1976 Baltimore Colts roster and stats

1976 Baltimore Colts: 11-3-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (241 points scored, 129 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (176 points scored, 117 allowed) Head Coach: Ted Marchibroda 417 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 246 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 215 361 2,933 ( 1) 7.50 24 10 565 2,303 ( 7) 4.1 26 5,236 ( 1) 28 Defense: 192 372 2,343 (22) 5.47 16 15 438 1,844 ( 7) 4.2 11 4,187 (15) 36

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Toni Linhart K 14 6'0 179 34 4 Austria Tech School 7 Bert Jones QB 14 6'3 212 25 4 Louisiana State 12 Bill Troup QB 14 6'5 215 25 2 South Carolina 20 Jackie Wallace DB 14 6'3 198 25 3 Arizona 23 Don McCauley RB 13 6'1 215 27 6 North Carolina 25 Ray Oldham DB 14 6'0 192 25 4 Middle Tennessee State 26 Lydell Mitchell RB 14 5'11 195 27 5 Penn State 27 Howard Stevens RB 14 5'5 165 26 4 Louisville 31 Nelson Munsey DB 8 6'1 191 28 5 Wyoming 33 Randy Hall DB 13 6'3 194 24 2 Idaho 34 Ron Lee RB 14 6'4 222 23 R West Virginia 35 Glenn Doughty WR 14 6'2 202 29 5 Michigan 40 Bruce Laird DB 14 6'0 198 26 5 American International 42 Lloyd Mumphord DB 13 5'11 178 29 8 Texas Southern 46 Bryant Salter DB 1 6'4 196 26 6 Pittsburgh 46 Spencer Thomas DB 2 6'2 185 25 2 Washburn 47 Tim Baylor DB 14 6'6 191 22 R Morgan State 48 Roosevelt Leaks RB 13 5'10 225 23 2 Texas 49 David Lee P 14 6'4 224 32 11 Louisiana Tech 50 Forrest Blue C 14 6'5 260 31 9 Auburn 53 Stan White LB 14 6'1 223 27 5 Ohio State 54 Sanders Shiver LB 14 6'2 222 22 R Carson-Newman 55 Dan Dickel LB 14 6'3 230 24 3 Iowa 56 Ed Simonini LB 14 6'0 220 22 R Texas A&M 57 Ken Mendenhall C 14 6'3 250 28 6 Oklahoma 58 Derrel Luce LB 14 6'3 227 24 2 Baylor 59 Jim Cheyunski LB 14 6'2 220 30 9 Syracuse 61 Bob Pratt OG 14 6'4 248 25 3 North Carolina 62 Ken Huff OG 8 6'4 257 23 2 North Carolina 63 Mike Barnes DT 14 6'6 256 25 4 Miami 64 David Taylor OT 14 6'4 264 27 4 Catawba 66 Elmer Collett OG 14 6'4 246 31 10 San Francisco State 67 Bob Van Duyne OG 14 6'5 249 24 3 Idaho 72 Fred Cook DE 14 6'3 246 24 3 Southern Mississippi 73 Ron Fernandes DE 13 6'4 239 25 1 Eastern Michigan 74 Ken Novak DT 11 6'7 275 22 R Purdue 75 George Kunz OT 14 6'5 261 29 8 Notre Dame 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 14 6'5 254 27 4 Syracuse 78 John Dutton DE 14 6'7 266 25 3 Nebraska 81 Roger Carr WR 14 6'3 196 24 3 Louisiana Tech 85 Jimmie Kennedy TE 14 6'3 230 24 2 Colorado State 86 Freddie Scott WR 10 6'2 170 24 3 Amherst 87 Raymond Chester TE 14 6'3 236 28 7 Morgan State 88 Ricky Thompson WR 9 6'0 170 22 R Baylor

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bert Jones 343 207 60.3 3,104 9.05 15.0 24 7.0 9 2.6 29 284 102.5 Bill Troup 18 8 44.4 117 6.50 14.6 0 0.0 1 5.6 1 4 43.1

