Orenthal James Simpson
Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 98 (166th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1985
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1978 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1978-09-03 | 31-056 | SFO | @ | CLE | L 7-24 | 22 | 78 | 3.55 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1978-09-10 | 31-063 | SFO | CHI | L 13-16 | 27 | 108 | 4.00 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 11.20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1978-09-17 | 31-070 | SFO | @ | HOU | L 19-20 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1978-09-24 | 31-077 | SFO | @ | NYG | L 10-27 | 20 | 88 | 4.40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 1978-10-01 | 31-084 | SFO | CIN | W 28-12 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1978-10-08 | 31-091 | SFO | @ | RAM | L 10-27 | 20 | 83 | 4.15 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1978-10-15 | 31-098 | SFO | NOR | L 7-14 | 17 | 37 | 2.18 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | 1978-10-22 | 31-105 | SFO | ATL | L 17-20 | 18 | 96 | 5.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 1978-10-29 | 31-112 | SFO | @ | WAS | L 20-38 | 15 | 46 | 3.07 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 1978-11-05 | 31-119 | SFO | @ | ATL | L 10-21 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 Games | 161 | 593 | 3.68 | 1 | 21 | 172 | 8.19 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||