'5" | 260 | Mississippi | Winona, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Perry Griggs | WR | September 17, 1954 | 5'10" | 183 | Troy | Lafayette, AL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Ken Huff | RG | February 21, 1953 | 6'4" | 260 | North Carolina | Hutchinson, KS USA | 14 | 9 |
| 79 | Greg Johnson | DE | December 3, 1953 | 6'4" | 240 | Florida St. | Leesburg, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | Marshall Johnson | WR | November 1, 1952 | 6'1" | 191 | Houston | Jacksonville, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Bert Jones | QB | September 7, 1951 | 6'3" | 210 | LSU | Ruston, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Jimmie Kennedy | TE | July 30, 1952 | 6'3" | 231 | Hiram | Laurel, MS USA | 9 | 0 |
| 75 | George Kunz | RT | July 5, 1947 | 6'5" | 257 | Notre Dame | Fort Sheridan, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Bruce Laird | KR | May 23, 1950 | 6'0" | 193 | American Int. | Lowell, MA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 48 | Roosevelt Leaks | FB | January 31, 1953 | 5'10" | 225 | Texas | Brenham, TX USA | 11 | 11 |
| 49 | David Lee | P | November 8, 1943 | 6'4" | 230 | Louisiana Tech | Shreveport, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Ron Lee | RB | September 17, 1953 | 6'4" | 226 | West Virginia | Bellaire, OH USA | 13 | 4 |
| 2 | Toni Linhart | K | July 24, 1942 | 6'0" | 178 | Austria Technical | Donawitz, Austria | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Derrel Luce | LLB | September 29, 1952 | 6'3" | 226 | Baylor | Lake Jackson, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 52 | Tom MacLeod | LLB | January 10, 1951 | 6'3" | 225 | Minnesota | Proctor, MN USA | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Don McCauley | RB | May 12, 1949 | 6'1" | 211 | North Carolina | Worcester, MA USA | 14 | 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 |
| 42 | Lloyd Mumphord | LCB | December 20, 1946 | 5'10" | 176 | Texas Southern | Los Angeles, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Nelson Munsey | RCB | July 2, 1948 | 6'1" | 188 | Wyoming | Uniontown, PA USA | 13 | 13 |
| 30 | Doug Nettles | DB | August 13, 1951 | 6'0" | 179 | Vanderbilt | Panama City, FL USA | 14 | 1 |
| 74 | Ken Novak | RDT-LDT | July 3, 1954 | 6'7" | 268 | Purdue | Willowick, OH USA | 12 | 2 |
| 25 | Ray Oldham | SS | February 23, 1951 | 6'0" | 200 | Middle Tenn. St. | Gallatin, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 61 | Robert Pratt | LG | May 25, 1951 | 6'3" | 255 | North Carolina | Richmond, VA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 28 | Howard Satterwhite | WR | May 24, 1953 | 5'11" | 185 | Sam Houston St. | Monthalia, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Freddie Scott | WR | August 5, 1952 | 6'2" | 180 | Amherst | Grady, AR USA | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Sanders Shiver | RLB | February 14, 1954 | 6'2" | 227 | Carson-Newman | Gadsden, SC USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Ed Simonini | MLB | February 2, 1954 | 6'0" | 210 | Texas A&M | Portsmouth, VA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 27 | Howard Stevens | PR | February 9, 1950 | 5'5" | 165 | Randolph-Macon | Harrisonburg, VA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Dave Taylor | LT | October 17, 1949 | 6'4" | 260 | Catawba | Statesville, NC USA | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Norm Thompson | LCB | March 5, 1945 | 6'1" | 180 | Utah | San Francisco, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Ricky Thompson | WR | May 15, 1954 | 6'0" | 176 | Baylor | El Paso, TX USA | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | Bill Troup | QB | April 2, 1951 | 6'5" | 220 | Virginia | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | Bob Van Duyne | OG-OT | May 15, 1952 | 6'5" | 243 | Idaho | San Bernardino, CA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 53 | Stan White | RLB | October 24, 1949 | 6'1" | 225 | Ohio St. | Dover, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
