1979 Baltimore Colts season

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1979 Baltimore Colts season
Owner Robert Irsay
General manager Dick Szymanski
Head coach Ted Marchibroda
Home field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place5th AFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers RB Joe Washington

The 1979 Baltimore Colts season was the 27th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). Under fifth-year head coach Ted Marchibroda, the Colts again finished with 5 wins and 11 losses, fifth in the AFC East division.

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With persistent shoulder problems, quarterback Bert Jones was sidelined; replaced by veteran Greg Landry, the Colts continued to struggle. Marchibroda was fired after the season in late December, [1] [2] and succeeded by Mike McCormack. [3]

Offseason

NFL draft

1979 Baltimore Colts draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
1 6 Barry Krauss   Linebacker Alabama
3 69 Kim Anderson   Safety Arizona State
5 115 Larry Braziel   Cornerback USC
6 150Jim Moore  Tackle Ohio State
8 197 Steve Heimkreiter  Linebacker Notre Dame
8 207 Nesby Glasgow  Safety Washington
9 224Russ Henderson  Punter Virginia
10 254Steve Stephens  Tight end Oklahoma State
11 280 John Priestner  Linebacker Western Ontario
12 306Charlie Green  Wide receiver Kansas State
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1979 Baltimore Colts staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – George Boutselis


Roster

1979 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics

Source: [4]

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 2at Kansas City Chiefs L 0–140–1 Arrowhead Stadium 50,442
2September 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 26–29 (OT)0–2 Memorial Stadium 36,374
3September 16at Cleveland Browns L 10–130–3 Cleveland Stadium 72,070
4September 23at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–170–4 Three Rivers Stadium 49,483
5September 30 Buffalo Bills L 13–310–5Memorial Stadium31,904
6October 7 New York Jets W 10–81–5Memorial Stadium32,142
7October 14 Houston Oilers L 16–281–6Memorial Stadium45,021
8October 21at Buffalo Bills W 14–132–6 Rich Stadium 50,581
9October 28 New England Patriots W 31–263–6Memorial Stadium41,029
10November 4 Cincinnati Bengals W 38–284–6Memorial Stadium37,740
11November 11at Miami Dolphins L 0–194–7 Miami Orange Bowl 50,193
12November 18at New England Patriots L 21–504–8 Schaefer Stadium 60,879
13November 25 Miami Dolphins L 24–284–9Memorial Stadium38,016
14December 2at New York Jets L 17–304–10 Shea Stadium 47,744
15December 9 Kansas City Chiefs L 7–104–11Memorial Stadium25,684
16December 16at New York Giants W 31–75–11 Giants Stadium 58,711
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC East
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Miami Dolphins (3)1060.6255–36–6341257L1
New England Patriots 970.5634–46–6411326W1
New York Jets 880.5004–45–7337383W3
Buffalo Bills 790.4384–45–7268279L3
Baltimore Colts 5110.3133–54–10271351W1

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References

  1. ↑ "Marchibroda fired by Colts after two 5-11 seasons". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. December 27, 1979. p. 2C.
  2. ↑ "Colts fire Marchibroda". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 28, 1979. p. 1B.
  3. ↑ "McCormack named Colts head coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 17, 1980. p. 1C.
  4. ↑ "1979 Baltimore Colts starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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