1979 Baltimore Colts season

1979 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Ted Marchibroda
General manager	Dick Szymanski
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1979 Baltimore Colts season was the 27th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). Veteran Quarterback Greg Landry replaced Bert Jones as starter, as the Colts continued to struggle. Following the season Coach Ted Marchibroda would be fired, and replaced by Mike McCormack.The Colts finished the NFL's 1979 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, and fifth in the AFC East division.

Personnel

Staff

1979 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 – Ernie Zwahlen

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Maxie Baughan
Defensive Line – Ed Khayat
Defensive Backfield – John Symank

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – George Boutselis

Roster

1979 Baltimore Colts roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

84 Randy Burke
81 Roger Carr
87 Brian DeRoo
35 Glenn Doughty
45 Mike Siani

Tight ends

83 Mack Alston
86 Reese McCall

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

63 Mike Barnes DT
72 Fred Cook DE
76 Joe Ehrmann DT
73 Ron Fernandes DE
79 Greg Fields DE
90 Jim Krahl DT
88 Herb Orvis DT
51 Mike Ozdowski DE

Linebackers

55 Barry Krauss MLB
54 Sanders Shiver OLB
56 Ed Simonini MLB
53 Stan White OLB
59 Mike Woods OLB
58 Steve Zabel MLB/OLB

Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies in italics

^[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 2, 1979	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 0–14	0–1	Arrowhead Stadium	50,442
2	September 9, 1979	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 26–29	0–2	Memorial Stadium	36,374
3	September 16, 1979	at Cleveland Browns	L 10–13	0–3	Cleveland Stadium	72,070
4	September 23, 1979	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–17	0–4	Three Rivers Stadium	49,483
5	September 30, 1979	Buffalo Bills	L 13–31	0–5	Memorial Stadium	31,904
6	October 7, 1979	New York Jets	W 10–8	1–5	Memorial Stadium	32,142
7	October 14, 1979	Houston Oilers	L 16–28	1–6	Memorial Stadium	45,021
8	October 21, 1979	at Buffalo Bills	W 14–13	2–6	Rich Stadium	50,581
9	October 28, 1979	New England Patriots	W 31–26	3–6	Memorial Stadium	41,029
10	November 4, 1979	Cincinnati Bengals	W 38–28	4–6	Memorial Stadium	37,740
11	November 11, 1979	at Miami Dolphins	L 0–19	4–7	Miami Orange Bowl	50,193
12	November 18, 1979	at New England Patriots	L 21–50	4–8	Schaefer Stadium	60,879
13	November 25, 1979	Miami Dolphins	L 24–28	4–9	Memorial Stadium	38,016
14	December 2, 1979	at New York Jets	L 17–30	4–10	Shea Stadium	47,744
15	December 9, 1979	Kansas City Chiefs	L 7–10	4–11	Memorial Stadium	25,684
16	December 16, 1979	at New York Giants	W 31–7	5–11	Giants Stadium	58,711

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins⁽³⁾	10	6	0	.625	5–3	6–6	341	257	L1
New England Patriots	9	7	0	.563	4–4	6–6	411	326	W1
New York Jets	8	8	0	.500	4–4	5–7	337	383	W3
Buffalo Bills	7	9	0	.438	4–4	5–7	268	279	L3
Baltimore Colts	5	11	0	.313	3–5	4–10	271	351	W1

References

↑ "1979 Baltimore Colts starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

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

1979 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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.