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1974 Baltimore Colts: 2-12-0
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Home record: 0-7-0 (118 points scored, 177 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (72 points scored, 152 allowed) Head Coaches: Howard Schnellenberger (0-3-0), Joe Thomas (2-9-0)

190 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 329 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   221   425   2,025   (18)   4.27    9   24    450   1,818   (16)    4.0   13    3,843    (15)      37
Defense:   180   312   2,165   (15)   6.50   16   10    516   1,961   (17)    3.8   20    4,126    (14)      24

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 2  Toni Linhart         K     14   6'0   178   32    2   Austria Tech School
 7  Bert Jones           QB    11   6'3   205   23    2   Louisiana State
12  Bill Troup           QB     1   6'5   220   23    1   South Carolina
14  Marty Domres         QB    14   6'3   222   27    6   Columbia
21  Rick Volk            DB    14   6'3   195   29    8   Michigan
23  Don McCauley         RB    13   6'1   214   25    4   North Carolina
25  Ray Oldham           DB    14   6'0   200   23    2   Middle Tennessee State
26  Lydell Mitchell      RB    14   5'11  204   25    3   Penn State
28  Cotton Speyrer       WR    13   6'0   175   25    3   Texas
30  Doug Nettles         DB    13   6'0   177   23    R   Vanderbilt
31  Nelson Munsey        DB    14   6'1   185   26    3   Wyoming
32  Mike Curtis          LB    14   6'2   232   31   10   Duke
33  Randy Hall           DB    14   6'3   185   22    R   Idaho
35  Glenn Doughty        WR    13   6'2   204   27    3   Michigan
37  Joe Orduna           RB    14   6'0   195   25    3   Nebraska
38  Bill Olds            RB    13   6'1   224   23    2   Nebraska
40  Bruce Laird          DB    14   6'0   185   24    3   American International
43  Tim Rudnick          DB    14   5'10  185   22    R   Notre Dame
49  David Lee            P     14   6'4   230   30    9   Louisiana Tech
50  Dan Neal             C     14   6'4   240   25    2   Kentucky
51  Tony Bertuca         LB    14   6'2   225   24    1   Cal State-Chico
52  Tom MacLeod          LB    14   6'3   230   23    2   Minnesota
53  Stan White           LB    14   6'1   225   25    3   Ohio State
55  Dan Dickel           LB    14   6'3   220   22    R   Iowa
56  Danny Rhodes         LB    14   6'2   220   23    R   Arkansas
57  Ken Mendenhall       C     14   6'3   240   26    4   Oklahoma
60  Dave Simonson        OT    13   6'6   246   22    R   Minnesota
61  Bob Pratt            OG    13   6'3   255   23    R   North Carolina
62  Glenn Ressler        OG    14   6'3   250   31   10   Penn State
63  Mike Barnes          DE    11   6'6   255   23    2   Miami
64  David Taylor         OT    14   6'4   254   25    2   Catawba
65  Bill Windauer        DT     9   6'3   245   24    2   Iowa
66  Elmer Collett        OG    14   6'4   240   29    8   San Francisco State
67  Bob Van Duyne        OG    14   6'5   235   22    R   Idaho
68  Dennis Nelson        OT    14   6'5   260   28    5   Illinois State
72  Fred Cook            DE    14   6'4   235   22    R   Southern Mississippi
74  Steve Williams       DE    12   6'6   260   24    1   Alabama
76  Joe Ehrmann          DT    14   6'5   260   25    2   Syracuse
78  John Dutton          DT    14   6'7   260   23    R   Nebraska
79  Jim Bailey           DT    14   6'5   255   26    5   Kansas
80  Ollie Smith          WR     1   6'2   195   25    2   Tennessee State
81  Roger Carr           WR    11   6'3   200   22    R   Louisiana Tech
83  Ron Mayo             TE     9   6'3   223   24    2   Morgan State
84  Tim Berra            WR    14   5'11  185   23    R   Massachusetts
86  Freddie Scott        WR    14   6'2   175   22    R   Amherst
87  Raymond Chester      TE    14   6'3   235   26    5   Morgan State
88  John Andrews         TE    14   6'3   227   25    3   Indiana

