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.
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 | 11 |
| 28 | Dwight Harrison | DB-WR | October 12, 1948 | 6'1" | 187 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Beaumont, TX USA | 7 | 6 |
| 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 | ROT | October 17, 1949 | 6'4" | 260 | Catawba | Statesville, NC USA | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Norm Thompson | DB | March 5, 1945 | 6'1" | 180 | Utah | San Francisco, CA USA | 12 | 4 |
| 67 | Bob Van Duyne | OG | 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 | March 20, 1948 | 6'4" | 235 | Oklahoma | Minneapolis, MN USA | 15 | 0 |