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Lydell Mitchell        60    555    9.2    3
Roger Carr             43  1,112   25.9   11
Glenn Doughty          40    628   15.7    5
Don McCauley           34    347   10.2    2
Raymond Chester        24    467   19.5    3
Roosevelt Leaks         8     43    5.4    0
Freddie Scott           3     35   11.7    0
Jimmie Kennedy          1     32   32.0    0
Ricky Thompson          1     11   11.0    0
Ron Lee                 1     -9   -9.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lydell Mitchell       289  1,200    4.2    5
Roosevelt Leaks       118    445    3.8    7
Don McCauley           69    227    3.3    9
Ron Lee                41    220    5.4    1
Bert Jones             38    214    5.6    2
Glenn Doughty           3      7    2.3    0
Howard Stevens          1      3    3.0    1
Bill Troup              5     -1   -0.2    1
David Lee               1    -12  -12.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Howard Stevens         30    710   23.7    0
Bruce Laird             7    143   20.4    0
Jimmie Kennedy          4     64   16.0    0
Jackie Wallace          3     61   20.3    0
Ron Lee                 3     24    8.0    0
Bob Pratt               1     21   21.0    0
Freddie Scott           1     20   20.0    0
Don McCauley            1     17   17.0    0
Ken Novak               1     12   12.0    0
Ken Huff                1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Howard Stevens         39    315    8.1    9    0
Ron Lee                 1      0    0.0    0    0
Ray Oldham              0      0      ?    1    0
Jackie Wallace          0      0      ?    3    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net David Lee 59 2,342 39.7 3 21 0 33 231 34.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Linhart 0/0 9/9 10/11 1/7 0/0 20/27 49/50 109 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Mike Barnes 7.5 Fred Cook 11.0 1 1 0 John Dutton 13.0 Joe Ehrmann 11.0 Ron Fernandes 5.0 Bruce Laird 1.0 Derrel Luce 2.0 2 7 0 Lloyd Mumphord 1.0 1 22 0 Nelson Munsey 1 10 0 Ken Novak 1.0 Ray Oldham 0.5 2 40 0 Jackie Wallace 5 105 0 Stan White 4.0 3 26 0

1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 20 DT Ken Novak 23 Purdue 3 81 LB Ed Simonini 83 Texas A&M 3 90 RB Ron Lee 42 West Virginia [pick acquired from TB] 5 134 LB Sanders Shiver 132 Carson-Newman [pick acquired from CHI via MIA] 5 143 QB Mike Kirkland 16 Arkansas 8 228 WR Ricky Thompson 80 Baylor 9 258 OT Stu Levenick Illinois 10 283 DB Tim Baylor 59 Morgan State 11 310 DT Rick Gibney Georgia Tech 12 340 K Frank Stavroff Indiana 14 394 DE Jeremiah Cummings Albany State (Ga.) 15 424 OT Gary Alexander Clemson 16 449 TE Mike Fuhrman Memphis [pick acquired from WAS via BAL, SF] 16 451 C Steve Ludwig Miami

Traded draft picks: #2 to PIT (Mike Kruczek), #4 to PIT (Wonder Monds), #6 to BUF (Darnell Powell), #7 to NO via CHI, OAK (Ed Bauer), #13 to OAK (Craig Crnick), #17 to OAK (Buddy Tate)

Transactions:

03-30-1976	Buccaneers selected Dave Pear in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected Bill Olds in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected Mike Curtis in expansion draft
04-02-1976	traded Mike Washington to Buccaneers for Tampa's #3 pick in the 1976 draft and cash
04-02-1976	traded Dennis Nelson to Eagles for Bill Troup
06-25-1976	traded Ed George to Eagles for cash
07-02-1976	traded Rod Garcia to Buccaneers for cash
08-03-1976	placed Stu Levenick on injured reserve
08-03-1976	placed Walt Hartfield on injured reserve
08-30-1976	traded Marty Domres to 49ers for San Francisco's #5 pick in the 1978 draft and cash
12-08-1976	claimed Bryant Salter on waivers from Seahawks

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/19/76    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 14-40

1976 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/76    at New England Patriots    W 27-13       1-0-0
09/19/76    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 28-27       2-0-0
09/26/76    at Dallas Cowboys          L 27-30       2-1-0
10/03/76    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 42-17       3-1-0
10/10/76    vs Miami Dolphins          W 28-14       4-1-0
10/17/76    at Buffalo Bills           W 31-13       5-1-0
10/24/76    at New York Jets           W 20-0        6-1-0
11/01/76    vs Houston Oilers          W 38-14       7-1-0
11/07/76    at San Diego Chargers      W 37-21       8-1-0
11/14/76    vs New England Patriots    L 14-21       8-2-0
11/22/76    at Miami Dolphins          W 17-16       9-2-0
11/28/76    vs New York Jets           W 33-16       10-2-0
12/04/76    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 17-24       10-3-0
12/12/76    vs Buffalo Bills           W 58-20       11-3-0

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