1977 Baltimore Colts season

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1977 Baltimore Colts season
OwnerRobert Irsay
General managerDick Szymanski
Head coachTed Marchibroda
Home fieldMemorial Stadium
Results
Record10–4
Division placeT-1st AFC East
Playoff finishLost AFC Divisional

The 1977 Baltimore Colts season was the 25th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Colts finished the NFL's 1977 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, and tied for first in the AFC East division with the Miami Dolphins. However, the Colts finished ahead of Miami based on better conference record (9–3 to Dolphins' 8–4). This season would mark the final season in which the Colts would make the playoffs as a Baltimore-based franchise (the Colts next appearance in the playoffs came 10 years later in 1987, by which time the team moved to Indianapolis). Baltimore would not be in the playoffs again until the Baltimore Ravens, the Colts' successors in Baltimore, advanced to Super Bowl XXXV just over 23 years later.

Offseason

The Colts fired general manager Joe Thomas before the 1977 season, due to a power struggle he was having with head coach Ted Marchibroda.

Personnel

Staff

1977 Baltimore Colts staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – George Boutselis


Roster

1977 Baltimore Colts roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

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Practice squad {{{practice_squad}}}


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site Attendance
1 September 18, 1977 at Seattle Seahawks W 29–14 1–0 Kingdome
58,991
2 September 25, 1977 at New York Jets W 20–12 2–0 Shea Stadium
43,439
3 October 2, 1977 Buffalo Bills W 17–14 3–0 Memorial Stadium
49,247
4 October 9, 1977 Miami Dolphins W 45–28 4–0 Memorial Stadium
57,829
5 October 16, 1977 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17–6 5–0 Arrowhead Stadium
63,076
6 October 23, 1977 at New England Patriots L 3–17 5–1 Schaefer Stadium
60,958
7 October 30, 1977 Pittsburgh Steelers W 31–21 6–1 Memorial Stadium
60,225
8 November 7, 1977 Washington Redskins W 10–3 7–1 Memorial Stadium
57,740
9 November 13, 1977 at Buffalo Bills W 31–13 8–1 Rich Stadium
39,444
10 November 20, 1977 New York Jets W 33–12 9–1 Memorial Stadium
50,957
11 November 27, 1977 at Denver Broncos L 13–27 9–2 Mile High Stadium
74,939
12 December 5, 1977 at Miami Dolphins L 6–17 9–3 Miami Orange Bowl
68,977
13 December 11, 1977 Detroit Lions L 10–13 9–4 Memorial Stadium
45,124
14 December 18, 1977 New England Patriots W 30–24 10–4 Memorial Stadium
42,250

This was the last NFL regular season with 14 games, the regular season was expanded to 16 games in 1978.

Week 1

1 234Total
• Colts 7 7510 29
Seahawks 0 707 14
  • Date: September 18
  • Location: Kingdome, Seattle
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Indoors (dome)
Scoring summary
Q1BALMcCauley 6 yard run (Linhart kick)BAL 7–0
Q2SEATesterman 1 yard pass from Zorn (Leypoldt kick)Tie 7–7
Q2BALLeaks 10 yard run (Linhart kick)BAL 14–7
Q3BALSafety, Nettles blocked punt out of end zoneBAL 16–7
Q3BALLinhart 38 yard field goalBAL 19–7
Q4BALLinhart 42 yard field goalBAL 22–7
Q4SEABeamon 17 yard blocked punt return (Leypoldt kick)BAL 22–14
Q4BALCarr 21 yard pass from Jones (Linhart kick)BAL 29–14

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Week 2

1 234Total
• Colts 7 760 20
Jets 0 309 12
Scoring summary
1BALRoosevelt Leaks 6-yard run (Toni Linhart kick)Colts 7–0
2BALDon McCauley 2-yard run (Toni Linhart kick)Colts 14–0
2NYJPat Leahy 25 yard field goa,Colts 14–3
3BALDon McCauley 1-yard run (Toni Linhart kick)Colts 21–3
4NYJSafety, David Lee ran out of end zoneColts 21–5
4NYJCharlie White 1-yard run (Pat Leahy kick)Colts 21–12

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Week 10

1 234Total
Jets 3 036 12
• Colts 6 1377 33
Scoring summary
1NYJPat Leahy 24-yard field goalJets 3–0
1BALRaymond Chester 53-yard pass from Bert Jones (kick failed)Colts 6–3
2BALToni Linhart 30-yard field goalColts 9–3
2BALToni Linhart 31-yard field goalColts 12–3
2BALGlenn Doughty 33-yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick)Colts 19–3
3NYJPat Leahy 22-yard field goalColts 19–6
3BALLydell Mitchell 28-yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick)Colts 26–6
4NYJJerome Barkum 18-yard pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick)Colts 26–12
4BALRobert Pratt 21-yard fumble return (Toni Linhart kick)Colts 33–12

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Standings

AFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Baltimore Colts(2) 10 4 0 .714 6–2 9–3 295 221 W1
Miami Dolphins 10 4 0 .714 6–2 8–4 313 197 W1
New England Patriots 9 5 0 .643 4–4 7–5 278 217 L1
New York Jets 3 11 0 .214 2–6 2–10 191 300 L2
Buffalo Bills 3 11 0 .214 2–6 2–10 160 313 L1

Playoffs

The team made it to the playoffs as a No. 2 seed and played host to the Oakland Raiders in the divisional round. The Colts held a 31–28 lead with time running out, when the famous "Ghost to the Post" play to Casper advanced the Raiders to the Baltimore 14-yard line, where Errol Mann kicked the tying field goal to send the contest into overtime. After the first overtime went scoreless, Casper caught a 10-yard touchdown pass 43 seconds into the period to win the game for the Raiders.

Playoff Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Game Site Attendance
Divisional December 24, 1977 Oakland Raiders (4) L 31–37 0–1 Memorial Stadium
60,763

References

  1. ^ "1977 Baltimore Colts starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-24.
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com

See also

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