1978 Baltimore Colts season

1978 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Ted Marchibroda
General manager	Dick Szymanski
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	T-4th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1978 Baltimore Colts season was the 26th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Colts finished the 1978 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, and tied for fourth in the AFC East division with the Buffalo Bills. The Colts lost the tiebreaker to Buffalo based on head-to-head series (0–2).

Baltimore started the season in catastrophic fashion, losing their first two games by a combined score of 80–0. The Colts' first win of the season, a Week Three victory over New England on Monday Night Football, is one of the biggest regular-season upsets in NFL history. The Patriots were favored by an overwhelming 17.5 points, but the Colts scored 27 points in the fourth quarter, including a 90-yard kickoff return by running back Joe Washington with under a minute left to take the lead for good.^[1] In the game, Washington became the first player to throw a touchdown, catch a pass for a touchdown, and return a kickoff for a touchdown in the same game.^[2]

Personnel

Staff

1978 Baltimore Colts staff

Front office

President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay
General Manager – Dick Szymanski
Assistant General Manager – Ernie Accorsi

Head coaches

Head Coach – Ted Marchibroda

Offensive coaches

Receivers – Dick Bielski
Offensive Line – Whitey Dovell

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Maxie Baughan
Defensive Line – Ed Khayat
Defensive Backfield – Ralph Hawkins

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – George Boutselis

Roster

1978 Baltimore Colts roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

84 Randy Burke
81 Roger Carr
35 Glenn Doughty
80 Marshall Johnson KR/PR
45 Mike Siani

Tight ends

83 Mack Alston
86 Reese McCall

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

63 Mike Barnes DT
72 Fred Cook DE
78 John Dutton DE
76 Joe Ehrmann DT
66 Greg Marshall DT
88 Herb Orvis DT
71 Mike Ozdowski DE
74 Dave Rowe DT

Linebackers

58 Derrel Luce OLB
52 Tom MacLeod OLB
55 Stu O'Dell OLB
51 Calvin O'Neal MLB
54 Sanders Shiver OLB
56 Ed Simonini MLB
53 Stan White OLB

Defensive backs

47 Tim Baylor FS/SS
44 Lyle Blackwood FS/SS
28 Dwight Harrison CB/SS
40 Bruce Laird SS
42 Lloyd Mumphord CB/FS
30 Doug Nettles CB
25 Ray Oldham CB
43 Norm Thompson CB

Special teams

49 David Lee P
2 Toni Linhart K

Rookies in italics

^[3]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 4, 1978	at Dallas Cowboys	L 0–38	0–1	Texas Stadium	64,224
2	September 10, 1978	Miami Dolphins	L 0–42	0–2	Memorial Stadium	47,730
3	September 18, 1978	at New England Patriots	W 34–27	1–2	Schaefer Stadium	57,284
4	September 24, 1978	at Buffalo Bills	L 17–24	1–3	Rich Stadium	55,270
5	October 1, 1978	Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–17	1–4	Memorial Stadium	50,314
6	October 8, 1978	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 30–17	2–4	Busch Memorial Stadium	47,479
7	October 15, 1978	New York Jets	L 10–33	2–5	Memorial Stadium	45,563
8	October 22, 1978	Denver Broncos	W 7–6	3–5	Memorial Stadium	54,057
9	October 29, 1978	at Miami Dolphins	L 8–26	3–6	Miami Orange Bowl	53,524
10	November 6, 1978	Washington Redskins	W 21–17	4–6	Memorial Stadium	57,631
11	November 12, 1978	at Seattle Seahawks	W 17–14	5–6	Kingdome	61,905
12	November 19, 1978	Cleveland Browns	L 24–45	5–7	Memorial Stadium	45,341
13	November 26, 1978	New England Patriots	L 14–35	5–8	Memorial Stadium	42,828
14	December 3, 1978	at New York Jets	L 17–30	5–9	Shea Stadium	50,248
15	December 9, 1978	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–35	5–10	Three Rivers Stadium	41,957
16	December 17, 1978	Buffalo Bills	L 14–21	5–11	Memorial Stadium	25,415

Results

Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	7	0	27	34
Patriots	6	7	0	14	27

Date: September 18
Location: Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 58°F; Wind 9
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

1	NE	Andy Johnson 1 yard run (kick failed)	NE 6–0

2	BAL	Don McCauley 3 yard run (Toni Linhart kick)	BAL 7–6

2	NE	Stanley Morgan 62 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)	NE 13–7

4	BAL	Roger Carr 54 yard pass from Joe Washington (Toni Linhart kick)	BAL 14–13

4	BAL	Joe Washington 23 yard pass from Bill Troup (kick failed)	BAL 20–13

4	BAL	Roger Carr 67 yard pass from Bill Troup (Toni Linhart kick)	BAL 27–13

4	NE	Steve Grogan 4 yard run (John Smith kick)	BAL 27–20

4	NE	Sam Cunningham 1 yard run (John Smith kick)	Tie 27–27

4	BAL	Joe Washington 90 yard kickoff return (Toni Linhart kick)	BAL 34–27

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New England Patriots⁽²⁾	11	5	0	.688	6–2	9–3	358	286	L1
Miami Dolphins⁽⁴⁾	11	5	0	.688	5–3	8–4	372	254	W3
New York Jets	8	8	0	.500	6–2	7–5	359	364	L2
Baltimore Colts	5	11	0	.313	1–7	3–9	239	421	L5
Buffalo Bills	5	11	0	.313	2–6	4–10	302	354	W1

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single game, from 1940 to 2012, in the Regular Season, team won game, requiring Underdog By >= 0, sorted by descending Underdog By.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: Baltimore Colts 34 at New England Patriots 27, Monday, September 18, 1978
↑ "1978 Baltimore Colts starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com

Indianapolis Colts

Founded in 1953 Played in Baltimore (1953–1983) Based and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First-round draft picks Ring of Honor

Stadiums	Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium

Culture	Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Wouldn't Die Blue Cheerleaders

Lore	The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate

Rivalries	New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (16)	1968 1970 1975 1976 1977 1987 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014

Conference championships (7)	1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 2006 2009

League championships (4^†)	1958 1959 1970 (V) 2006 (XLI) ^† does not include 1968 NFL championship

Retired numbers	19 22 24 70 77 82 89

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Seasons (63)	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1978 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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