1979 Baltimore Colts season

1979 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach Ted Marchibroda
Home field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 5–11
Division Place 5th AFC East
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1979 Baltimore Colts season was the 27th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1979 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, and finished fifth in the AFC East division.

Contents

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 Schaeffer 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
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Miami Dolphins 10 6 0 .625 341 257
New England Patriots 9 7 0 .563 411 326
New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 337 383
Buffalo Bills 7 9 0 .438 268 279
Baltimore Colts 5 11 0 .313 271 351

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See also

References

  1. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 295
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