1978 Baltimore Colts season

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1978 Baltimore Colts season
Head Coach Ted Marchibroda
Home Field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record 5-11
Place T-4th AFC East
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1977 1979

The 1978 Baltimore Colts season was the 26th season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1978 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, and finished 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).

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site
1 September 4, 1978 @ Dallas Cowboys L 0-38 0-1 Texas Stadium
2 September 10, 1978 Miami Dolphins L 0-42 0-2 Memorial Stadium
3 September 18, 1978 @ New England Patriots W 34-24 1-2 Schaeffer Stadium
4 September 24, 1978 @ Buffalo Bills L 17-24 1-3 Ralph Wilson Stadium
5 October 1, 1978 Philadelphia Eagles L 14-17 1-4 Memorial Stadium
6 October 8, 1978 @ St. Louis Cardinals W 30-17 2-4 Busch Memorial Stadium
7 October 15, 1978 New York Jets L 10-33 2-5 Memorial Stadium
8 October 22, 1978 Denver Broncos W 7-6 3-5 Memorial Stadium
9 October 29, 1978 @ Miami Dolphins L 8-26 3-6 Miami Orange Bowl
10 November 6, 1978 Washington Redskins W 21-17 4-6 Memorial Stadium
11 November 12, 1978 @ Seattle Seahawks W 17-14 5-6 Kingdome
12 November 19, 1978 Cleveland Browns L 24-25 5-7 Cleveland Stadium
13 November 26, 1978 New England Patriots L 14-35 5-8 Memorial Stadium
14 December 3, 1978 @ New York Jets L 17-30 5-9 Shea Stadium
15 December 9, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-35 5-10 Three Rivers Stadium
16 December 17, 1978 Buffalo Bills L 14-21 5-11 Memorial Stadium

[edit] Division standings

AFC East
Team W L T PCT PF PA
New England Patriots 11 5 0 .688 358 286
Miami Dolphins 11 5 0 .688 372 254
New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 359 364
Buffalo Bills 5 11 0 .313 302 354
Baltimore Colts 5 11 0 .313 239 421

[edit] See also

1978 NFL season
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AFC East Central West NFC 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
1978 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XIII
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Indianapolis Colts
Formerly the Baltimore Colts • Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
The Franchise
Stadiums
Culture
Lore
Head Coaches
Molesworth • Ewbank • Shula • McCafferty • Sandusky • Schnellenberger • Thomas • Marchibroda • McCormack • Kush • Dowhower • Meyer • Venturi • Marchibroda • Infante • Mora • Dungy
Division Championships (12)
Super Bowl Appearances (3)
III • V • XLI
League Championships (5)
Ring of Honor
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