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Bert Jones           270  143   53.0  1,610   5.96  11.3   8   3.0   12   4.4    36   328    62.4
Marty Domres         153   77   50.3    803   5.25  10.4   0   0.0   12   7.8    13    71    33.2
Don McCauley           2    1   50.0     11   5.50  11.0   1  50.0    0   0.0     0     0   106.3
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Lydell Mitchell        72    544    7.6    2
Raymond Chester        37    461   12.5    1
Glenn Doughty          24    300   12.5    2
Roger Carr             21    405   19.3    0
Bill Olds              21    153    7.3    2
Freddie Scott          18    317   17.6    0
Don McCauley           17    112    6.6    1
Cotton Speyrer          9    110   12.2    1
Ollie Smith             1     14   14.0    0
Joe Orduna              1      8    8.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lydell Mitchell       214    757    3.5    5
Bill Olds             129    475    3.7    1
Bert Jones             39    279    7.2    4
Marty Domres           22    145    6.6    2
Don McCauley           30     90    3.0    0
Glenn Doughty           7     51    7.3    0
Freddie Scott           2     12    6.0    0
John Andrews            5      6    1.2    0
Joe Orduna              2      3    1.5    1
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cotton Speyrer         22    539   24.5    0
Bruce Laird            19    499   26.3    0
Tim Berra              13    259   19.9    0
Joe Orduna              3     68   22.7    0
Freddie Scott           3     61   20.3    0
Ron Mayo                2     23   11.5    0
John Andrews            1     18   18.0    0
Don McCauley            1     17   17.0    0
Tim Rudnick             1      5    5.0    0
Ray Oldham              1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Tim Berra              16    114    7.1    2    0
Bruce Laird            11     30    2.7    0    0
Cotton Speyrer          8     54    6.8    2    0
Freddie Scott           3     31   10.3    1    0
Tim Rudnick             2     23   11.5    0    0
Rick Volk               1      1    1.0    0    0
Tony Bertuca            1      0    0.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net David Lee 71 2,634 37.1 0 0 1 0 0 36.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Linhart 0/0 8/8 2/5 2/6 0/1 12/20 22/22 58 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jim Bailey 1.0 Mike Barnes 1.5 Fred Cook 2.5 Mike Curtis 2.0 3 24 0 Dan Dickel 1.0 1 5 0 John Dutton 4.5 Joe Ehrmann 3.5 Bruce Laird 1 15 0 Tom MacLeod 1.0 Doug Nettles 1 0 0 Ray Oldham 1 3 0 Rick Volk 2 0 0 Stan White 3.0 1 40 0 Bill Windauer 1.0

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 DE John Dutton 185 Nebraska 1 24 WR Roger Carr 115 Louisiana Tech [pick acquired from LA] 2 32 DE Fred Cook 104 Southern Mississippi 2 37 RB Ed Shuttlesworth Michigan [pick acquired from PHI] 3 57 LB Glenn Robinson 39 Oklahoma State 3 67 OG Robert Pratt 170 North Carolina [pick acquired from DEN] 4 84 DB Tony Bell Bowling Green 5 129 DB Doug Nettles 73 Vanderbilt [pick acquired from MIN] 6 140 LB Danny Rhodes 14 Arkansas [pick acquired from NE] 7 161 OG Noah Jackson 131 Tampa 7 170 LB Dan Dickel 60 Iowa [pick acquired from DEN] 7 174 WR Freddie Scott 132 Amherst [pick acquired from BUF] 8 188 TE Greg Latta 73 Morgan State 8 198 RB Paul Miles Bowling Green [pick acquired from DEN] 10 240 OG Bob Van Duyne 88 Idaho 10 257 DT Glenn Ellis Elon [pick acquired from LA] 11 265 DB Tim Rudnick 14 Notre Dame 12 292 OT Dave Simonson 29 Minnesota 12 307 QB Bob Bobrowski Purdue [pick acquired from WAS] 13 317 DB Randy Hall 27 Idaho 14 344 WR Ed Collins Rice 15 369 LB Pat Kelly Richmond 16 396 OT Dave Margavage Kentucky 17 421 WR Tim Berra 14 Massachusetts 17 436 DB Buzzy Lewis Florida State [pick acquired from WAS]

Traded draft picks: #5 to ATL via DET (Henry Childs), #6 to MIA (Randy Crowder), #9 to LA via WAS (Don Hutt)


Transactions:

01-29-1974traded John Williams to Rams for Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1974 draft
01-30-1974traded Cornelius Johnson and a #17 pick in the 1975 draft to Redskins for George Nock and Washington's #17 pick in the 1974 draft
01-30-1974traded Jack Mildren to Patriots for New England's #6 pick in the 1974 draft and cash
01-30-1974traded Ed Mooney to Redskins for Washington's #12 pick in the 1974 draft
03-25-1974traded Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1976 draft to 49ers for Mike Simpson
06-11-1974traded Roy Hilton to Giants for Joe Orduna and the Giants' #6 pick in the 1975 draft
07-25-1974traded Tom Mitchell to 49ers for Baltimore's #3 pick in the 1975 draft and Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1976 draft
08-07-1974traded Fred Hoaglin to Oilers for Houston's #10 pick in the 1975 draft
08-08-1974traded cash to Broncos for Mike Kaczmarek
08-13-1974traded Ted Hendricks and Baltimore's #2 pick in the 1975 draft to Packers for Tom MacLeod and Green Bay's #8 pick in the 1975 draft
08-17-1974traded a #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Saints for Tom Drougas
08-23-1974traded Tom Drougas to Broncos for Chicago's #8 pick in the 1975 draft
09-12-1974traded Houston's #10 pick in the 1975 draft to Oilers for Ron Mayo


1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/15/74 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-30 0-1-0 09/22/74 vs Green Bay Packers L 13-20 0-2-0 09/29/74 at Philadelphia Eagles L 10-30 0-3-0 10/06/74 at New England Patriots L 3-42 0-4-0 10/13/74 vs Buffalo Bills L 14-27 0-5-0 10/20/74 at New York Jets W 35-20 1-5-0 10/27/74 at Miami Dolphins L 7-17 1-6-0 11/03/74 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 14-24 1-7-0 11/10/74 vs Denver Broncos L 6-17 1-8-0 11/17/74 at Atlanta Falcons W 17-7 2-8-0 11/24/74 vs New England Patriots L 17-27 2-9-0 12/01/74 at Buffalo Bills L 0-6 2-10-0 12/08/74 vs Miami Dolphins L 16-17 2-11-0 12/15/74 vs New York Jets L 38-45 2-12-0

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