1979 Baltimore Colts season

27th season in franchise history August 2023 March 2026 Baltimore Colts 1979 5–11 5th AFC East Ted Marchibroda Dick Szymanski Robert Irsay Memorial Stadium Did not qualify RB Joe Washington Colts seasons 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. 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,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zwYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6733%2C9065819 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire service reports Marchibroda fired by Colts after two 5-11 seasons December 27, 1979 2Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OZlfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5287%2C4731714 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Colts fire Marchibroda December 28, 1979 1B and succeeded by Mike McCormack.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fjEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3012%2C5876005 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press McCormack named Colts head coach January 17, 1980 1C Offseason NFL draft 1979 NFL draft 1979 Baltimore Colts 1 6 Barry Krauss Linebacker Alabama yes no 3 69 Kim Anderson Safety Arizona State yes no 5 115 Larry Braziel Cornerback USC yes no 6 150 Jim Moore Tackle Ohio State no 8 197 Steve Heimkreiter Linebacker Notre Dame no 8 207 Nesby Glasgow Safety Washington yes no 9 224 Russ Henderson Punter Virginia no 10 254 Steve Stephens Tight end Oklahoma State no 11 280 John Priestner Linebacker Western Ontario no 12 306 Charlie Green Wide receiver Kansas State no no Undrafted free agents + 1978 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeDwayne BerryLinebackerCincinnatiRobert SallaSafetyTempleJack ShrawderDefensive tackleEast Stroudsburg State Personnel Staff 1979 Baltimore Colts President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay General Manager – Dick Szymanski Assistant General Manager – Ernie Accorsi Head Coach – Ted Marchibroda Receivers – Dick Bielski Offensive Line – Ernie Zwahlen Defensive Coordinator – Maxie Baughan Defensive Line – Ed Khayat Defensive Backfield – John Symank Special Teams – George Boutselis Roster 1979 Baltimore Colts 12 Jerry Golsteyn  7 Bert Jones 11 Greg Landry 38 Cleveland Franklin 29 Ben Garry y 36 Don Hardeman 48 Roosevelt Leaks 23 Don McCauley 20 Joe Washington 84 Randy Burke 81 Roger Carr 87 Brian DeRoo 35 Glenn Doughty 45 Mike Siani American football 83 Mack Alston 86 Reese McCall 60 Ron Baker American football G 69 Wade Griffin T 52 Lee Gross C 68 Jeff Hart American football T 62 Ken Huff G 57 Ken Mendenhall C 61 Robert Pratt American football G 67 Bob Van Duyne T 63 Mike Barnes American football, born 1950 DT 72 Fred Cook American football DE 76 Joe Ehrmann DT 79 Greg Fields American football DE 90 Jim Krahl DT 88 Herb Orvis DT 55 Barry Krauss y MLB 54 Sanders Shiver OLB 56 Ed Simonini MLB 53 Stan White linebacker OLB 59 Mike Woods American football OLB 58 Steve Zabel OLB 44 Lyle Blackwood FS 47 Larry Braziel y CB 25 Nesby Glasgow y FS 40 Bruce Laird American football SS 30 Doug Nettles CB 37 Reggie Pinkney SS 43 Norm Thompson American football CB 10 Bucky Dilts P  5 Steve Mike-Mayer K 73 Ron Fernandes DE IR 51 Steve Heimkreiter y LB IR 75 George Kunz T IR 34 Ron Lee American football RB IR 65 Jimmy Moore no y T Left Squad 51 Mike Ozdowski DE IR 50 John Priestner y LB IR 64 David Taylor T (Ret.) 10px Source:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/clt/1979_roster.htm 1979 Baltimore Colts starters and roster Pro-Football-Reference.com November 20, 2014 Regular season 1979 NFL season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 2 at Kansas City Chiefs L 0–14 0–1 Arrowhead Stadium 50,442 2 September 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 26–29 (OT) 0–2 Memorial Stadium 36,374 3 September 16 at Cleveland Browns L 10–13 0–3 Cleveland Stadium 72,070 4 September 23 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–17 0–4 Three Rivers Stadium 49,483 5 September 30 Buffalo Bills L 13–31 0–5 Memorial Stadium 31,904 6 October 7 New York Jets W 10–8 1–5 Memorial Stadium 32,142 7 October 14 Houston Oilers L 16–28 1–6 Memorial Stadium 45,021 8 October 21 at Buffalo Bills W 14–13 2–6 Rich Stadium 50,581 9 October 28 New England Patriots W 31–26 3–6 Memorial Stadium 41,029 10 November 4 Cincinnati Bengals W 38–28 4–6 Memorial Stadium 37,740 11 November 11 at Miami Dolphins L 0–19 4–7 Miami Orange Bowl 50,193 12 November 18 at New England Patriots L 21–50 4–8 Schaefer Stadium 60,879 13 November 25 Miami Dolphins L 24–28 4–9 Memorial Stadium 38,016 14 December 2 at New York Jets L 17–30 4–10 Shea Stadium 47,744 15 December 9 Kansas City Chiefs L 7–10 4–11 Memorial Stadium 25,684 16 December 16 at New York Giants W 31–7 5–11 Giants Stadium 58,711 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. 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